Shivardan to Agonda via Chiplin and Arambol

We left Shrivandhan on 26th November with a new plan and a bike that was running perfectly. Because we had stayed four unplanned nights in Shrivardhan and also because we wanted to get to Agonda in Goa with enough time to have a week in the sun before returning to the UK for three weeks, we decided to stay on and enjoy the coastal route for one more day. Then, so we could make up some time, we would rejoin the highway hence get to Goa in less time. Riding the highway option was not appealing but lying on Agonda beach for one week was. At least we had another ferry journey on the coastal road.




At least this ferry was a bit more orginised and it had a ramp to drive onto it as Colin is expertly doing.

All parked up and time to stretch the legs.

So glad they were selling chai on board, even if it was the smallest cup in the world. The cup looks stupid in Colin's large hand. One sip and it was over.

Ferry journey over and time to disembark.

The road from the ferry to the village wasn't all that great.

We stopped in a little village called Dapoli  to buy some water. It looked really peaceful.

 

 

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We rode until we had had enough and stayed in a place called Chiplin. The following morning we headed off and crossed over the border into Goa. I think we experienced a whole onslaught of emotions -  pleasure, joy, disbelief, relief but a real sense of 'we made it' 3500kms, no previous motorbiking experience, no mechanical knowledge (even though Colin thinks that gaffa tape, zip ties and ill-fitting spanners count as mechanical knowledge) and a road map of India which bore no resemblance to the roads we were on. Our goal was still to get to Agonda in South Goa but we felt we were home and dry.The following morning we left Arambal and headed off to Agonda and our friends there.