Distance: 50.74 km Ridetime: 2:01:38 Average: 25.1 km/h Total distance: 4784 km First thing in the morning I went to the local bicycle shop. They once again confirmed that they would be able to replace the gear cable – something that made me very happy to hear. After all, a cyclist with a broken cycle [ Read More ]
I needed an extra cup of coffee in the morning to wake up after the King Fisher beers yesterday night. And I actually needed to be awake since I would have a journalist from The Times of India stopping by my hotel room before lunch. Yeah, this celebrity life is very hard! I ended up [ Read More ]
In the morning I could see some demonstrations going on down in the streets from my hotel room. Pai, my incredible host in Mangalore, explained that the whole state had been shut down and was on strike for a day. Including the local bicycle repair shop which I called to inquire about the broken gear [ Read More ]
Distance: 86.24 km Ridetime: 4:07:23 Average: 20.9 km/h Total distance: 4733 km Even after 10 hours of solid sleep, the hard day yesterday could still be felt in the legs. On days like these it is all about getting started. After 25 km everything is usually back to normal. At 11 o’clock I rolled into [ Read More ]
Distance: 139.20 km Ridetime: 6:24:38 Average: 21.7 km/h Total distance: 4647 km Long days such as today get even harder when you start late. I didn’t manage to leave Gokarna before 11 o’clock meaning I was riding the whole 140 km with only very short breaks in order to make it to Kundapur before sunset. [ Read More ]
The other day I woke up to find myself covered in The Times of India. Almost beginning to feel like a celebrity over here!
Distance: 100.60 km Ridetime: 4:17:30 Average: 23.8 km/h Total distance: 4508 km As unnatural as cycling in the left side of the rode felt when I arrived in India four days ago, as natural did it feel today. Quite strange since I didn’t do any cycling during the last days. Cycling through the midday heat [ Read More ]
A final greeting from Palolem. Tomorrow I will be heading south towards another of my favourite Indian places – the holy town of Gokarna. Namaste! >
Days on the road are normally very unpredictable and never the same. On the other hand life in Palolem Beach is blissfully repeating itself every day. My routine goes something like: Sleeping late enough to miss breakfast, going for a long three hour walk along the beaches, head back for the fantastic sunset at the [ Read More ]
I can’t even describe how great it feels to be back in Palolem. The sunset atmosphere at the beach here makes you wonder if you have arrived in paradise. I went for a long walk and had my first Indian plate for lunch. Spicy indeed. The temperatures now up above 30°C is something else to [ Read More ]
