Saturday, 20 November 2010

Bike Ride Complete! Now in India!!

So I completed my ride and made it to Delhi, I have so much to tell about my
final days in Nepal and I can not type as fast as my thoughts!!


So leaving Tansen was a dream, gliding down hill for 40 beautiful kilometres
before hitting Butwal and after that another 25km of flat dusty land into
Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha. It was disappointing to be honest I expected
it to feel special but it was not, but everyone experiences things differently!

After this I decided to catch my Friends in India and to travel with them as I
have seen the highlights of Nepal and wanted to give India a proper go, so I
cycled back to Butwal. This is where you catch the bus for the boarder crossing.
I was sitting there and a Nepalese guy came up to me.. asked me if anyone was
bothering me because if they were he would shoot them.... um no I replied, I'm
fine but thank you. He had a massive scar under his chin, lots of gold, people
kept coming up to him and shaking his hand, and he kept taking tea off his
Friends to give to me every time I finished my drink. It was weird, when he
asked me where I was going, before I knew it everything was done for me, and he
spoke to the driver to make sure I was looked after, again offered to shoot
anyone who bothered me ( I have his number... so beware) and that was that!


Now I am in India it is a full on experience of sights, smells, people, colours
and feelings. I am in Pushkar and there is an important pilgrimage going on it
feels very very special and spiritual. I have visited the Taj Mahal and that was
simply beautiful, a very romantic place and story behind it.


I am having a wonderful time, it is not as easy as Nepal and you can't trust the
people like the Nepalese but there are some nice ones and yesterday we were
invited to eat dinner at some peoples shop we met through their love of
Argentinian football ( a person I am travelling with is Argentinian), and have
also been invited to a wedding if we are in the right area when it happens.


Nepal was amazing and I hope to go back one day, cycling through this country
was an awesome way to experience it! I feel very happy and content and am seeing
many beautiful, sad, and happy things on my travels


    Never
    Ending
    Peace
    And
    Love

NAMASTE!

1 comment:

  1. what an awesome trip! i'm so glad you had/are having such a good time. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

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