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Wednesday 30th November Harihareshwar  - Kelshi.   26.4 miles the long way round!

17/1/2017

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 ​After the ferry I started to go to the right – as my map indicated.  However, the road ahead looked blocked and the people where I stopped for chai insisted I should go back and turn up the steep hill, so I did.  This was a mistake, in hindsight, as the road wasn’t blocked at all and would have saved me about 20miles, but never mind.
 
It was a long slog up the hill – but there was the reward of a fort up on top – which had glorious views and I had to myself – free entrance and falling down as it was.  

​ Back on the road again, I saw lots of evidence of fecundity: schoolkids, monkeys and their babies, cows and calves, chickens and chicks.  I also saw lush vegetation – huge waxy leaves, or thorny or just prolific and adorned with strange and interesting birds I have no names for. 
 
After I had several people stop their cars to query my route – and say “What, this way?” when I’d say “Kelshi”, or even “Dapoli” – I rechecked my direction and realised I was travelling three sides of a square – very circuitous – and the pain of the hill had been unnecessary.  I became hot and grumpy and very, very mean as a result, scowling at anyone who had the audacity to beep their horn at me (which is just about everybody!).  But then I met Wasim and his mechanic mate Mahajali (sp?).  They insisted on buying me an Indian burger then escorting me the right direction – taking me into their house to meet the family en route – and show off his transport business and fleet of cars while he was at it. 
I’d come so far back along the Estuary I crossed the bridge instead of taking a ferry as I had meant to do. 
 
Wasim was getting married in two weeks and invited me to go!  Sadly I had to decline.  His sister, a dentist, was also getting married and was off to live in the States following her wedding.   I got very confused with who was who, as there were 2 young girls, one young boy, two mothers, one grandfather and several husbands floating around.  I got fed orangeade and biscuits so I was sugared up and much cheered up and ready to zoom off to Kelshi after that.  I even started to smile at the passers by again.
 
I found a very cheap room in Kelshi, and very basic – complete with mouse droppings in the shower.  However, at 250 rupees including an all I could eat supper, I wasn’t about to complain.   Tomorrow, I intend to stick to the coastline, even if the road does look closed. 
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