A journey too far

Today promised to be the best day of the challenge. However it started out as a day from Hell. Leaving Shimoga at 7am was trying to stop a living nightmare. The visibility was poor due to the smog, there were no lights, and still vehicle, people and animals sped around in random directions as normal. No lights, no traffic control sytem, no power and oh let's let all the farmyard animals out as well! On leaving the city I felt that I may as well have carried on smoking for the last 10 years with all the fumes I've inhaled.
Anyway we were soon out into the beautiful countryside ready to face a 200k ride through rough India's roughest terraine! I have never seen roads like it. These tracks tested even the most experienced. By the end of the day they claimed 6 accidents and wrote off 3 bikes. It was too much if I'm honest and the paramedics and mechanics couldn't cope with all the incidents. With sickness and accidents we have lost 12 riders at various stages. Those of us who were able to, rode beyond 40k of off roading on Henrys, enjoying a botanical overdose, with an equal dose of lime green parrots and mischeivious monkeys.. Its just awesome countryside that you just want to get lost in.
All the locals still keep beaming their smiles at us as we sweep through their little villages. Their happiness is so contageous you can't help but smile inside your helmet all of the time.They even throw rice and flowers at us shouting "good jorrrnee!"
Lunch stop was at 4pm..... Delicious tomato crisps and green chutney twiglets washed down with warm coca cola... To die for!
On arriving at our destination after sitting on Harry for 11 hours I was told that I was in tent number 6!!!!
I was about to protest when I realised that 30 bikers are all on the floor in the function room. It looks like there's been a national disaster and all the locals are in the community centre.
So after another lentil curry I'm going to hit the floor and hope that the idiot who thinks he can sing Stairway to Heaven out side my tent gets eaten by a tiger pretty soon.
STILL no wine!
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