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 […]
Day 174 – 27th September 2014 Leave midday Miles rode 177 Agra – Kanpur
I woke and walked out onto the roof terrace to see the Taj Mahal gleaming brightly in the morning sunshine and whilst I will not be visiting as I did 5 years ago drinking my morning tea looking out at it was beautiful. It is beautiful. Before we left I briefly went out in Agra […]
Day 173 – 26th September 2014 Leave 4pm Miles rode Delhi – Agra
Holy cow! Other than the odd trip around Delhi or ‘scooter safari’ in Sri Lanka it was one month ago that I rode my bike and it felt great to pack everything up, say my goodbyes and head off. Oli had to change the cam belt on his bike so he headed off early and […]
Days 167 to 172 – 20th / 25th September 2014 Miles rode 124 Mirissa (Sri Lanka) – Delhi
Lazy days on the beach for my last few days in Sri Lanka, whilst it’s still out of season (the end of monsoon season) the sun shined throughout the day without clouds. Good food and beers (I best not talk about over indulging at one beach party) and extremely friendly people made for a perfect […]
Day 166 – 19th September 2014 Leave 3.30pm Miles rode 26 Galle – Mirissa (Sri Lanka)
Having stayed a couple of days in Galle it’s time to move on so after a very lazy day at 3.30 we rode south to a perfect picture postcard tropical beach. Not coach tour touristy but a very cool small beach with our room on the beach so it’s a few paces to the bar […]
Day 165 – 18th September 2014 Galle (Sri Lanka)
A chilled out morning looking around the old fort talking to the fishermen. Oli turned up in the afternoon and at 4pm it started to rain so we found a great ‘local bar’, I think we left there at 10.30.
Day 164 – 17th September 2014 Leave 8.30am Miles rode 192 Kandy – Galle (Sri Lanka)
Today wasn’t a holiday it was an adventure. Oli and I split for a couple of days so ‘scooter Safari’ was ‘solo scooter safari’ today. My destination was Galle in the South and none of the on-line route suggestions took the direct route across the mountains and National Park so I ignored them and headed […]
Day 163 – 16th September 2014 Leave 11am Miles rode 57 Kandy (Sri Lanka)
A day of sight seeing today, scooter safari heading off to a tea factory and then a great ride through tropical forest to see the elephants. A great day.
Day 162 – 15th September 2014 Leave 10.30am Miles rode 67 Sigiriya – Kandy (Sri Lanka)
It’s a great time of year to visit Sri Lanka, it’s off season so very few tourists and the weather so far has been great, assuming you don’t want scorching hot sun all day. It’s hot but not too hot with clouds passing overhead for maybe 50% of the day. It’s monsoon season still but […]
