Pedaling to the Nepal border (and a kind meeting)
We had to make up for some lost time (due to aforementioned stomach bug) so we got a taxi ride to Gorakhpur where we were dropped at the side of the road (with our agreement). Gorakhpur is approximately 80km from the border of Nepal. As we assembled our bikes and...
2 Days in Varanasi, India
We arrived in Varanasi by train, 2nd train ride of our trip so far. It was expected to arrive at 12:30 a.m. but ultimately arrived at 3 a.m. which is to be expected in India and is understood. The local hotel had offered to send a car and they had kindly waited. This...
Etawah part 2: Kali Wahan Temple and the Internet cafe
As mentioned in Etawah post 1, we had planned to leave the morning after arriving in Etawah but the town had more in mind for us. After the ring ceremony we hopped a bike taxi which transferred us to rickshaw to make our way to temple. When we arrived we could see the...
Etawah part 1: ring ceremony
Firozabad -->Etawah: ~70 km, 100 degrees As we got closer to Etawah we began looking for a place to sleep. According 'the Internet' maps checked the night before, there were a couple options, one called hotel Krishna. Turned out to be a truckstop for the many...
Maximum Village
Holy cows. Many times before this trip we talked to people and agreed "Yes, it will be hard." Such a simple statement....but until you are here....in the heat, the insane traffic, and the masses of people, there is no way to comprehend it. An Indian man rode up next...
Fighting jet lag and permanent rush hour in New Delhi.
It's only been 3 days since our arrival in New Delhi, but San Francisco and our busy lives already seem like a distant memory. We arrived at 9:30 in the morning after 28 hours of air travel, and were picked up at Delhi airport by our good friend Anuj's mother Usha and...
Detour to the Burj
Had an 8 hour layover in Dubai, so we swung by to see this beautiful monstrosity.
The Vahana Adventure – Intro
The Vahana Adventure Vāhana (वाहन, skt. that which carries, that which pulls)denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular deva is said to use as a vehicle. The vahana and deity to which they support are in a reciprocal relationship. Vahana...
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