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14 April 2019
So, we had one last afternoon and evening with Arif. I suppose we could have gone for another bike ride, but we spend a lot of time on our bikes and it seemed like a nicer idea to have a wander around Sylhet on foot. Arif came with us and acted as our guide so […]
2 April 2019
I remember just over a year ago someone asking me where I thought I’d be in a years’ time. I stuck a wet finger in the air and said “probably Bangladesh at a guess”, which at the time was less a certainty and more out of hope to be honest! But here we are, one […]
25 March 2019
A rough plan for South-East Asia and Australasia ….which effectively is the remainder of our trip! The following is a guesstimate of our route over the next year. As ever, it is set in jelly and likely to change on a day-to-day and month-to-month basis! – Stay in Bangladesh until approximately 10 April ‘19 depending […]
22 March 2019
Monday 18 March. Bongaon to Jessore (Bangladesh). 46km. For some reason I’d expected the border between India and Bangladesh to be wide open fields, but in reality it’s surrounded by trees. We were crossing at Petrapole (on the Indian side) and Benapole (on the Bangladesh side), which is the main land border between the two […]
12 March 2019
Sambalpur to Redhakhol – 75km As we have already mentioned, we are on our way to the Bangladesh border, so our cycling over the next week-or-so is very much functional; we’re not planning to stop to sightsee unless it happens by accident! One thing we have noticed recently as we have transited east is that […]
5 March 2019
So, after our luxurious stay in Tadoba we’re back to chapati (bread), pani (water) and basic accommodation…oh, how the mighty have fallen! Tadoba to Pauni – 117km We’d promised Deepak, our fantastic safari guide, a photo with our loaded bikes before he set off for his safari first thing in the morning. As we had […]