India By Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 7 – North to Rishikesh

Dec 05, 2019
Summary of India diary entries by Rob Shackleford Diary Entry 7 - North to Rishikesh   Read the other India Diary entries: Diary 1 Start in Mumbai Diary 2 Adventure Begins Diary 3 Up & Down Diary 4 Heading North Diary 5 Into the Desert Diary 6 Across Desert Diary 7 North to Rishikesh Diary 8 Joshimath Road Diary 9 Bike Dilemma Diary 10 Varanasi Insanity Diary 11 Kathmandu and Home   Delhi As we arrive from Bikaner into Delhi via our overnight rail trip, the predawn is surprisingly chill. I’m awoken in our crowded sleeper carriage by someone hawking…
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India By Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 5 – Into the Desert

Nov 20, 2019
Summary of India diary entries by Rob Shackleford Diary Entry 5 - Into the Desert - Jaipur to Jodhpur Read the other India Diary entries: Diary 1 Start in Mumbai Diary 2 Adventure Begins Diary 3 Up & Down Diary 4 Heading North Diary 5 Into the Desert Diary 6 Across Desert Diary 7 North to Rishikesh Diary 8 Joshimath Road Diary 9 Bike Dilemma Diary 10 Varanasi Insanity Diary 11 Kathmandu and Home We are up early and, for fun, are photographed in the beautifully decorated reception lounge of the Umaid Haveli Hotel in Jaipur. Most places we have…
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India By Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 3 – Up and Down

Nov 18, 2019
Summary of India diary entries by Rob Shackleford Diary Entry 3 - Up and Down Read the other India Diary entries: Diary 1 Start in Mumbai Diary 2 Adventure Begins Diary 3 Up & Down Diary 4 Heading North Diary 5 Into the Desert Diary 6 Across Desert Diary 7 North to Rishikesh Diary 8 Joshimath Road Diary 9 Bike Dilemma Diary 10 Varanasi Insanity Diary 11 Kathmandu and Home On the Road - Day 2. To Indore in Central India Morning we are a little grumpy. As we pack, we chat with the camping resort owner, who probably saw…
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India By Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 1

Nov 13, 2019
Summary of India diary entries by Rob Shackleford 1 - To Mumbai - Kyle Arrives Read the other India Diary entries: Diary 1 Start in Mumbai Diary 2 Adventure Begins Diary 3 Up & Down Diary 4 Heading North Diary 5 Into the Desert Diary 6 Across Desert Diary 7 North to Rishikesh Diary 8 Joshimath Road Diary 9 Bike Dilemma Diary 10 Varanasi Insanity Diary 11 Kathmandu and Home In Mumbai Read The Prelude to our adventure I wake about 2am. That is when the time-clock in my head tells me it’s 6am and time to rise and shine.…
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Riding Bikes in India – A Beginner’s Overview

Oct 13, 2019
It was day 3, we had been riding for three solid days and were exhausted. To make matters worse, it was after dark. We had been warned on a number of occasions not to drive after dark in India. But we thought we could do it. We were experienced. How bad could it get? Now I will take this from the average Westerner's perspective. Just imagine the busiest roads, then without street lighting, then with some of the vehicles without lights, then some driving on the wrong side of the road, at you. And fast! And I was on a…
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India Journey – En Transit

Oct 01, 2019
Have you ever had that moment when you are travelling by air ...   I have become increasingly disillusioned with air travel. Sure, prices have come down, but services in many airlines have all but collapsed along with available passenger leg room. One small consolation is that there is, in most flights anyway, an entertainment system where you can catch up on movies you wouldn’t normally bother to see except when you are strapped like sardines into the mind-numbing tin can of international flights. I travelled alone, for my son Kyle is to meet me from Vietnam, having the honour…
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