DAY FORTY FOUR I am writing this sitting in our First Class train cabin, with our packed up bicycles, on our way back to Delhi, ready to fly back to…
DAY 43.. Bhubaneswar
DAY FORTY THREE Today, we visited a 1st Century (BCE) Jain “monastery” or rather a large set of caves. Alysun duly tested the meditation chambers & stone pillowed beds, all…
DAY 42.. Bhubaneswar
DAY FORTY TWO Our stay in Bhubaneswar was in a home stay with a family, on the edge of the city jungle. We were shown the jungle from a balcony…
DAY 41.. Konark to Bhubaneswar
DAY FORTY ONE.. 47.12 miles (75.8 km) Slept through the wedding. Tim said lots of fireworks and loud bombing sounds, not to mention the music. What to do with your…
DAY 40.. Konark
DAY FORTY This morning Tim is reluctant to go for his breakfast at 8am, as last night we waited 45 minutes for dinner whilst proving a sumptuous feast for the…
DAY 39.. Puri to Konark
DAY THIRTY NINE.. 22.82 miles (36.7 km) We left our very nice boutique style hotel at Puri, 7am to cycle the shortish distance to Konark. The cook obliged by providing…
DAY 38.. Puri
DAY THIRTY EIGHT Jagannath Temple. This is what Puri is famous for. But it’s Hindus only inside. We have to stand outside, not even able to go to the viewing…
DAY 37.. Chilika Lake to Puri
DAY THIRTY SEVEN.. 41.51 miles (66.8 km) Last night women were decorating the threshold of their homes using the notorious cowpats to smear an even surface and then a white…
DAY 36.. Chilika Lake
DAY THIRTY SIX Tim tells me that there is a research station here to study the Anopheles (malaria) mosquito. Although its brackish water, apparently the mosquitoes don’t mind. Obviously, plenty…
DAY 35.. Daspalla to Chilika Lake
DAY THIRTY FIVE.. 57.29 miles (92.2 km) Long ride (nearly 60 miles) today. The bounce has gone out of my bottom. Even though the roads were smooth, the whole thing…