Day 7 - Srikakulam to Lake Chilika

As promised we up'd and out'd by 0500 so as to not miss the dawn sun rise at the sun temple. It was interesting to say the least, no miricles as expected but we fed half a coconut to a God, drank 4 herby holy concoqutions and walked out with white chalk on our foreheads And 20rbs lighter. It turns out its open all day and the doesnt cause any miraculous light explosions or anything vaguely similar but more an insight into Hinduism. Still in convoy, we Keep team Waffles company who have issues with thier engine and sure enough with in 2 hours of driving they had busted a coin sized hole in the piston, as gentleman drivers we stopped and tried to offer support, the fact we didn't have a clue what was wrong didn't help much but ezmerelda provided us with excellent entertainment in the shape of Lloyds iPad, our built in surround sound and hangover 2, it was cosy but quite good fun, you can imagine the locals loved the specitcle..... a proper cinema! As time went on the g and t racers got itchy feet, we simply had to get some miles on the clock, so the time came to say our fair wells and hit the road, young ezzy showing the waffles mobile how it's done. Sprisingly enough we headed north, spotting a large body of water on the map that looked achievable, Lake Chilka became our destination. Some 260 Kms later we approached the lake, Lloyd's keen eye spotting a sign that couldnt have read better - House Boats, lodging, restaurant, bar, boat hire, not to mention the 1000 acres of fresh water to explore, we pointed our trusty steed and went to enquire. Imagine a 1970s uk holiday camp, give it 40 degree heat, fill it with Mosquitos and cockroaches and age it 50 years with out even a simple wipe clean, welcome to Lake Chilka. It was all we needed and actually worked out pretty well. We managed to get a good 40 mins fishing in, I say good, we caught approx 20 locals and that was it. The locals were very pleased to see us, wizzing us to the choice spot on their motorbikes, one of them let lloyd have a go. The lake was in fact lovely and given a day on a boat exploring would have been good. We met a couple of teams and as always hit the bar for the usual 3x 8% kingfisher strong, that usually makes for a good night sleep. The room was ghastly, dirty, completely infested with every thing you don't want in your bed, lloyd took out his trusty mozzy net and in we climbed, what we didn't realise was that we had managed to trap a number of creepy crawleys in the net. It is safe to say that the strong lager did not work on his occasion. Mosquito bits - 2 Cockroaches - 15 Crickets - approx 40