Finally after the long covid pandemic I felt ready to get back on the bicycle and see if this old body can hold up for
I decided to cycle down to Goa from Mumbai, the same as I had done in 2019. I didn’t take the same route but some
I still take too much!!!! I take a lock. But in Europe, where you almost always take your bike in your hotel room, or in
I have now done 5 ultra-lite self-supported bikepacking trips, 2 western ghats, south India, 2 in europe, and now this one in north and western
I should reflect on the entire ride here. The Mumbai to Goa was really something……..this is really challenging cycling with minimum traffic. Beautiful. A friend
Amazing to be back home after 4,000 plus kms.! But here I am, with my harshest critics and greateast supporters, Richard and Belinda! I am
The best and most famous hapoos mangos are grown here. I am getting closer to Goa! This was one of the very best cycle rides.
I saw on google maps (“hotels near such and such place”- a useful feature) that there didn’t seem to be any hotels on today’s ride
through this coastal belt of Maharashtra was on pleasant quiet roads and for the most part good roads. There were long stretches along the plateaus
This was a long hard day I was glad to find this launch crossing to Kelshi (google maps would have none of it) but it