Tag Archives: Experience

Strange bike designs and the experience of cycling

By Andy | Published: September 1, 2010

In the past my mind has wandered onto alternative types of bike design particularly in the context of expeditions. Would a four wheeled ‘quad’ bike be feasible. Perhaps it would offer the ability to carry more luggage or be more suitable for certain types of terrain. Perhaps two people could ride the same quad – [...]

Posted in Constructive Ranting | Also tagged bicycle, Bike, cycle, design, mountain bike, quad, sheldon brown, singlespeed, trike | 1 Comment

Swimming with dolphins

By Andy | Published: December 7, 2008

I’ve had a strange last week. The urge to use some of my newly rediscovered lateral thinking skills has been bubbling to the surface. I found Edward De Bono’s book Lateral Thinking in a book shop in Quetta and through reading it, I’ve found inspiration to find new challenging adventures and varied experiences.

Posted in Expedition Journal, India | Also tagged Acupuncture, Adventure, Almond, Aroused, Bhaji, Bizarre, Cake, Challenge, Cricket, Cycling, Daughtered, Dhaal, Diet, Dogs, Eating With My Fingers, Edward De Bono, English, Fingers, Good Decision, Grandfather, Gujarat, Healthy, Hinduism, Hospital, Husband, India, Indian Culture, Inspiration, Jainism, Language, Lateral Thinking, Limit, Main Road, Massage, Meat, Milk, Milling about, Mothered, Noise, Passion, Physical, Process, Procrastination, Quetta, Reading, Relaxing, Religion, Rice, Rolling Pin, Rural, Saddhus, Satisfying, Side Road, Smiling, Solutions, Soup, Spice, Spoon, Strange, Tasty, Temples, Thali, Thighs, Touring, Variety, Vegetarian, Villages, Wedding, Wild Camping, Zone | 3 Comments

Indian Food

By Andy | Published: December 1, 2008

Indian food is addictive. To start with it’s like ‘curry for breakfast,lunch and dinner’ – hmmmm…. But Indian food isn’t really about just eating for the need of it. It’s an experience of taste bud adventure pretty much every meal. In fact the whole Indian experience is a bit like a macrocosm of the eating [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal, India | Also tagged Acceptance, Addictive, Adventure, Aloo, Aromatic, Begging, Bikaner, Breaking Preconceptions, Buffalo, Burning, Carelessness, Chappati, Childlike, Children, Chocolate Brownie, Christmas, Chutney, Concoction, Confusion, Cool, Creamy, Curry, Detoxification, Dhaal, Dirty, Disgust, Donnie Darko, Douk, Eating, Entertainment, Farting, Food, God, Gormlessness, Happiness, Helplessness, Hot, Hotels, Hunger, India, Indian Food, Jainism, Lime, Macrocosm, Mangoes, Memory, Monkeys, Mountains, Nutty, Observation, Opium, Overload, Phlegm, Pickle, Pilgrims, Police, Pungent, Radish, Rangy, Raw Onions, Rice, Richie Hawtin, Rough, Rubbish, Sabzi, Salt, Shampoo, Sleeping, Smoking, Smooth, Smugness, Soup, Sour, Spicy, Spitting, Stomach, Sunset, Tasty, Tractors, Vegetables, Visions, Washing, Waste, Whisky, Wild, Wonderment | 3 Comments

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