Cycling in India stage 16 to Songadh

Early departure with a fast group of riders. We zoomed along near 30 kph until we hit the hills, where the road went over a small pass, about 500 meters. The pavement was relatively new and smooth, mostly with big trees shading the road, with few villages along the way. Lunch  was among the trees along the road, and only disturbed by herds of cows and goats passing by.
Jaipur is called the blue city, but we saw a couple of blue villages on this ride, with many tents made from blue tarpaulins. A tough place to live.
I stopped by a brick making operation, where the boss was glad to have his picture taken, but the women who were carrying the bricks to the kiln were not allowed to be distracted for photography.

Cycling in India stage 15

The road out of Jumbugodha led through a park and then back into farming, with trees most of the way. As the next hotel by the river Narmada was only 66 km away, we weren't on the road long. Our van driver found a good chair stop, where we attracted the usual crowd of enthusiastic onlookers.
I finally got a picture of a typical truck back end which encourages passing vehicles to use their horn; which drivers are most willing to do!
When we reached the hotel, we checked into our room, and then went out for a 20 km spin in the country.  On our return, a couple of local TV crews were interviewing the guides, and asked to interview us as well. Given that the interviewers spoke no English, I wonder how they will edit their stories. Clearly,  one of the hooks was how we were cycling "despite our age".