by melloajello | Dec 10, 2013 | Frontpage, Vahana
When traveling in a foreign country by bicycle with lights, cameras, and cell phones….you need power. And getting power can be tricky. In many countries its just not readily available; and when it is, it could be any number of different voltage outputs. If...
by melloajello | Nov 20, 2013 | Film, Frontpage, Vahana
We got to screen our latest short film “Vahana” at the Lafayette Library last week, thanks to my old friend Patrick Brogan, who is currently working there. From this screening we were able to raise $100 for the Wahoe Commune School we visited in Nautanwa...
by melloajello | Oct 18, 2013 | Vahana
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bike Friday owners Pamela and Nateon Ajello captured the adventure of a lifetime to India on film, and created an amazing short feature. By Nateon Ajello “When we made the decision to tour 1,300 miles across India, Nepal and Bhutan, we knew we...
by melloajello | Oct 7, 2013 | Film, Frontpage, Vahana
Short Film About 1,300 miles by (folding) bike, bus and train “Vahana: (Sanskrit: “mount,” or “vehicle”), denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu god is said to use as a vehicle. The vahana and deity to which they support...
by melloajello | May 12, 2013 | Vahana
After two days in Thimpu, we were still adjusting to the dramatic change from the mainly Hindu cultures of Nepal and India to this very different Buddhist kingdom. Bhutan is currently governed by a lineage of “Dragon Kings,” starting in 1907, who have...
by melloajello | May 7, 2013 | Vahana
After crossing the hot dry plains of India, riding the Himalaya of Nepal, hiking a portion of the Annapurna circuit, and bike-train-bussing the final kilometers through Nepal and India to its northern border, we had made it to our final stop: Bhutan. Bhutan is a tiny...
