DAY THIRTY TWO… 48.22 miles (77.6 km) True to form, our morning ride was in rain. In an attempt to cut down on weight I had discarded my rain coat…
DAY 31.. Debrigargh to Binka
DAY THIRTY ONE… 42.35 miles (68.2 km) We’ve made it (43 miles) to Binka, a dusty town with one hotel (adequate, not super clean) but with a busy restaurant thankfully….
DAY 30.. Debrigargh Wildlife Sanctuary
DAY THIRTY Up at 5.45am and bed tea at 6.15am. This time we are off for a walking safari. Set off intrepidly, guide carrying a sturdy metal pole, just in…
DAY 29.. Debrigargh Wildlife Sanctuary
DAY TWENTY NINE Woken 6.15am by a boy bringing chai. Why? We were having a lie in. The meals routine in this place means there is little time to get…
DAY 28.. Shivrinarayan (taxi lift to Debrigargh)
DAY TWENTY EIGHT The effects of poisoning still continue. Night sweats, weakness, nausea. We’ve decided to change our schedule and head for a rural jungle retreat, deep in Odisha’s heart….
DAY 27.. Bilaspur to Shivrinarayan
DAY TWENTY SEVEN… 41.63 miles (67.0 km) A difficult night, feeling very nauseous. Woke 5.30am and set off on a cycle ride, mercifully flat, with even a little downhill, however,…
DAY 26.. Bilaspur (day of recovery at the Marriot)
DAY TWENTY FIVE More cyclists from Chhattisgarh Cycling Club show up in the morning at the Marriott to meet us. They come armed with a bouquet of flowers for me…
DAY 25.. Kota (pick-up truck lift to Bilaspur)
DAY TWENTY FIVE A bad start and a very bad end to yesterday. Our meal was a bowl of kedgeree which we shared. It seemed rather meagre. My plate had…
DAY 24.. Amarkantak to Kota
DAY TWENTY FOUR… 49.52 miles (79.7 km) A bad start! 6am chai comes at 6.30am delaying us horribly. Then, after only 100 meters the entire navigational equipment drops off Tim’s…
DAY 23.. Amarkantak
DAY TWENTY THREE So… “no Law and order problems in Chhattisgarh” we are told. The jungley road we had been warned off by a local cyclist, is fine too, not…