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kelshi to guhagar

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Start of another cycling day
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A beautiful sunrise 
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You can take this kind of pic only when the roads are really empty
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Finally a non-misal breakfast! Bharathi digs into a plate of poha. 
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The climb to the top of a hill gives you fabulous creek views
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The island fort of Suvarnadurg and its coastal consort fort of Kanakdurg
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A local shipbuilding yard - see the boat being built. 
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I find a welder to fix my pedal - it has fallen off again
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We take a shortcut by cycling across a beach to avoid a long loop of the road
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What amazing fun to cycle on the beach
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The seaweedy rocks are scenic but slippery. I get off the bike and walk slowly across. Bharathi tries to cycle over, and promptly takes a tumble! 
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And then she also quietly wheels the bike! Ha. 
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What a beautiful and deserted beach! there is only a lone fisherman casting his net. 
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with only the wind and seabirds for company
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We rejoin the road by crossing an astoundingly narrow bridge
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A huge fibreglass statue of Parshuram put up by a bunch of Kokanastha Brahmins, who see him as their progenitor
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Terrible broken roads leave you all bumped up
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My pants all coated with salt from the dried sweat. 
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We finally reach the Dabhol ferry and cross over
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After a long long grind up the Dabhol slope and a long descent downhill to Guhagar, I finally found a place to crash for the night. There were no hotel rooms available due to the Christmas rush, but a kind hotel owner put me up in an empty flat. There was no furniture, but we were very content sleeping on the floor. 
bankot to kelshi
guhagar to ratnagiri
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