We left our Kalyani Nagar accommodation by 6:00 the following morning. But just like Bangalore, Pune also refused to let go of us. We somehow managed to hit NH 7 leading to Hyderabad. We failed to realise who misguided us… truck drivers, helpful people or the cop. Call it lack of understanding or sheer misfortune – we hit the wrong road.
We had covered a good 20 km when we realised we were in Saswad village in rural Maharashtra miles away from the NH. We had no clue about where to go to reach the highway. Villagers were not sure either. Help came in the form of the 'Lonely Planet' book Phil had somewhere in the depths of his backpack. We couldnt believe the wonder of a book had the tiny village in it! We realised we were totally off track on State Highway 64 thinking it was NH 4. According to the book, we had to take a side road to the highway through Nasrapur village. We took this scenic route after a breakfast of traditional vada-pav, kachori and chai.
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