Blog 108 After a slightly delayed start, mainly due to needing a lie in, we collected our bikes, loaded up at the ATM on Nepalese Rupees and set out on our mountainous 3 day bike expedition. Day one was a b*****! The first difficult bit was getting out of the dust and fumes of Kathmandu and on the right road with the use of a pretty crumby large scale map. We soon realised that what looked like a highway of the map was more often than not a dusty track. Afte...

Blog 107 A rocky landing into Kathmandu with the tail end of Typhoon Hudhud making it wet and windy. A nice cool surprise, after leaving the heat of Mumbai. Almost homely weather! Suppose we should be getting used to it...2 months and we'll be back in the middle of an English winter! Exploring Kathmandu was essentially a right off with the weather conditions, so, we pretty much spent our first day in Nepal drinking Everest beer, chatting to other travellers ...

Blog 106 Cheap flight meant a night flight with a 6 hour stopover in Delhi airport in the middle of the night. Indian rules say that if you're on a connecting flight you have to leave the airport until 3 hours before your flight. So we were pretty happy to find a comfy chair at 3.30am when we were allowed inside. Marble floors don't make the best sleeping place. 1 hour flight delay because of typhoon hudhud which was now in Kathmandu, meant no sunrise fr...

Blog 105 Finally in Mumbai! Most challenging travel days of our trip and we had finally arrived. 12 hour delayed train and 15 hours late into Mumbai. We were woken by the family near us at 2am tapping our leg to let us know we were there. Not expecting to find each other we amazingly found the polish couple we'd met on the platform the night before and went in search of a room for a few hours kip before the morning. After being chased out of the first hote...

Blog 104 Just like Hampi, we caught the 'no more travelling bug' once we arrived and were settled at Palolem beach. Bryn and Jo's number 1 tip for Goa - don't go when we went. The reason for this: because that's when 657 billion Indians go. And in great numbers Indians are a pain in the arse! 657 bn Indians means zero rooms, zero seats in restaurants, and zero peace at the beach. It also means no planes, no trains and a big fat headache! Alas, after a week...