An Indian wedding procession in Agra.
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Category Archives: India
Agra; Holy Sites and Holi Festival
It was almost inevitable that we would end up in Agra at some stage; although we had both visited India before, neither of us had been to see it’s most […]
Hyderabad – starting a riot in a school.
Our arrival in Hyderabad involved another epic cycle across a huge city, the traffic, the noise and the heat combine to make urban cycling considerably uncomfortable – the suffocating fumes […]
Hampi – a tale of two sides of the river
After 145km of cycling, the last thing anyone wants to do is go and view a variety of accommodations, haggle over prices and then choose somewhere to stay. But we […]
Forts, fevers and some really feckin hot weather
Leaving Bangalore was never gonna be easy, a city of 8 million people sprawled in all directions from the city centre, a city in perpetual motion as people commute to […]
The Taj Mahal in pictures…
Instead of writing about India’s most famous monument we thought it would be best to just post some pictures…. we had quite a few so have worked hard to reduce […]
Holi festival in Agra
Yesterday was the Hindu festival of Holi – the festival of colours. Talking to people in Agra, it wasn’t particularly clear what the festival symbolises or the reasons for its […]
Through the tiger gauntlet to Mysore.
Neither of us has had a sip from a coconut since we had visited Malaysia a couple of years ago. On that occassion, under a sweltering Langkawi sun, we had […]
In India, Yes means No. Don’t believe everything you hear!
Nobody knows how to be quiet here, and they don’t seem to understand why you would want them to be. At 6 o’ clock this morning for some completely unknown […]
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway
This morning we traveled once again from the hot low lying plains to the cool air above 2000 meters. Instead of breaking our lungs with what would have been another […]
Sam and Sheena Cycle 