Along the Road

Vapi to Lonavala

It's my birthday today -- the big six-oh. To celebrate, Lon's taking today and half of Monday as vacation days and we're going to spend two nights in the resort town of Lonavala -- about half way between Mumbai and Pune.

Yes, my fascination with Indian cattle and their ways continues.

At least these cows (there are two there) have attendants as they browse the median of NH8.

And on the other side of the road:

A full-service "rest stop" where you can get a snack (left stall) while you get your tire repaired (right stall).

And finally, this map looks more like Norway than India. The difference is that the Mumbai-Pune Expressway is a 6-lane road. (The north-south road is 2-lane.)

And by the way, Google maps is the way to go in India. Apple maps are pretty pathetic, but Google maps shows just about every road. Although I wouldn't necessarily trust the added landmarks and features. In Vapi, at least, they can be wildly inaccurate.