proprietor of my first hotel in India
boys at deaf school in Navsari
the universal “I love you”
head of deaf school
childhood friends
traditional wedding street procession
it's a double wedding
father of the bride
punjabi guest
not particularly welcoming :-(
goodbye to my Luton hosts in Navsari
twisting rope
friends of my Navsari hosts who put me up in Baroda
dirty hotel in Ahmedavad
cotton weavers
church in Himatnagar
still Christmas in February!
pastor & family
I'll move when I'm good and ready
raw diamond
Dutch couple, Floris & Marieke, in Udaipur
French cyclist
relaxing grounds of Pleasure Guest House, Udaipur
City Palace, Udaipur
Lake Palace
my 'manicurist' + children
G2, Pleasure GH
round India bikist, Darren
first uphill in India
1st and only wild camp in India - lovely
up + over with the bike
village wedding procession
nursing my swollen leg - poor me ;-)
my sunny room, hotel Natural View, Udaipur
Israeli backpacker
lake, Pushkar
away from the main road
one of the cleaner hotels
almost my room for the night ...
.. until I was moved to a 2500 rupees room (only 400 rupees to me, though) :-)
... which was by far the cleanest (and most luxurious) hotel to date
cigarette burns on desensitised hands of leprosy patient
hospital director, The Leprosy Mission Hospital, Delhi
Indranil Ghosh, chief physiotherapist, TLM hospital, Delhi
leprosy colony, Delhi
one-roomed home + shop
co-ordinator of self-help group in the colony
Shalom project team
hotel in New Tibet colony, Delhi
photographer for TimeOut
Red Fort, Delhi
peaceful protest
paint + water festival of Holi
I really SHOULDN“T have cycled that day! :-)
my first view of the Taj!
Red Fort, Agra
here I spent much of my leg-resting time in Agra
main entrance to the Taj Mahal
6.30am
7am
from lovely smooth, clean, safe, pleasant cycling road .....
.. to this ...
.. to this ... for the next 30kms! Yukky do :-(
shared road and train bridge
mud fishing
sugar beet
... sugar extract ...
.. liquid sugar ...
... sugar repository
Christian couple, met whilst cycling along. They bought me tea.
hand-making wire mesh
to Nepal
Indian border guards
leaving India
first view of Nepal - wow
