Sam and Sheena Cycle

Sam and Sheena Cycle

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  • Travel Guides
    • Albania
    • Azerbaijan
      • Taking the train in Azerbaijan
      • Taking the train in Azerbaijan
    • Bosnia
      • Top 10 Things To Do in Sarajevo – a list of must sees!
    • India
      • How to buy a ticket for the Ooty Toy Train when it is fully booked
    • Sri Lanka
      • Obtaining a Permit to visit the Northern Province of Sri Lanka
      • Taking a Bike on the Train in Sri Lanka
  • Our Kit List
    • Kit Reviews
      • Review: Mammut women’s Ridge Low GTX Shoes
      • Review: Rab Women’s Vapour Rise Lite Alpine Jacket
      • Review: Shewee Extreme
      • Review: The Rab Ignition 3 sleeping bag
  • What are we up to?
  • Route a or route b??

    Hi All, its been a while since we have had an opportunity to post here – we have been busy enjoying ourselves in Nepal. From the far west of the country we cycled through the flat Terai region which is situated along the mountains to the north, yesterday we followed a road and are now…

    samuelgunter

    March 28, 2015
    Updates
  • Hampi – a tale of two sides of the river

    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…

    sheenalydon

    March 11, 2015
    India
    cycling india, hampi, india cycle touring
  • Forts, fevers and some really feckin hot weather

    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 and from work, deliver goods and go about their daily business. The ring road to the city limits stretched 30km in front of us, a…

    sheenalydon

    March 10, 2015
    India
    chitradurga, cycle touring India, cycling india
  • The Taj Mahal in pictures…

    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…

    samuelgunter

    March 9, 2015
    India
    Agra, different views of the Taj Mahal, india cycle touring, Taj Mahal
  • Holi festival in Agra

    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 origin, but everyone knew what the day involved – throwing colourful powders, spraying people with water and if you are a guy above the age…

    samuelgunter

    March 8, 2015
    India
    festival of colour, Holi festival, Holi in Agra
  • 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 tried the taste. It was bitter and nasty and didn’t go down well. Today we were pretty much coerced into trying one for the first…

    sheenalydon

    March 4, 2015
    India
    cycle touring India, cycling india, mudumulai tiger reserve, mysore, theppakaddu
  • In India, Yes means No. Don’t believe everything you hear!

    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,…

    sheenalydon

    March 4, 2015
    India
    india cycle touring, mudumalai tiger reserve, ooty, thepakkadu
  • The Nilgiri Mountain Railway

    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 relentless two day climb, complete with clouds of chocking toxic bus fumes we opted for the more civilized and relaxing UNESCO toy train – time…

    samuelgunter

    March 3, 2015
    India
    cycle touring India, Riding the ooty toy train, Taking your bike on the Ooty toy train, The Nillgiri Mountain railway, Toy train india
  • Cycle touring and carbon dioxide emissions: Are we helping or contributing?

    Cycle touring and carbon dioxide emissions: Are we helping or contributing?

    I bought a cat eye cycle computer before we left Europe as the one I left home with failed within the first week of leaving. One of the features the new one has is the amount of CO2 we have ‘saved’ through cycling and not driving which is quite interesting, I have often wondered whether…

    samuelgunter

    March 2, 2015
    Nerdy things
  • Thank god there’s Kodaikanal…

    Thank god there’s Kodaikanal…

    Part iv: This was supposed to be the easy part, 40km of undulating road that had a height increase of no more then 300 meters to our destination! It was pure hell, the combined lack of food and the awful road surface meant that it was really really tough going. With no fuel or food…

    samuelgunter

    March 2, 2015
    India
    cycle touring India, cycling between hill stations, Cycling from Munnar to Kodaikanal, cycling the escape road
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