On 18 October, the first lot of Gujarati books was received from the binders.

Before Baba left for Sakori, he told Kaikhushru Masa, Soonamasi and Khorshed to move from their home in Parel to the portion of the Irani Mansion house in Dadar which he had been using for the mandali and Circle & Company. Baba also told them that, after going to Sakori, he had definitely decided to visit Persia with some of the mandali. He then instructed Naval Talati to obtain passports for himself and certain mandali, although Baba did not clearly indicate which men were to accompany him. 

On Friday, 19 October 1923, Baba awakened the mandali at 3:00 A.M. and, after all had washed, the foot journey to Sakori began. This was their third walking trek in just over a year. This time fourteen men accompanied the Master: Adi Sr., Rustom, Baidul, Babu Cyclewalla, Behramji, Burjor Dahiwala, Gustadji, Ghani, Nervous, Ramjoo, Sarosh, Slamson, and Vajifdar.  The son of Durgabai Karmarkar, Raghunath, also accompanied them but for only a certain, not yet decided, distance of the journey. Sadashiv Patil was to join the group the following day in Thana.

The luggage was placed in the bullock cart and, freed from carrying a burdensome load, the mandali were able to walk at a much more rapid pace compared to that of their previous journey in Gujarat. Unencumbered, they walked the seven miles to Ghatkopar easily. As they were searching for a place to rest, Keki Irani, Sarosh's future brother-in-law, came and requested that Baba come to his house. At first he refused; however, after Keki's repeated entreaties, Baba accepted. Keki's mother prepared a delicious lunch for them. Keki was an amateur photographer, and the Master allowed him to photograph him on this occasion.

on the floor: Burjor Dahiwalla, Adi Sr., Ramjoo, Raghunath Karmarkar; seated: Behramji, Rustom, Baba, Ghani, Gustadji; standing: Babu Cyclewalla, Hormusji Vajifdar, Sarosh, Baidul, Slamson, Nervous

During this journey, Baba continued eating only a handful of rice and dal once every 24 hours and one cup of tea; he also had not rested well for the past several nights. The next morning at 4:00 A.M. they left Keki's house in the dark and walked holding kerosene lanterns. They hiked ten miles to Thana, where they stayed in a dak bungalow. The day passed pleasantly, and in the late afternoon they relaxed by flying kites. Burjor came again to meet Baba and then left for Bombay. Sadashiv arrived the same evening from Poona.

They left Thana for Bhiwandi at 5:00 A.M. on Sunday, 21 October 1923. After walking four miles, they boarded boats to cross a creek near the village of Kolshet.