It turns out you can’t polish a turd. Despite having my bike fixed for the umpteenth time, my pedal fell off again just 10km out of Kannur. Miraculously, Hugo found the flying nut on the roadside and we tried our best to screw it back on with my broken spanner to tied us over until…Continue reading The rural road to Hampi: Karnataka, India

The uncertainty of our daily progress makes it difficult to Couchsurf but sometimes, like this time, it works out. I received a message from Manish a few months back asking us to pop by if we happened to pass his town Kannur, North Kerala. It was on our route so we made sure we timed…Continue reading An insightful visit to Kannur: Northern Kerala, India

We started looking for somewhere to stay but everywhere was either “fully booked” or too expensive. Fancying a bit of an adventure, we went looking for camping spots and after no luck we resorted to asking locals if we could camp in their garden. No luck there either. Our only option was to ‘wild camp’…Continue reading Elephant-sized adventures: Kerala Coast, India

Kochi or Cochin is another one of India’s many confusing name changes after becoming independent from the British in 1947. I’ve found that most places in India have two names, sometimes three, and with different spellings too, which often makes navigation somewhat difficult.   Luckily for me I have my trusty bike bell which does…Continue reading Fort Kochi and beyond: Cochin, India