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…
DAY 22.. Shahdol to Amarkantak
DAY TWENTY TWO… 47.30 miles (76.1 km) Sitting in a spacious tent, bathroom attached, in Amarkantak, absolutely knackered and starving. It’s another one and a half hours before we can…
DAY 21.. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve to Shahdol
DAY TWENTY ONE… 48.47 miles (78.0 km) A sad and fond goodbye to Suzy and Anna at 6am as they set off on another safari adventure, before taking an overnight…
DAY 20.. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
DAY TWENTY At last, a quiet day with just a few final arrangements… taxi for Anna and Suzy, and bike packing. For us, a few messages to cyclists in Chhattisgarh…
DAY 19.. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
DAY NINETEEN Up at 5.30am we are returning for more of the tiger “commodity”. Dressed in absolutely every garment we possess, including flight socks, for warmth, we have a quick…
DAY 18.. Barhi to Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
DAY EIGHTEEN… 29.91 miles (48.10 km) Tim’s famous words ‘don’t worry the tigers won’t come anywhere near the road’, have been definitively proved wrong. Today our ‘comfort break’ became a…
DAY 17.. Maihar to Barhi
DAY SEVENTEEN… 28.09 miles (45.20 km) We weave our way magically out of town, like a strange dance, the red morning sun just rising from the horizon. As we left…
DAY 16.. Panna to Maihar
DAY SIXTEEN… 56.89 miles (91.60 km) Back on the road this morning for a 57mile ride. Beautifully cool, too cool ride through forest scrub. At one point definitely heard the…
DAY 15.. Khajuraho to Panna
DAY FIFTEEN… 27.73 miles (44.60 km) Our first ride for a while. Due to our weakness, we shortened it to only 28miles. Still not easy as the roads were often…