Sunday 11th November I had a broken night and was up early but it was still 8:00 am before I had breakfasted, settled my hotel bill and was underway – without the usual sense of exhilaration to be back on the bike. I’ll have to shake this malaise off, somehow! Puri was a lot easier …
I’d booked four nights in Bhubaneswar, enough to see the sights and to catch up on some coursework. In the afternoon of the first day (October 30th) I walked to the old city, found a nice garden to sit for a while overlooking the big tank Bindu Sagar, then looked at a few Hindu temples …
October 27th, 2012 I slept reasonably and woke just after six; it was light outside and the big windows were only partially covered by curtains. Front tyre still hard: good! I loaded the bike up in the room, did a little Internet stuff, had a shower just to start off feeling a little more presentable and …