Tag: india cycle touring
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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 didn’t really have a choice. Tired, dusty and just about ready to punch anyone who looked at me sideways, I deposited bike and baggage with…
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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 the amount to a reasonable level so you don’t pass out half way through! The Taj is in the city of Agra – not the…
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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 reason, someone released a whole coachload, in fact a rabble, of young school boys in our 6 room guesthouse. They ran amok, screaming and shouting,…
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Our past week in pictures
In the last week we have cycled from Ooty in the hills to Mysore… we haven’t made it very far distance wise because there is so much to see and do! Have a few photos to look at while you one day wait for us to catch up on our writing… Next stop Bangalore! …
Sam and Sheena Cycle 