The second part of the three hill odyssey as we go cycling to Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu from Munnar in Kerala. A friend had asked me and as we pedalled away from Munnar his question popped in my head. In every direction we looked the rolling hills were covered with…
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A travel tale of cycling from Kochi to Munnar with a bikepacking setup. From the coast on the Arabian Sea to tea gardens in the Western Ghats. “Where is it raining?”“Everywhere!”“I mean, where is it not raining?”“Oooo, the Western Ghats seem to be dry(ish)” And with that bit of expert-level…
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Read this incredible Ashtavinayak Cycling journey with an adventurous father-son duo of Sunil and Shriram Khandbahale. How their cycling pilgrimage became a journey of hope, faith, and connection. In a world racing at the speed of Wi-Fi, sometimes the best thing we can do is slow down, to feel the…
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The Shastrokt Ashtavinayak Cycling Parikrama with Mitesh Modi as he covers 750 km in 6 days on his cycle riding around the Western Ghats… Meet Mitesh Modi from Palanpur, Gujarat. He recently cycled 750 km around Pune covering the Shastrokt Ashtavinayak circuit. This 26-year-old medical student uses his bicycle for…
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We are in conversation with 17-year-old Samidha Patel from Vadodara who recently set the fastest time on a cycle from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and earning herself a Guinness World Record! In an aspirational middle-class India, the first response to anything cycling-related is met with a certain level of bafflement, disdain,…
View More Pedal Pedal Pedal… Ad Infinitum: In Conversation with Samidha Patel, Guinness World Record Holder
We are in conversation with Belgian hand cyclist Michiel Desmet as he rides from the sea in Gujarat to summit Umling La in Ladakh… Belgian hand-cyclist, Michiel Desmet, is currently in India to set a World Record on his hand-bike. The 38 year old began with a small team in…
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The trilogy finale of cycling in Meghalaya. This section saw us cycling to Shillong and Guwahati from Jowai, with some motorized wheels in between! Read the first two parts of the trilogy: Part 1 & Part 2. Day 7: Cycling from Jowai to Shillong As the sun rose lazily over…
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Our travelogue from day 4 to day 6 of cycling in Meghalaya. These three days saw us riding from the wettest part of the world, Cherrapunji to the border town of Dawki, before climbing back up to Jowai. Please first read the first 3 days of cycling in Meghalaya, before…
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