sometimes the road was blocked by herds of cows… or as soon as we stopped by village people, screaming boys and girls or schoolchildren on their bicycles… we reached haveri and found a guest house where after some discussion we were allowed to get our bicycles up in our room instead of leaving them over… Continue reading inner india
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goodbye beach
we left om beach and gokarna to turn inland towards hampi. soon we found ourselves in deep forests with just our road cutting through. we were sweating up the hills and reached sirsi in the evening. after finding ourselves a guest house we went to the marikamba temple, one of the biggest and most popular… Continue reading goodbye beach
paradise beach
i was about to take a bath the next day when i saw two familiar faces. i recognized marten and manon from the netherlands whom i first met in esfahan and then again in yazd. they were on their way to paradise beach, a 40 minutes walk from om, and after a break for coffee…… Continue reading paradise beach
om beach
we stayed a day longer in gokarna,doing the laundry, sleeping, going shopping and styling our bikes the indian way with colourful stickers of ganesh. the ride to om beach was just 5km but to enter the beach we first had to carry our luggage and cycles down some stairs. when we looked for a place… Continue reading om beach
gokarna
it felt good to be riding again after 10 days of relaxing but also a lot of lazyness. a place like goa makes it easy for you, takes you by the hand and won’t let go of it once you made up your mind to leave… we heard good things about gokarna, a hindu pilgrimage… Continue reading gokarna
goa
the first days in goa i stayed with some indian guys which where renovating their house to turn it into a guesthouse. i was their first guest and as construction was still in progress the line between host and guest wasn’t that clear. we had lunch and dinner with 10 people eating together sitting on… Continue reading goa
the anniversary post
*** 6 months on the road *** 100th post *** hurray. live from gokarna, india. my indian number: 0091 9665497932 here and here you’ll find the blog of alex (who also reached india by motorcycle over pakistan) with pictures and stories from the time in iran. i am traveling once more with morgane and battista.… Continue reading the anniversary post
mumbai – part two
i made my first meters on indian streets and got used to riding on the left side quite fast. though sometimes when i was in thought i needed some honking to direct me back to “my” side of the street. i didn’t stay alone for long this day. i met a fireworks creator who told… Continue reading mumbai – part two
mumbai – part one
i arrived in mumbai with a lack of sleep because i had to change planes in bahrain. but when i got my bicycle back in one piece i felt a big relieve and thought i was ready to hit the city. some luggage man offered me to roll my bicycle out of the airport while… Continue reading mumbai – part one
first flight
in preparation of my first flight on this journey i went to get some cardboard as protection for the bicycle. after another indian meal in dubai i set out for the airport. i wondered at first why there was only a terminal 2 and 13 until i asked someone and was told that the 13… Continue reading first flight