In Dreamland....
6 January 2016
6 January 2016
Today I started at 06:15. As soon as I began
riding I had to face a steep climb to reach the main road. After cycling 3 kms
I reached the highway.
Since morning there was continuous headwind
and the route was full of ups and downs. This was tiring.. After spending long
time yesterday to repair the brakes even today the rear brake was
malfunctioning. I stopped twice to tighten it but all in vain.
I had my lunch at Tirur. On enquiring in
cycle shops it came to my notice that no one had experience in disk brake
repairs and thus I had to take time to do it myself. I started from Tirur at
01:00pm. I had to travel 50 more kms now, but the road was plane with patches
of sun and shade.
In the afternoon I met many school kids going
back home on their cycles. they all must have felt something different about me
and so they accompanied me for a while. We also tried to communicate using
broken English and hand gestures. All I could convey perfectly to them was that
I was riding solo from Mumbai to Kanyakumari. On my way I was blessed with
chilled watermelon juice. what more could I want.
Now I am staying in Guruvayoor with Mrs.
Bindu.. She served me with bananas, chips and tea on reaching her place. Being
in the banana states for so many days today for the first time I had so many at
a time..
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