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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, […]
9 February 2019
Hubballi—> Koppal. 122km. 5 Feb. So after a spicy couscous-like breakfast with Vivitt we said our goodbyes and were on the road by 8am. I can’t really say that it was a boring day as no cycling day in India is ever boring. But there was nothing much to report other than it was a […]
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 […]
1 February 2019
Ambolgad —-> Kunkeshwar. 56km. 27 Jan. Being in the absolute middle of nowhere last night it was deathly quiet so we both slept really well, and after our usual Indian breakfast of Poha and chai we set off on for what we had planned would be a shorter day. Poha is beaten rice (how […]
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 […]
23 January 2019
Pune to Bhor. 63km. 20 Jan. So after 8 days of being spoiled by the Vakharia family, we were 2 sad lifecyclers leaving Pune on Sunday morning. We had extended our stay with them by 5 days as we both fought of colds and were feeling pretty rough…and we think we left Jatin with Nigel’s […]