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30 April 2019
We have always said that certain parts of our trip will be more memorable than others. And we both feel that the 2 weeks we have spent in the North-East of India will be one of these more memorable parts….the people, the landscape, the whole experience. Our time here has taught us how this part of […]
26 April 2019
(Easter) Monday 22 April. Aizawl to Seling. 37km. Having washed and aired EVERYTHING in our bags over the weekend we set out as clean this Easter Monday morning as we did leaving London on Easter Monday 2018! We departed at 6am with some trepidation about the journey ahead – the heat, the hills, state of […]
18 April 2019
Agartala to Ambassa. Saturday 13 April. 86 hot, sweaty and bloody hard kilometres! While the Brexit shenanigans rage on in the U.K., the political focus in India is their parliamentary election, which is by far the world’s biggest democratic election. With 900 million eligible voters, it’s 4 times the size of the US election and […]
12 April 2019
Monday 18 March 2019. India —-> Bangladesh (Petrapole to Benapole) We crossed the border on bicycles from Petrapole in India to Benapole in Bangladesh using a Visa on Arrival (VOA). This border crossing is open 7 days a week on both sides. We arrived at Petrapole around 7.30 am as we had no idea how […]
9 April 2019
Wed 3 April. Dhaka to Kapasia. 71km. As well as all the great stuff we did and saw in Dhaka we finally finished the entire 5-series of Breaking Bad, which we started in Belgrade….just goes to show how little screen-time we have! We will now move on to the latest series of Peaky Blinders…. after […]
3 April 2019
April 2019. There isn’t much detailed information about getting an Indian tourist visa in Dhaka. Even the info on the official site isn’t complete, so in case it’s useful for other travellers we have put together what we learned from our recent experience. Indian visas are not issued from the consulate in Dhaka, but rather […]