Pathankot to Pathankot, via Joginder Nagar

Pathankot, Punjab 16th June, 2016 In retrospect, taking a taxi to Pathankot was a very good idea. We left Delhi at around 6:30 am and made good progress, weaving between lanes in that particular Indian flow to driving where any gap sufficient (barely) for a vehicle becomes a traffic lane and the actual road lane …

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missing inaction?

It’s more than half a year since anything has been added to this blog :( The blog was focused on my (cycling and ‘back-packing’) travels between July 2012 and June 2013. Since then, I been adapting back to ‘real-life’ which, unfortunately, is fairly unremarkable. In my case, at any rate. Get up, go to work, …

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araku and back

A splendid day. Despite the 5:00 am alarm. I left my bike locked to a tree below my room and took an auto-rickshaw to the station – a surprisingly long way. I paid my 20 rupees for a ticket up to Araku and wandered out into the Indian Railways world on the platform – something …

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the toy train

I took the toy train down to Kurseong and back yesterday. What a fun excursion! I travelled first class, for the princely sum of one dollar per hour, although the carriage was, er, well-worn. If I were to do it again, second-class looks comfortable enough (padded benches) for one-fifth of the price. It was a …

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