by Priyanka | Nov 10, 2020 | Cycling, Denmark, Europe, Germany
Sometime in early June 2020, Francesco wrote me a message about planning a cycling trip in Europe. He had read some of my blogs on my Berlin – Copenhagen cycle tour and had some additional queries. We were in the COVID lockdown here in India so I was really...
by Priyanka | Jun 18, 2020 | Cycling, South India
Tamil Nadu recently changed the names of 1018 areas as per their phonetic pronunciations in Tamil (Thamizh?). This phonetic renaming of places reminded me of a related incident that happened a few years back on my first solo cycle tour in India. It was a short tour of...
by Priyanka | Apr 15, 2020 | Cycling, Europe, Hiking, Spain
I heard of abandoned railway tracks converted into cycling and hiking routes when I was touring Australia. At the time I was exploring a different route. I then visited Portugal and Spain in winter, 2017. As I researched possible routes, I found out about the rich...
by Priyanka | Mar 1, 2020 | Cycling, In Spirituality
Seeing my cycling gear for long distance riding people naturally assume that I am a pro cyclist. Great health and fast riding. It leaves me somewhat embarrassed too often. Because they naturally assume I ride really quick and am really fit. Only to realise that, well,...
by Priyanka | Jun 4, 2019 | Cycling, Thailand
One of the more exciting aspects about my 1000 km solo cycle tour in Thailand was cycling through a border crossing. It was my first actual border crossing by road. I have crossed through multiple schengen countries – Portugal to Spain, Germany to Denmark,...
by Priyanka | Apr 22, 2019 | Cycling, Thailand
January of 2019, I went cycling in Thailand. It was my first time in this country and I was looking forward to see beyond its touristy visage. Cycle touring was sure to provide a deeper and more intimate view of the country. I was eager for long rides. And this was...