on the andamans i saw the flower movement continue to prosper. this young man was obviously inspired by these members. i didn’t meet the driver of this cycle which was parked in front of the market.
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chennai
the last sign said it was still 22km to go. the next thing i knew i was already in the city. it took me two hours to get to the center. nice and slowly, for safety and to have a look at some of the colonial buildings. i found a guesthouse of the salvation army… Continue reading chennai
R.D.T.
at the beginning of february a lot of people were leaving. this helped to say goodbye to this wonderful place after almost two weeks. since my teammate anna and i were both heading towards chennai we decided to cycle together. we plotted our route along the smaller roads with just two fixed points. one was… Continue reading R.D.T.
volleyball tournament
after playing beach volleyball the whole summer before leaving berlin, it was one thing i missed during the trip. in hampi we had a volleyball court and finally a group of people eager to play. after some playing around without any ambitions we felt it was time for the first goan corner volleyball tournament. the… Continue reading volleyball tournament
festival
to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the vijayanagara empire, hampi was preparing for a big festival. a group from the guest house set out to take a look… in the chaos in front of the entrance i lost sight of everybody and decided to take a look inside myself. i was just in time for… Continue reading festival
inner india
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
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
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
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