Day 294 – Wednesday, February 12th 2014 Getting an early start after a breakfast on the gas station forecourt, we arrived in Guwahati, the largest city in the north-east by quite some margin, at around 2:30. We were forced to negotiate quite hard against the cities many one way systems before we were permitted to … Continue reading →

Day 283 – Saturday, February 1st 2014 We awoke in that most colonial outpost of North East India: Darjeeling. At 2000 meters above sea level, it had been refreshingly cool overnight – calling for cosy thick bedcovers, and within a few minutes’ walk of the Gymkhana parking lot we would be treated to a view … Continue reading →

Day 157 – Saturday, September 28th 2013 Our next major target for our sprint through India was to be Agra, the site of the Taj Mahal, but since that was so far off in the distance (600km is a loooong way on Indian roads), that we felt that the detour in to the ruins of … Continue reading →

Day 147 – Wednesday, September 18th 2013 Some good news to start the day – Ivor’s troubles on the way back into town were simply the result of a blocked fuel filter. We had plenty of spares with us, so with new unit installed Ivor was running fine again in no time. We spent the … Continue reading →