Using GoalZero to power our bicycle trip through Asia
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 you're...
Vahana Screening at the Lafayette Library
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 on our trip....
Vahana Featured on Bike Friday Blog
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 need a...
Vahana Released
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 are in a...
Bhutan Part 2: Temples and Takins
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 done much to...
Bhutan Part 1: A Vacation from Our Vacation
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...
Racing to Bhutan
Ok, I admit it. When Pam and I planned the map for where we would be riding on this trip, we were perhaps a tad overambitious. 2300 kilometers in one month in countries that we are unfamiliar with is a lot. Our pace turned out to be far slower than what expected,...
Interlude of Bengali Kindness
Biking from the train station in Hasimara to the border of Bhutan was another perfect day. We navigated some gnarly roads under construction and some smooth roads through the tea fields, but none of the roads were boring roads. While we had great enthusiasm for...
Slowly, Slowly: Annapurna circuit
We arrived in Pokhara after an 80 kilometer day, up and down through the mountains of Nepal. Pokhara is a comfortable tourist town which offers really good amenities, but was somewhat less interesting than the personal connections we experienced in the smaller towns...
Siddhartha Highway, Nepal
Sunday morning we enjoyed a nice breakfast with Neelu, her husband, son and daughter. We talked about many things, including what it means to be Sikh , the (wonderful) customs and relationship with God. It was somewhat difficult to break away from the comfort of their...
