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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
