DAY SIX… 46.68 miles (75.01 km) Up at the usual time of 5.30am for a 6.15am set off. We are still in the heart of the Chambal, but apart from…
DAY 05… Fatehpur Sikri to Dhaulpur
DAY FIVE… 39.15 miles (63.00 km) After miles of unmetalled roads, deeply rutted and a long stretch where we had to walk through deep sand, Tim finally informs me that…
DAY 04… Bharatpur to Fatehpur Sikri
DAY FOUR… 16.65 miles (26.80 km) Our first ride today. We rise at 5.30am for a 6am set off. We have a packed breakfast of omelette and poha with us….
DAY 03… Bharatpur… Keoladeo National Park
DAY THREE… 14.29 miles (23.0 km) We are sitting in the Bharatpur bird sanctuary watching what Tim and I call the ‘jolly birds’ mainly because they are so fat and…
DAY 02… Bharatpur… Diwali
DAY TWO… 9.51 miles (15.3 km) We are sitting on the balcony of our homestay, looking out over the town of Bharatpur. It is about 7pm. It is Diwali here,…
DAY 01… Arriving in Bharatpur
DAY ONE… We’ve arrived for the next exciting adventure. This time cycling from near Vrindavan where we left off our last ride, and heading out to the Bay of Bengal….
DAY 42… Journey Homewards
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…