Travelling with Traveller Inceptio – India – by Rob Shackleford

Travelling with Traveller Inceptio 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   Traveller Inceptio is my first published book. There are a few others that are ready to rock and roll, but I have to get that first cab off the rank. The publishing industry is like music an art. it's constantly…
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India by Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 11 – Kathmandu and Journey Summary

Summary of India diary entries by Rob Shackleford Diary Entry 11 - Kathmandu and Journey Summary   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   Kathmandu So, after riding around India on Royal Enfields for about four weeks, we fly to Kathmandu. We are tired and, after over a month of some…
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India by Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 10 – Varanasi

Summary of India diary entries by Rob Shackleford Diary Entry 10 - Varanasi   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   Varanasi So I spend most of Diwali half-stoned. Okay, maybe it is not the way for which one is to spend one of India's most auspicious religious holidays, but it…
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India by Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 9 – The Bike Dilemma

Summary of India diary entries by Rob Shackleford Diary Entry 9 - The Bike Dilemma   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   After the events of the Joshimath Road, in Rishikesh Kyle and I are forced to consider the format that our future journey will take. Despite the repeated dangers…
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India by Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 8 – The Joshimath Road

Summary of India diary entries by Rob Shackleford Diary Entry 8 - The Joshimath Road   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 leave early to ride further north to Joshimath, a town close to the highest mountain in the Indian Himalayas: Nanda Devi. It is one of our chief…
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India By Royal Enfields – Diary Entry 7 – North to Rishikesh

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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