Tom, David and I went for a bike ride into the Caucasus mountains of Georgia. I’d been planning it for a while and I wanted to get some proper riding in before the snows descended. Tom arrived on the Sunday but leaving was delayed until Tuesday. To pass the time we decided to build up [...]
By Andy
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Posted in Asia, Expedition Journal, Georgia, Mountain Biking
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Also tagged bread, Caucasus, cheese, Dogs, epic, Extrawheel, Khevsureti, kona, mountain bike, Mountains, mtb, off-road, Tbilisi, tour, trailer, wilderness
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Last week it was the Holi festival where people throw colourful powder and drench each other with water. I took a cycle ride through the Mehrauli area near the Qutab Minar monument just as the festivities were peaking in the morning.
I arrived last night in the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. The country holds great intrigue for me and my initial impressions do not disappoint.
Kathmandu is a relaxed and historical place which, I get the inkling, has a great deal to offer for those who are willing to hang about and dig deeper below the surface [...]
By Andy
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Posted in Nepal
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Also tagged Borders, Buddhism, Bus, Chay, Cities, Clothes, Crafts, Cycling, Enlightenment, Extrawheel, Filming, Foam, Gaffer Tape, Getting Lost, Happiness, Historical, Improvisation, India, Internet Cafe, Intrigue, Kathmandu, Lethargy, Mental State, Negativity, Nepal, Pedalling, Photography, Physical State, Relaxed, Risk, Silence, Stomach Bug, Street Food, Trekking
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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 [...]
By Andy
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Posted in Expedition Journal, India
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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, Experience, Farting, 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
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