My longest, most interesting and most adventurous trip to-date.  A home-brew trip by bike, bus and train through a large slice of the Indian subcontinent.

When you cycle in an organised tour group villages are places to get through.  Heads down, knees pumping - don't stop, don't interact with the locals.  In India in 2000 we had stones thrown at us as we passed through villages - but we didn't stop, didn't interact (except negatively) and didn't contribute to the local economy.

When you cycle into a village on your own you are the headline in next week's paper.  Everyone wants to know where you come from, where you are going and why you are riding a bike.  The friendliness is almost overwhelming.

The pages for this trip are on a different server -- so there is not a seamless link to get to or back from there.  For details of this trip click on the pretty girl below or click here.