The following 2-3 weeks were spent motorcycling across the sub-continent. From Agra we headed west into Rajasthan, before turning south through the Great Thar Desert on a road which runs near to and parallel to the Pakistan border. After crossing the Rajasthan/Gujurat border we went at full speed south, our target was Goa. Here are some of the highlights of this trip.

After failing to find accommodation one evening near Phalodi, Rajasthan, we decided to spend a night under the stars, out on the sand dunes. This was an incredible experience (although most of the evening seemed to be spent collecting wood for our pitiful camp fire.) We awoke, early in the morning, to find two local gentlemen had appeared and began to relight our fire for us. It's strange that even in the depths of the desert, where ever one stops, people appear, curious as to why you have stopped and offering help.

Only a couple of days later, after a long day in the saddle, we arrived in Udaipur, a small city renowned for it’s beautiful lakeside location. On completing a U-turn in the city, the front wheel slipped on the a sandy road surface and the full weight of the bike, luggage and pillion, fell upon my leg, the point of the contact was the exhaust, which was hot after 4 hours of almost constant use. The bike didn’t fall to the ground but the exhaust burnt the inside of my calf. I have since been informed that this wound will produce a scar, common among Enfield pilots, known as the ‘Enfield Tattoo.’

We arrived in Goa around the 24th of January and immediately set about sampling the local nightlife, which lived up to it’s reputation.

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