Looks like we got a bit bold today! Its been a looong and arduous journey today. Our original plan, plus some bonus highway footage.
So much for chilling at Vishakhapatnam (V-town).. We (John, George, Thom, Augie and Jau) got there around 2pm, and decided to hightail it to Rajahmundry. We covered fricking 480km today#*$! For those who are not metrically inclined, that's around 300 miles. You might laugh at that, but realize our absolute max speed is 62kph/38mph. And if you've seen our other vids and posts, you'll know its next to impossible to sustain that speed, given both road conditions and vehicular unreliability. Speaking of which.. We've broken down a total of 6 times today. Even after 'cleaning' the carb, we were still losing throttle. Odd thing is, it seems to strike at random times. I can drive for 2hours, and not have any problems, but we've also seen it hit us within 15mins of previous breakdown. We're out of ideas really. Trying to explain intermittent issues like this to a non-english speaking Indian mechanic should prove interesting.
Gonna sleep in until 7am tomorrow heh. Then maybe mechanic, DEFINITELY need oil change, and probably start our trek west toward Goa. I'm too tired for more thinkings now.. Nite nite!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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