Day 190 – 13th October 2014 Leave 9am Miles rode 195 Sindhuli – Kankarbhitta
I woke to rain. Not monsoon rain which crashes down and is over in 10 minutes – 1 hour, but that dull slow, constant rain that lasts hours, English rain! It was the first time I had experienced this type of rain in what seemed like my whole journey. I had 38km to reach the […]
Day 189 – 12th October 2014 Leave Midday Miles rode 110 Kathmandu – Shiduli
An important letter from DVLA arrived this morning which concluded everything I needed to do in Kathmandu so at midday I headed SouthEast, I had varying opinions on the road from its new and perfect to its not navigable in parts, it sounded as though it could be a challenge. The first hour or so […]
Days 183 to 188 – 6th / 11th October – Kathmandu
Over the past week I’ve been in Kathmandu chilling out, repairing the bike and waiting for an important letter to arrive from England. Oli left after two days to fly back to England for work, he stored his bike for 3 or 4 months and we said goodbye for now. Oli and I travelled together […]
6 months away…
I’ve been in Kathmandu over the last few days, the city isn’t great, full of tourists, in fact it’s the most touristy place since Istanbul. There doesn’t seem to be much to see here, I imagine it’s just the start and end of everyone’s trekking holiday? On arriving here I pulled over in the main […]
Day 182 – 5th October 2014 Leave 8am Miles rode 53 Simbhanjyang – Kathmandu
I woke up freezing and I have an eye infection. The last time when I was freezing was also in The Himalayas but in Ladakh, Kashmir about 6 weeks ago. My left eye is swollen but I have 90% vision, so no real problem. The ride down to Kathmandu was really great as we wound […]
Day 181 – 4th October 2014 Leave 9.30am Miles rode 73 Birgunj – Simbhanjyang
I woke with mixed feelings. I was still amused and amazed that I was in Nepal as an illegal immigrant and slightly concerned about the reaction I would get trying to explain the situation to both the Indian and Nepalese customs officers. We rode the short distance back to the border straight through the Nepal […]
Day 180 – 3rd October 2014 Leave 7.15am Miles rode 194 Gorakhpur – Birgunj
What at awful night at ‘Bug Hotel’. The hotel is surrounded by wetlands so mosquitos were everywhere and the room didn’t have air con. The windows were open when we arrived and no doubt mosquitos were laying in wait in the room. To protect myself at night I had to put a sheet / blanket […]
Day 179 – 2nd October 2014 Leave 10am Miles rode 118 Varanasi – Gorakpur
We had 380km to ride today leaving us under 200km tomorrow to cross into Nepal and finish in Kathmandu. We wanted to leave earlier but saying goodbye always takes longer than anticipated. I took the lead and within minutes we were in a maze of small alleyway and had to turn back as we were […]
Day 178 – 1st October 2014 Varanasi
Up at 4.45am to go on a boat trip along the Ganges as the sun rises. Although I was tired it was well worth getting up early to see the dawn activities as Varanasi wakes up. A lazy day back at the hostel sorting IT.
Day 177 – 30th September 2014 Varanasi
After a late start to the day yesterday we were out by 11 and straight down to the Ganges to walk the 2 – 3 km along all of the main Ghats, there are many ghats with different activities from washing clothes at one to taking water buffalo for a swim and cool off in […]
Day 176 – 29th September 2014 Varanasi
Wow, I’m in Varanasi:) A lazy day procrastinating about what time to leave the hostel as chilling out was favourable. Oli had further repairs to carry out on his bike with the help of a fellow overlander. It was 3.30pm When we left and walked the 15 mins to the nearest Gaht where we absorbed […]
Day 175 – 28th September 2014 Leave 10.30am Miles rode 212 Kanpur – Varanasi
I have wanted to visit Varanasi ever since my last trip to India 5 years ago, it has been one of my ‘must places to visit’ for years so as I rode off this morning I couldn’t wait to get there. Having hit a cow and been hit by a car over the last two […]