Our Emirates flight from Dubai, landed ahead of schedule in Mumbai. The flight was very smooth and the immigration, which everyone had scared us about, was quick and smooth.
Each passenger had to pre-fill a health questionnaire that the airlines had handed out while still in the air. We handed the filled out forms to the appropriate authorities and were given a thermal-scanning and waved on.
The driver Kailash came with —predictably —a Toyota Innova around 5:30 and we were soon on our way.
Today was strictly a driving day to our final destination, Aurangabad.
Our first stop was for breakfast at a little wayside cafe called Dimgore’s Veg Curry. The food was tasty, albeit a bit too hot, but everything was freshly cooked.
We arrived in Aurangabad and checked into Rama International, our hotel for the next two nights.
The hotel appears to have very nice staff.
We checked in and immediately went for lunch, which was very tasty without being too spicy. The name of the restaurant is Madhuban, which literally translated mean “forest of honey.”
Rested for the afternoon and went for dinner and shared the vegetarian thali. Again very tasty and good quantity.
Retired early for the night; have a long day tomorrow.
The Treasures and Wildlife of Central India. 