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24 February 2019
During our travels in India while in conversation with the locals we have discussed our route, and many have commented on the transit from west to east. At least three have said ‘don’t bother with the interior part of the country, there’s nothing to see there. You may as well get on a train’. Well, […]
16 February 2019
So a rough plan for the next few months: As mentioned we are heading to a tiger safari, which is at the end of February. After that we have a straight run to the Bangladesh border – probably with a day or two off somewhere if progress is good. We hope to finish this period […]
13 February 2019
Hampi to Sindhanur – 77km Late afternoon on the day before we left Hampi we went back to the Vijaya Vittala Temple as the same ticket covered our earlier visit to the Lotus Temple so we thought we might as well use it. The temple is very ornate inside and has lots of carved pillars, […]
5 February 2019
Malvan to Amboli – 80km We really liked Malvan. It absolutely fitted what we wanted at exactly the right time – big enough that there were a few things to do and small enough that we didn’t feel we were missing out on anything. So, we had a lovely relaxing time and it was with […]
27 January 2019
Velas to Harnai – 46km. Our home stay host provided us with a great breakfast of home-made poa before the obligatory photoshoot prior to us setting out. Martina spoke to her brother on the phone and it turns out that we were her first western guests. And when we looked at the visitors register, her […]
16 January 2019
Mumbai to Lonavala – 96, hard won, km! So, after our impromptu beers last night the 6am alarm this morning wasn’t welcome at all! After fighting the traffic on the way into Mumbai we’d decided on an early get-up in the hope that we might have a bit of an easier ride on the way […]