Guna

Diary for 16th October 2019

Left Vrindavan when it was still dark. First light came as I drove towards my destination for the night, Guna. With packed breakfast - cheese and vegetable sandwiches plus two packets of cream biscuits !!!

Would not have known anymore of the place than I already knew, which was nothing, except for the fact that somehow I had goofed up distance to travel for the day. Gwalior was just a couple of hundred kilometres away from Vrindavan. Not far enough. Infact, passed Gwalior by 0830.

Looked at doing the run to Ratapani in one go, a bit too far. Google set it at 13 hours. And, given the sate of roads in Madhya Pradesh - brilliant at times, just to set you up for some deep holes. Having the possibility of doing it in headlight hours morning and evening was not worth the effort.

So, Guna. Halfway between Vrindavan and Ratapani. Made it my 1100. Had to go off the highway towards town. No big deal. Hotels, a series of them, were on the road leading to town. The place I stayed had a lawn as large as a football field, and lots of parking. Large room.

Checked in. Then went into town for tanking up the Thar. And , getting my stock of spirituality.

Ate well. Relaxed a while. As the sun was going down, went down to wash car. Hotel staff very kindly offered piped water, pump fed. Not that it did too much to the caked dirt. But did get the windows cleaner than they were.

These buggers have the same problem with hot water as others I stayed at. Have to leave tap open for water from boiler to reach. Sad waste of water.


The hotel I stayed at Vrindavan had a system of circulating the hot water from the boiler. Means, rooms get hot water on opening the hot water tap. Also met a St.Bernard. Was told it belongs to Hema Malini, and is a privileged person at the hotel. Guests complaining about the dog are asked to leave. Gentle giant, the dog was.

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