Because there was a delay due to the cancelled Delhi flight, we could sleep late and enjoy a relaxed breakfast.
Flag off was scheduled for sometime after noon. So I had sometime to relax and check up on my emails and messages.
A part of the parking lot had been fully taken over by Honda.
My car for today was going to be Jazz diesel. I quickly found it and did a safety check. Its not really needed, but old habits never go away. As expected, the car was in excellent shape.
This City and CR-V will have to wait for another day.
I was instructed to install
Honda Connect and register my Jazz on it. Took all of 5 minutes and its a good piece of software. I highly recommend it, especially if your car is being driven by a chauffeur or college kid.
However, if you are married, do NOT under any circumstance tell your spouse about it
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. It records details of all trips, including where you stopped and for how long.
Read More. (Honda India launches mobile app & communication device - Honda Connect).
Flag off finally happened at 12:45 PM. I don't remember the time. Honda Connect does.
The first few kilometers out of Jodhpur were in bad shape. There was literally no tar surface on the road. The Jazz was driven at a very sedate 30-50 kmph. The suspension is a little on the stiff side. But it is not uncomfortable.
It was not long before we encountered camels. Lots of them just running beside the road.
We stopped for lunch at a nice restaurant called Manvar Resort and Desert Camp. When in Rajasthan, Laal Maas is a must have non-vegetarian dish. This restaurant did not disappoint. We took a relaxed lunch break and got back on the road to get to our final halt for the day.
But after checking into our hotel, we realized that the Jaisalmer Fort was less than 20 minutes away. So we took off again to explore it.
My advice if you are going to Jaisalmer for the first time. Don't go after 8 PM. Google maps are not very accurate. They can take you into all sorts of dead ends. The city has a lot of cows. They don't care about moving away. The streets are very narrow. So if you are stuck, its going to take more than a 5 point turn to turn around.
The Jazz has a very decent rear view camera. It has multiple camera angles to choose from. Also one interesting thing we discovered the next day was that the rear view can be seen on the display even when the car is being driven forward. This is a very useful feature, especially if you have something on the parcel tray blocking your view.
The turning radius is not bad. Must add, in a new city, if you forget where you left your car, you can use Honda connect to locate the car.