With so much to see in this amazing city, our planned 3 day-break quickly transformed into 6 days!! We saw all the sights in our guidebook, and also did some exploring of our own at the less touristy places, such as the supermarket (where we had great fun browsing through […]

Our plane landed in Bangkok (well 25 kilometres from Bangkok!) in the early hours – we seem to be making a habit of this! We checked into a local hotel near the airport and had 12 hours of sleep each!! Tired after the boogie night and the flight. We head […]

We decided to leave India with a bang and a bit of clubbing action… …so we set out with Darius to explore the nightlife in Kolkata. He took us to the trendiest bar in town (‘Someplace Else’) where there was a resident rock band playing live rock favourites. We whipped […]

Almost 180 days in, we are now half way through our journey, and on time per our original schedule!! Alas wish our budget management was as good as our time management :p So here is a recap of the trip to date – we have had some ups and downs, […]

… about bl**dy time!!! Nic repaired Sedef’s bike, luckily the damage was not as bad as it seemed. Though the front chain wheel is still a little wonky, the handlebars, tyres, gears and chain have all been sorted! Also, at last our parcel has arrived, after we complained to the […]

Our bikes had miraculously arrived only two days after us, though we were not aware of this as the station doesn’t tell you, and there is no way to contact the station by telephone to check!! So when we turned up at the station a few days later we were […]

Finally in the safe refuge in Kolkata we decided to put all our worries about the bicycles and such on hold whilst we had a well-deserved rest and enjoyed all the city had to offer. Thankfully we were looked after by our friend Tat’s dad and brother (Dr Ranjit Bose […]

As we read in a fellow cyclist’s website on Asia cycling (Mr. Pumpy): “Broadly speaking India is divided into two distinct geographical halves – the top half and the bottom half. :p The top half is crazy, whilst the bottom half is not so crazy. Logically then, the smart cyclist […]

The god of cycling had clearly turned his face away from us – since our bad luck seemed to linger on…. We managed to get to Calcutta in an overnight train (cramped accommodation even in first class berths!) – unfortunately minus the bikes… The luggage compartment on our train was […]

Resting in Kanpur we realised how much our mental, emotional, and physical stamina had drained away. In addition Nic developed a middle ear infection, which resulted in him being deaf in one ear – I said DEAF. Alas it meant we could not cycle until he was better. 6 days […]