Nosh and Nostalgia — Last Days in India

Cycling Stats Panjiim to Povorim 7 km Panjiim to Vasco De Gama 25 km Day trips around Goa beaches 25 km Train Station to Hotel in Bangalore 5 km As planned, we haven’t done much cycling since we put our bikes on the roof rack of the big white taxi. And that’s ok – we …

If you smile at me…

If you smile at me I will understand…cause that’s something everybody everywhere does in the same language…. (Crosby, Stills and Nash – Wooden Ships) This post is dedicated to the World Kindness Movement Cycling Stats since Kumbakonan Kumbakonan to Managurdi 40 km Managurdi to Pattukkotai 34 km Pattukkotai to Mimisal 68 km Mimisal to Thondi …

Magical Thinking

Lakshmi Villas to Kumbakonam 61 km We had a great ride into Kumbakonam (home to no less than 188 temples). We were happy to be on quiet roads (relatively speaking) and the rural landscape of rice fields and coconut palms was nicely broken up by some large villages where we bought oranges and other snacks …

Practising the India Travel Yoga

Cycling Stats: Pondicherry to Chidambaram 68 km (East Coast Road) Chidambaram to Lakshmi Villas (T. Nedenberry)16 km Now that we have hit the real India, I am realizing I’ve got a lot to learn about travelling here. In the traffic-laden areas, cycling takes pure concentration and becomes a kind of dance — a kind of …

Bom Shiva

We’ve finally left our lovely little town of Lauzun to continue our bike trip and flew Paris to Chennai this week to begin a cycle trip we hope takes us to Goa. Despite all the annoyances and stress of airline travel, I still love the fact that in a mere number of hours I can …

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