Cycling in Garhwal is Elation in Elevation. You can only love the climbs. This blog covers the first five days of the ride… Uttarkhand has been home territory from the time I was knee high to a pup! We would go tripping there since forever. The place feels so comforting, that I wasn’t quite excited about cycling there. And, how…
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The pandemic has changed the way education is being imparted. Children no longer attend physical classes, where they ignore their teachers. Children now attend online classes, where they have easier ways of ignoring their teachers! Study Hard They Said… Jibin, on the other hand, isn’t a child. He is a legend! While his college classes are going on, Jibin George…
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What do most travellers do when they visit Srinagar? They go to Dal Lake, click a photo of themselves there, post it on social media and head home. Not this young man from Dehradun. Abhinav Singh went to Srinagar, bought a cycle there and then rode down to Kanyakumari. With a few hiccups along the way as it should be…
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A photo story of cycling solo from Goa to Kanpur via the Konkan Coast, Mumbai, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh just before the lockdown… Thanks to Mohit Gena for editing these pictures and making them look better than the photographer’s capabilities! These photos are from Goa to Mumbai. Post Mumbai, I had to ride longer and faster everyday, because I…
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A blast from the past…from 2015, when we spent a month cycling in Mongolia. On this day 5 years ago, we left for Mongolia and to celebrate the anniversary, here’s the travelogue… Cycling in Mongolia Pedalling through the vast expanse of the endless land that is Mongolia, there are two Ws that a cyclist worries about – Wind and Water.…
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In the third and final video, the journey continues from Maharashtra to Uttar Pradesh on a cycle. The previous video in this series ended in Alibag, while this picks up from there in a ferry ride to Mumbai before pedal power reemerged all the way to Kanpur. The journey ended just a couple of days before the nationwide lockdown which…
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Cycling from Kanyakumari to Ladakh with Tahseen and Pankaj as they pedalled the length of the country to spread the message of ‘Be Generous’! This chalk & cheese duo share about their 40 day ride covering 3900 km and climbing 109638 ft. Those who have watched Lord of the Rings, will recollect Frodo’s journey, fraught with danger, as he travelled…
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This is the second part in the VLog series of cycling from Goa to Kanpur, covering 2300 km in 18 days, solo. Part Deux sees the pedals turning from Malwan to Alibag, along the Konkan Coast. With all the fish curry, vada pav and mango orchards it offers. The route provides some exceptionally scenic vistas. The road condition is for…
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