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| + | What an easy geohash! Last night I went online to post my [http://felixintheworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/milliard-nation.html blog] (sorry, shameless plug) and did my usual geohash location checking for the next day. I did a double take - surely there must be a mistake, the arrow is pointing right where I am, at the temple town of Khajuraho on my cycle tour through India. | ||
| + | But no, on closer inspection it turned out be neither a mistake, nor was the point at the exact location of my current being, but 4.5kms to the north. The second amazing thing I noticed was that it was also basically on my planned route from Khajuraho to Chhatarpur, which also happened to be an easy 45 km day leaving plenty of time for geohashing. I must have executed some good geohashing karma recently! I was so excited by deflowering two adjacent Indian graticules I couldn't get to sleep until one a.m. (yes, I probably need a girlfriend). | ||
| − | + | Getting up in the morning to breakfast, clean my bike and check out of my hotel I embarked on the arduous 5 km trip to the geohash. Through a cute village, Rajnagar by name, I cycled, confusing the locals who assumed I was looking at the erotic temples of Khajuraho and got lost. For this geohash I took the added precaution of including a way-point in my GPS - a roundabout at the start of the dirt track that actually passed close by the hash (the goaty temple pictured below is the roundabout's centrepiece). Amazingly (and somewhat disappointingly) Google has high-res sat photos of pretty much all of India, so I identified the exact spot to the nearest weed stalk last night, minimising any interesting surprises. | |
| − | Estimated total ride: | + | On the way, with about one K to go I encountered a group of local kids mucking about in a river, so I took a photo and promised to return (at which I took more photos - results attached). Finally, with 220m to go, I dropped my pannier laden bike, locked it (can never be too careful) and tramped through a fence and a few overgrown fields with really tall weeds to the hash. The farm looked pretty neglected - I didn't even encounter any farmers wanting to know what the hell I was doing. |
| − | Time of hash: | + | |
| − | Total time for geohash: | + | Getting to the exact point (I've diminished the resolution of my GPS to reflect its accuracy so I can actually say that now), I took lots of photos and headed back to my bike. Spending about half an hour in Rajnagar asking locals for directions and getting hopelessly lost, I finally found the proper road to Chhatarpur and headed off for my remaining 40 kms - and what a 40 kms! The road was perfect, sealed but narrow, lots of shade, no traffic. An excellent day's ride (see photo for Evidence). |
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| + | [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Khajuraho,+Madhya+Pradesh,+India&daddr=24.883501%C2%B0,+79.891699%C2%B0+to:24.91665,79.81042+to:Chhatarpur,+Madhya+Pradesh,+India&hl=en&geocode=FVEQewEdlo3DBCnFwzgx9uWCOTEsV6Q5pg6iCg%3BFS2xewEd8wzDBA%3BFaoyfAEddM_BBCkv5lkPFOqCOTG33saJLIXSBg%3BFY4cfAEdyGm-BCm36DTA2JeCOTG4-nQCzLvOWw&mra=dpe&mrcr=1&mrsp=2&sz=10&via=2&sll=24.826625,79.692078&sspn=0.767762,1.454315&ie=UTF8&ll=24.88083,79.751129&spn=0.191858,0.363579&t=p&z=12 Here] is my day's tour route. A nice short one. The rest of my tour's route can be found [http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Touring-India here]. | ||
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| + | Estimated total day's ride: 45 kms <br/> | ||
| + | Time of hash: 10:11am <br/> | ||
| + | Total time for geohash: 4 hours, if you include the whole day's ride. <br/> | ||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
<gallery perrow="4"> | <gallery perrow="4"> | ||
| − | Image:2010 09 | + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 Locals.JPG|Wet locals |
| − | Image:2010 09 | + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 Felix.JPG|Felix at the hash |
| − | Image: | + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 GPS.JPG|GPS Proof |
| − | Image:2010 09 | + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 North.JPG|North view |
| − | Image:2010 09 | + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 East.JPG|East view |
| − | Image:2010 09 | + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 South.JPG|South view |
| − | Image:2010 09 | + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 West.JPG|West view |
| − | Image: | + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 Tree.JPG|A nearby tree |
| + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 Bike.JPG|My touring bike! | ||
| + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 Same Locals.JPG|The locals again | ||
| + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 Goat Temple.JPG|Goaty temple (look inside) | ||
| + | Image:2010 09 23 24 79 Cycle Touring.JPG|Cycle touring! | ||
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The Place
4.5 kms to the north of Khajuraho, in the Chhatarpur, India graticule.
Who Went
- Felix Dance - by mountain bike.
Expedition
Felix Dance
What an easy geohash! Last night I went online to post my blog (sorry, shameless plug) and did my usual geohash location checking for the next day. I did a double take - surely there must be a mistake, the arrow is pointing right where I am, at the temple town of Khajuraho on my cycle tour through India.
But no, on closer inspection it turned out be neither a mistake, nor was the point at the exact location of my current being, but 4.5kms to the north. The second amazing thing I noticed was that it was also basically on my planned route from Khajuraho to Chhatarpur, which also happened to be an easy 45 km day leaving plenty of time for geohashing. I must have executed some good geohashing karma recently! I was so excited by deflowering two adjacent Indian graticules I couldn't get to sleep until one a.m. (yes, I probably need a girlfriend).
Getting up in the morning to breakfast, clean my bike and check out of my hotel I embarked on the arduous 5 km trip to the geohash. Through a cute village, Rajnagar by name, I cycled, confusing the locals who assumed I was looking at the erotic temples of Khajuraho and got lost. For this geohash I took the added precaution of including a way-point in my GPS - a roundabout at the start of the dirt track that actually passed close by the hash (the goaty temple pictured below is the roundabout's centrepiece). Amazingly (and somewhat disappointingly) Google has high-res sat photos of pretty much all of India, so I identified the exact spot to the nearest weed stalk last night, minimising any interesting surprises.
On the way, with about one K to go I encountered a group of local kids mucking about in a river, so I took a photo and promised to return (at which I took more photos - results attached). Finally, with 220m to go, I dropped my pannier laden bike, locked it (can never be too careful) and tramped through a fence and a few overgrown fields with really tall weeds to the hash. The farm looked pretty neglected - I didn't even encounter any farmers wanting to know what the hell I was doing.
Getting to the exact point (I've diminished the resolution of my GPS to reflect its accuracy so I can actually say that now), I took lots of photos and headed back to my bike. Spending about half an hour in Rajnagar asking locals for directions and getting hopelessly lost, I finally found the proper road to Chhatarpur and headed off for my remaining 40 kms - and what a 40 kms! The road was perfect, sealed but narrow, lots of shade, no traffic. An excellent day's ride (see photo for Evidence).
Here is my day's tour route. A nice short one. The rest of my tour's route can be found here.
Estimated total day's ride: 45 kms
Time of hash: 10:11am
Total time for geohash: 4 hours, if you include the whole day's ride.
Photos
Wet locals
Felix at the hash
GPS Proof
North view
East view
South view
West view
A nearby tree
My touring bike!
The locals again
Goaty temple (look inside)
Cycle touring!
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Felix Dance earned the Land geohash achievement
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Felix Dance earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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