Adieu Himalayas: Cash out in Kashmir
The Himalayas. A chain of mountains. The meeting point of the highest peaks on earth. The snow-capped hat of India and the wondrous soul of Nepal. A single name is […]
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Cráic in Ladakh
There’s a nipple on your forehead. It’s swollen and ready to burst. You’ve tried creams, ointments and deep-sea salt scrub and nothing’s shifting this whopper. You’re not surprised that people […]
A Himalayan Fairytale
Once upon a time in a land far far away cycled a princess named Briany. She enjoyed wearing lycra, always had way too much butter on her potatoes and sported […]
Pre-quake Nepal
Unfortunately Brian is still a man down so with a little time on my hands, and to lighten the mood, I thought I’d post the blog I’d written on route […]
Heave Ho Himalayas
India, like a swingers party on Sesame Street, is a place of many colours. Just when you think you’ve seen behind the clock face, you’re hit between the eyes with […]
Rats, Knuckles & King Coconut
From the title of this blog you could be mistaken for thinking we’ve spent the last few weeks hauled up in a prison drama: Soap bars are dropped and Big […]
Hidden Gems
Picture a wildlife documentary crew: stealthy, covert preparation, patient months waiting for that one shot and a cocoon of silence to woo natures magnificence. Now picture a murky lake, Brians […]
Bring on Ceylon
Brian and I like to eat. We like to eat as much as much as we like to cycle and in rythm with our bike inner tubes our own spare […]
then there were 2
January brings with her the obligatory annual questions: Why did I eat all those pies, was it really a good idea to remain drunk for the whole of December, who […]
Transit woes & happy hellos
‘If you can keep your head when all about are loosing theirs and blaming it on you….’ A line from ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling Mr Kipling wrote the above as […]
The Adventures of Donkey & Horse 