2006………6wks-4th CYCLING TRIP-Gujarat & Southern Rajasthan, INDIA........... The clapped out but reliable bus trip of 4 ½ hours was largely on a new freeway which was a surprise The last section, however' was along a bumpy old road in rural Rajasthan, prior to us pulling into Dungapur or ‘The City of Hills”. The truck drivers haven’t got used to the idea that they can stay in one lane on the new road and they straddle across the two lanes, invoking the ‘Horn Please' response. I saw a billboard of some ants in a line with the caption along the lines of "If insects can queue then why can't we, the humans" I stayed the first night in the town at the Hotel Prathibha Palce, which was hardly a palace, but at less than $5 for a
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