longhaulers

We feel lucky to have escaped Gorkana…it feels as if we were sucked into a timeless vortex of sand, waves, palms, food and the best little hut in India. after a week passed we reluctantly forced ourselves to leave….but the moment we turned our backs on that crescent of sand and started pedaling the excitment of new things ahead was strong. [read on]

We’re about ready to say that our cycling in south India is over. We are in the most relaxing destination of Gorkana (cow’s ear) as of now..and plan to stay a while. We found a great little hut that’s a short walk to the wonderful kundle beach. the hut is nestled amongst a dry rice paddy, a coconut grove and a garden with eggplant, peppers and ganja…and rent is about $3.50usd/day! the beach is walk-in only and about 30min from town, there are 3 more beaches further south by foot, so plenty to explore! we feel we deserve a little r&r. in the last 31 days we’ve cycled over 2,000km…with 6 days off. the last 500km Sonja had ameobic dysentry and we both had bad bed bug infestations again. then the last day of riding, we both took slams when we hit a wet, oily patch of road in pre-dawn light. luckily we and the bikes suffered no serious damage. when we feel rejuvinated, we’ll cycle the remaining 160km to Goa and catch a train north.

We set out well before dawn from our dingy hotel room, which, located on a busy intersection next to the bus station, had meant sleeping with earplugs in an attempt to muffle the noise of ... [Continue reading this entry]

In Tamil Nadu, with topography comparable to a pancake, we pedaled for 1000km in only one or two gears - it would have been quite possible to do ... [Continue reading this entry]