Not accustomed to early morning wake ups any more i'd set my cell phone alarm to wake me at 6am. Grogginess and the want for more sleep time held me in bed for a bit eventually i arose and surrendered to the open road once more, this time, however, the sunrise in clear view to my east (not behind me as had been in China). the weather was cool and the traffic not as bad as expected. gradually travelling further and further from mumbai the jungle vegetation grew around me until no light penetrated the thick branches above me.
 
Monkeys played menacingly in the trees wherever i stopped. at one time, just after lunch while lying against a tree, i peered up to see a monkey two metres away peering down at me curiously. I packed up pretty swiftly and was on my way again.
 
So far on the route there had been a guest house almost every 20minutes along the side of the road. as soon as the sun sunk to almost touch the horizon i pulled into the closest one and on bargaining the price down 100 rupees crashed for the night after setting down for a meal.