Megha Bahree's blog

Driving from Raigarh to Raipur. It’s been raining on and off. The dust on the roads has settled, the leaves have been washed a clean green. The blue polyethylene sheets that are blocking the rain on some thatched roofs match the blue walls of some of the houses in the villages we are passing through. The sweet smell of damp earth is in the air and other than an occasional truck, the road is all ours.
On either side of this two lane road is a vast expanse of fields and the odd station to sell the crop, dhaan, piled high in multiple rows of sacks.
Chhattisgarh has three reserved forests, parts of which can be seen along this route, the thick foliage lining the road.
Time for some of the best ginger tea at a roadside shack in Saraipali.