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TFN and the rest of the trip

By ⋅ December 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Day 3: Has­san to Madik­eri A day filled with scenic routes but a lot of climbs and pretty tir­ing too in the end. It turned out to be a long day for me. The best part was early on when we had the Gorur dam stretch opened up for us to cycle on — around […]

Tour of the Nilgiris: Day 1 and 2

By ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

On Day 1, we made it from Ban­ga­lore to Mysore via the National High­way. It wasn’t the most pleas­ant stretch in terms of traf­fic, but I was just glad that I could get this part over with. With trucks and other high speed vehi­cles all mov­ing at break neck speeds and honk­ing con­tin­u­ously, it’s not really con­ducive to cyclists. But after lunch on the road, we reached our des­ti­na­tion — the com­fort­able Hotel Regaalis and even got some time to take in some sight­see­ing in the evening.

While I’ve been away!

By ⋅ November 12, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Just realised that it’s been a while since I updated. And I have good rea­son too! I have been busy prepar­ing for the Tour of the Nil­giris… It’s now around a month and a week away — and I still don’t feel I’m prepar­ing well enough. And though, I’ve been hard at work climb­ing hills […]

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