Incredible India – a footnote

Incredible India – we DID IT!!! There were many who thought we wouldn’t live to tell this tale but fortunately they were wrong.  We were warned about the dangers of cycling, with the crazy Indian drivers, and the dangers of wild camping but not once in 3.5 months did we feel threatened or our lives to be in danger.  Perhaps it was their endless fascination with our trikes that kept us safe because we were often surrounded by an entourage of tuk-tuks, mopeds and cars with their drivers photographing our every move. We know many cyclists / travellers have had unpleasant experiences in India but we were fortunate, and didn’t.   We met some fantastic people, saw some beautiful, awe inspiring sights and had some incredible experiences. However India was definitely our most challenging country to date. To those that cheered us, photographed us, waved, hosted us, interviewed us or just stopped to say ‘Hi’, thank you for your endless support.  

India statistics…

2915km cycled

1000km (approx) hitched in trucks

112 days done

46 nights wildcamping

3 warmshower hosts

1 very special host – Sonny Singh

1 workaway in Madikeri, thank you Rajen

Major Cities cycled Delhi, Jaipur,  Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Mumbai, Goa, Ooty, Kochi

Temperatures endured 40degC+

Tours without trikes: Delhi – Amritsar – Chandigarh – Shimla – Delhi (5 nights), 1000km approx

Delhi – Varanasi – Chitrakoot – Camp Panna – Khajuraho – Orchha – Gwalior – Agra – Jaipur – Delhi (16 nights)  2500km

Incredible people met – numerous

Incredibly annoying people met – too numerous to count!

Selfie requests/photo requests – 1000s – direct correlation with ‘annoying people’ comment.