Cycling The Globe

The photo gallery over at Flickr is now updated with the latest photos from India. You may check them out below or view the full screen edition here. Last but not least a few videos to remember Incredible India.

Distance: 122.42 km Ridetime: 05:19:06 Average: 23.0 km/h Total distance: 7150 km I spent my last day on the road in India thinking about all the fantastic experiences I have had during the last two months. This place is something special. Entering Calcutta was much easier than I had expected. Not any different from cycling  [ Read More ]

Distance: 124.23 km Ridetime: 06:32:41 Average: 19.0 km/h Total distance: 7028 km After two days of tailwind the direction had unexpectedly changed overnight. From the morning it was clear that I would be fighting a strong headwind. If I’m mentally prepared for a hard day, for example a mountain pass on the route, I really  [ Read More ]

Distance: 69.16 km Ridetime: 02:52:04 Average: 24.1 km/h Total distance: 6904km As my favourite South Indian breakfast dish, the idli, is now disappearing from the menus as I get further north, I have been looking for a replacement. As I don’t feel like eating rice for breakfast I haven’t found an alternative yet. This morning  [ Read More ]

Distance: 123.27 km Ridetime: 04:49:34 Average: 25.5 km/h Total distance: 6835km Normally I’m travelling on a very loose schedule – if I feel like staying a day more in a place I just do it. However, with a flight ticket out of Calcutta in a few days and still 400 km to cover there is  [ Read More ]

In the morning I went to the bus station. I wanted to rest the legs and take a bus the 60 km to Konark and the famous Sun Temple. At the bus terminal I met Lyndon from Australia. Quite a surprise since I have not seen any other tourists for weeks now. Even more surprisingly  [ Read More ]

Distance: 28.06 km Ridetime: 01:23:43 Average: 20.1 km/h Total distance: 6715 km Including a rest day in Bhubaneswar tomorrow I only have five days left in India before I catch a flight to Thailand. Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Orissa, but with only 1 million inhabitants certainly not a big city by Indian standards.  [ Read More ]

Distance: 149.69 km Ridetime: 07:26:15 Average: 20.1 km/h Total distance: 6687 km 150 km on day 150 seems appropriate. The legs are now really back in shape. Even with some headwind the day went by without too much of an issue. It is true that the towns in Orissa are less developed compared to other  [ Read More ]

Distance: 76.20 km Ridetime: 03:50:43 Average: 19.8 km/h Total distance: 6537 km I was quite excited about crossing into the state of Orissa. One guy had advised me to eat only bananas there. I don’t think he was joking. Another said it would be better to take a train up to Calcutta. I have learned  [ Read More ]

Distance: 82.24 km Ridetime: 04:09:27 Average: 19.8 km/h Total distance: 6461 km Sarat from yesterday had arranged a press meeting in the morning. Suddenly I was surrounded by a journalist, two photographers and even a cameraman from the local TV station. I’m used to people taking photos of me, but I was a little overwhelmed  [ Read More ]