Archives for the 'english texts' Category
Trekking in Nepal
Just before the planned trekking tour, a bus hits me from the side, when leaving Kathmandu. I didn’t fall, bike and equipment are fine, but my shoulder hurts a bit. Hopefully it will be fine again before I start hiking with backpack.
Kathmandu/Nepal
I spend 8 days in Kathmandu. I think some rest is not wrong. In recent days I have trudged a bit, but physically so far I am okay. The willingness to maltreat myself, obviously flagged a little.
Varanasi/India – Kathmandu/Nepal
Good Bye India! I just had put together the most important rules to translate Indian English into English. So here the ‘f’ is often replaced by ‘p’ (works also the other way around) and the ‘th’ sounds like a t’, just to mention these two. ‘Fifty’ then sounds like‘pippty’ and one says ‘tank you’ and […]
Varshi/India – Varanasi/India
After 1.5 days in the village Varshi, the trip across India goes on. I still meet some people who interview me, photographers, who say they are reporters, and I would not believe it anymore, if they wouldn’t show me there business cards and ID’s . They seem to have many local newspapers here.
Varshi/India
How I became a local star and stood on the stage in front of hundreds of people. It is already getting dark and rain clouds appear on the horizon. Time to search for a place to camp. ‚Where are you from? Where are you going? May I invite you to my village?‘, asks a man […]
Mumbai/India – Varshi/India
Back in Mumbai, the frame which was damaged during the flight can be fixed unexpected easily in the same evening. So a problem is gone that had been a head scratcher for me about the continuation of the tour. Another day transactions in Mumbai and then back to cycling.
Holidays in India
So out of Mumbai. It is going to Goa on the West Coast first – vacations on the beach. But THE beach area, known out of the borders of India as well, but we find a place where there are few tourists and if so, then primarily domestic. We continue to the hot, semi-desert state […]
