TRAVELS
Cycle Touring in India - A Photo Essay
Unfortunately this original post got corrupted and I was left with only the captions! TODO: Photos coming soon….
- Two guards talk at the ceremony at the border between India and Pakistan.
- The Indian crowd cheers the ceremony - India and Pakistan don’t see eye to eye but the ceremony is a tradition and good natured.
- The Golden Temple at Amritsar at Dusk. The temple had an amazingly calming atmosphere.
- A group of wise men chat by the Golden Temple.
- A colourful sari.
- A man bathes and prays at dusk toward the temple.
- Volunteers cutting up potatoes for the food at the Golden Temple. 45,000 people a day eat a simple meal of dal.
- Folding up colourful fabrics at a back street shop near to the Golden Temple.
- A delicious breakfast of fresh yoghurt, cheese and Aloo Paratha- curry filled bread on the road in the Punjab region of Northern India.
- I’m flagged down for an interview for Chandigarh television.
- An amusing advertisement for the circus.
- An overloaded truck. An intimidating sight trundling up the road.
- One evening I stayed with the police in the Rajasthaan region. They provided me with a curry as you can see here. It was delicious with roasted chillis, a large dish of pickle and the bizarre but wonderful combination of radish, lime, onion and lemon.
- I was on the way to Mumbai and I remember feeling intimidated by that sign evening though 1414 km was not THAT far, I was tired and a little lonely.
- A beautiful wall painting in the fort at Bikaner.
- After a visit to the fort I saw this guy selling street food. The fresh stuff is the best!
- A visit to the camel centre outside Bikaner would explain the options on the menu at the cafe.
- Sacred rats tucking into sweets at the rat temple between Bikaner and Nagour.
- My first masala dosa eaten at Jodhpur. I was introduced by an English guy called David. Watery sauce but spicy!
- The Meharanga Fort at Jodhpur.
- The Meharanga Fort at Jodphur has unbelievably high and impenetrable looking walls. The grand building seemed strange next to the chaotic city below.
- This is my guru who I met in Bharuch north of Surat. The town was really dirty but at least you could buy guava on the streets.
- I attended and filmed meditation sessions in Bharuch which were enlivening and good for the community spirit.
- I managed to crash a wedding at a village near Surat. The groom had attended a university in London. This is one of his cheeky relatives. I was treated like one of the family.
- Wearing the traditional Rajput headwear and sporting a huge beard. It was quite tight round my head (the scarf not the beard).
- Some serious roots on a tree in Mumbai. I was surprised by how it was surviving.
- A boy fly a kite on a roof in Mumbai. There was something deep about wanting to escape the clutches of the chaotic city.
- Unusual beach residents in Goa. I was amused by the reactions of the tourists.
- I attended a Theyyam ceremony in Karnataka
- The drumming was spectacular
- Kerala is a socialist state.
- Jack Kerouac - The Dharma Bums
- A market stand selling bee’s wax.
- A view over Hampi. Somehow it looks like a model with the huge boulders. It would be interesting to know more about the Geology in the area.
- Monkeys playing on a telephone wire.
- A man in a traditional kayak in Gokarna. I envied his freedom to set out into the water..
- The sun setting over the coastal hills along the coast from Gokarna. It was a magical experience to stay there but I had an impending feeling of gloom as I desired to find a slightly more meaningful existence rather than existing in constant transience.
- A traditional fishing kayak on the beach
- A temple at Khajaraho
- The colour, hustle and bustle of Varanasi.
- A cobra on the rocks by the Ganges.
- Repairing a boat by the Ganges.
- Daily religious rituals.
- A family washing in the water.
- An exuberant child swims in the waters
- Samosas served on the pages of an old school book.
- The drummer at a concert by Mouse on Mars in Delhi.