On Wednesday 22 February, six of us met up at 9 o’clock in the morning in the centre of McLeod with the aim of setting off for Triund, a high ridge that looms over the town and valley beyond. It’s at about 9,100 feet - above the tree line and just about on the […]
I reluctantly pedalled back down the hill from Tushita Buddhist Centre yesterday afternoon, Monday 20th February, and booked back into the Green Hotel in McLeod Ganj 1,200 feet below. It’s been a strange ten days; a physically restful time without doubt but often tiring all the same. Meditation can be draining sometimes.
I’m sat […]
After two & bit very hard day’s ride I made it to Dharamsala - or McLeod Ganj to be precise, which is the actual home of the Tibetan Government in exile and home of the Dalai Lama - about 3 hours ago, Friday 10th February. It’s 4 km on foot or 10 km by […]
The original version of this site, if I remember correctly, was entitled “India or Bust!’. I crossed the border from Pakistan into India at 10.15 am this morning (Monday 6th February). I’m not ‘bust’ and I’ve made it to India. So, I suppose I can claim that the original aim of the […]
After 304 km over a good 3 days of cycling, I arrived at the National Hotel in Lahore, tired and somewhat fraught from wrestling with the City’s chaotic traffic, at 4.30 pm on Thursday 2 Febuary. But more about that later, first, to pick up where I left off in Islamabad.
Further exploration of Islamabad […]