Day 204 – 27th October 2014 Leave 5.30am Miles rode 167 Silchar – Imphal
Mud glorious mud! Early to bed and early up. Garth, Ian and I were on the road at 5.30am and prepared for a long hard ride to our final destination in India, Imphal, where all 11 of us crossing Myanmar meet up. We had been told the road was very bad. It didn’t help that […]
Day 203 – 26th October 2014 Silchar
I woke early and my calf muscles were killing me, it was 48 hours ago I climbed down 2,000 steps and up again visiting the ‘living bridges’, I have only myself to blame as my preparation was zero! I can’t have watched TV more than a handful of times since I left home so I […]
Day 202 – 25th October 2014 Leave 7.45am Miles rode 150 Shillong – Silchar
An early start as we had a long day ahead. We have been at around 1,500 metres altitude for a number of days now so it was freezing last night, not so this morning the skies were blue again and although early I could feel the morning warmth already. For the first few hours the […]
Day 201 – 24th October 2014 Leave 8am Miles rode 53 Cherrapunji – Shillong
It was a beautiful morning in ‘The Rainiest Place on Planet Earth’. We didn’t have far to ride as we were hiking today to the living bridges, it was 20km along the mountain ridge before we weaved down a few hundred metres looking out at the tropical forest wrapping itself around the amazing valley around […]
Day 200 – 23rd October 2014 Leave 9am Miles rode 94 Guwahati – Cherrapunji
Why would anyone go to ‘The Rainiest Place on Planet Earth’? We didn’t have many miles to ride today but we thought the roads would be bad and as it’s Diwali Festival they would be busy. In the main the roads were very good but at times like so many other places I’ve passed through […]
Day 199 – 22nd October 2014 Leave 7.30am Miles rode 195 Alipur Duar – Guwahati
Garth and I had a long day planned so we left early, India wasn’t sleeping in either and when I returned from the ATM at 7.30am Garth already had a crowd of young men around him intrigued and asking him questions. Once in a while for good reason or not we all have an amazing […]
BBC Essex Interview
Day 197 & 198 – 20th & 21st October Leave 9.30am 2014 Miles rode 110 Siliguri – Alipur Duar
A day of rest and catch up with Garth followed by a lovely ride to Alipur Duar, not so lovely for the young man that crashed his van. The ride was good today, good roads, lovely scenery and only 4 1/2 hours in the seat. We passed beautiful forests, tea plantations, towns & villages. As […]
Day 196 – 19th October 2014 Leave 9.15am Miles rode 41 Darjeeling – Siliguri
It was about 3 months ago when Garth and I said our goodbyes having ridden the previous 2 months together through Iran & Pakistan. This morning I rode down from Darjeeling to meet up again. The ride was amazing dropping 1,300 metres twisting and turning down the mountain which was alive with people, very green […]
Days 192 to 195 – 15th / 18th October 2014 Darjeeling
Darjeeling is magically perched high up in the Himalayas above the clouds. As usual I’m in a budget hotel, this time though I have a massive window maybe 3 x 4 metres with a great view of darjeeling life and the green valley beyond so I’ve spent my days working in my room (I have […]
Nepal
Nepal is beautiful with the Himalayas stretching across the northern part of the country. Kathmandu is a big city and most of it is just like any other city, not very interesting, there are a few places which you should visit though including Paton, Thamel, Basantapur, Durbar Square / old royal palace and the ancient […]
Day 191 – 14th October 2014 Leave 7.30am Miles rode 59 Kankarbhitta – Darjeeling
It was 5.45am when I heard banging on my door 30 minutes after the buses and lorries started their engines for the day over the road from the hotel (I had a room at the front), it was the lady from the restaurant wanting me to put my bike outside. I lazed around for a […]