DAY FORTY TWO The journey home, pannier bags packed into lightweight hold-alls, heavy with our shopping. Rickshaw, electric bus, rickshaw, and then train to Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station). The…
DAY 41… Vrindavan & Mathura
DAY FORTY ONE 7pm…. The clang of temple bells. Aarti at the ghats is over, but pujas continue all over the city. We are packing our bags for getting on…
DAY 40… Vrindavan
DAY FORTY Sitting in the ashram listening to the young Brahmins who have come here for a kind of school. They are learning the verses they will have to chant…
DAY 39… Deeg to Vrindavan
DAY THIRTY NINE… 27.59 miles (44.40 km) We left our hotel unceremoniously with no send off from the lads. They just sleepily unlocked the door and went back to bed….
DAY 38… Alwar to Deeg
DAY THIRTY EIGHT… 49.27 miles (79.30 km) We left Alwar early and cycled out on an easy and flat ride of 50miles. It was a state highway but it was…
DAY 37… Alwar
DAY THIRTY SEVEN A rest day in Alwar, or rather no cycling, just walking around the city, trying to avoid the traffic weaving motorbikes with horns blaring non-stop. Our sightseeing…
DAY 36…Bakhtpura to Alwar
DAY THIRTY SIX… 13.11 miles (21.10 km) Set off late due to delay in poha arriving and late chai, not to mention, yet another power cut. We even had to…
DAY 35…Sariska to Bakhtpura
DAY THIRTY FIVE… 23.98 miles (38.60 km) At last we get to cycle through the tiger sanctuary! Early morning too. The wardens at the gate too sleepy to notice two…
DAY 34…Bhangarh Fort to Sariska
DAY THIRTY FOUR… 29.39 miles (47.30 km) We are not allowed to cycle through the sanctuary. Apparently, we will be eaten by tigers on our bikes, so we have to…
DAY 33… Abhaneri to Bhangarh Fort
DAY THIRTY THREE… 31.07 miles (50.00 km) Our requests for tea and Poha were met with great enthusiasm. Our tea arrived before our alarm had even gone off. And poha,…