
Eleven hairpins in the first dry week
After four months of rain, the road is clean, and I finally count the bends.

October 31, 2026 · 7 min
Thirty-eight kilometres in the dark, then a steel tumbler of chai and a cooling engine.
Get the next stop on my ride, from the road, the garage or the tea stall, every other Saturday.
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Malshej Ghat, Maharashtra

After four months of rain, the road is clean, and I finally count the bends.