Day 24: Ballari to Anantapur
Last day of cycling! After 2,179km / 1,353 miles and 117h of cycling, we rolled into Anantapur today just after noon. We were met by Fran's partner Marta who had arrived from Spain earlier this morning. I'll be honest, I shed a tear or two when we arrived. It's been a really amazing journey these la...
Day 23: Hampi to Bellari
We had a great day-off in Hampi and it was fun to stay in the bazaar area because you are basically in the middle of all the ruins and next to a big Hindu temple', but we really wanted a beer and since it is a holy place / UNESCO world heritage site, it was definitely not available there. We've rare...
Day 21: Sindhanur to Hampi
Shorter day today and a really great ride. The morning started with the typical beautiful sunrise over agricultural land, including sugar cane, which we hadn't seen much of yet. Later in the afternoon, about 30km from Hampi, the terrain really started to change', the road curved it's way between...
Day 04: Rajpur to Bhubaneswar
One of the challenges of any multi week bike trip is trying figure how to splice it up… where you will stop each night. For us, we wanted to find towns that were big enough to have a few accommodation options, while keeping the mileage reasonable, but also making the right amount of progress to reac...
Day 03: Balasore to Rajpur
I love the variety and surprises each day brings. The first half of the day we cycled past beautiful fields of rice, temples, rural villages, and a slight low fog. The routes through the villages and smaller roads are just fantastic. I really did not expect it to be so nice… and the roads are almost...
Day 02: Contai to Balasore
Contai is a pretty small town so getting out of it was a breeze… almost immediately, we found ourselves on rural roads through the countryside, surrounded by green and palm trees. There were cashew processing factories throughout the area, and we saw a lot of communist party (CPIM - Communist Party...
Day 01: Kolkata to Contai
Getting out of Kolkata was fairly hectic, but we were clipped in and rolling shortly after 5.30am so the traffic hadn’t picked up too much yet. It took a good 10-15 miles to really get out of town, but we found a pretty nice route that followed the river for a couple of hours. It was green, quiet, a...
Day 0: Kolkata
Well… we made it to Kolkata yesterday with no major hiccups. There was a delay at customs in Bangalore when the officer asked the value of our bikes and if we had any documents or receipts to prove it (we didn’t, and this was the first time either of us had ever been stopped). After 15 or 20 minutes...