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10 March 2019
We mentioned the Royal Enfield motorcycle in a previous post as the bike that most men in India aspire to own. However, they are expensive and there’s a waiting list to get one! Though we see these motorcycles often, the numbers are nothing in comparison to the gazillions of Honda/Heros that there are on the […]
8 March 2019
Derrekasa to Rajnandgaon. 75 km. 2 March. After a breakfast of poha and chai we got a tribal farewell from Ushakiran and her sister. We were sad to leave them and their lovely peaceful way of life – and they wanted to know when we would be back, so they obviously didn’t mind […]
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 […]
2 March 2019
A quick note on the present political situation between India and Pakistan. The current tension is a long way away from where we currently and we are heading in the opposite direction, so we don’t feel worried or unsafe in anyway. But we are keeping up to date with it all, and should things change […]
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, […]
18 February 2019
Kalaburagi to Humnabad. 64km. Tues 13 Feb. So in a reversal of fortune from the last few days when we have slightly fallen out of love with India and its people, we had a great day today in terms of people interactions. However just to reiterate the current obsession with selfies in India (and it has to […]