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Bus-Free Through India: Houseboating Through Kerala’s Backwaters

While I did a short kayaking trip through the Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, boating had been a smaller component throughout the trip traveling without bus tours through India. That was all changing today, with a houseboat trip and kayaking excursion through the Backwaters. After long distances cycling through India and high-altitude camping in Silent Valley National…Read more...
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Bus-Free Through India: Cycling The Cardamom Trail

“Today we’ll be cycling the Cardamom Trail,” my guide, Rattan, tells me over breakfast. “It’s 91 kilometers (57 miles) from here to Periyar.” I almost spit out my coconut chutney-covered dosa. Do I look like Lance Armstrong? Rattan laughs. “We’ll go slow and just enjoy. Peter will be behind us with the van if we…Read more...
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Bus-Free Through India: Cycling Kerala’s Culturally Immersive Canal Route

For those who think cities in India are hectic, try cycling through them. Those whimsical rainbow-colored buses playing Mr. Softee music don’t seem so sweet when they’re barreling at you at 100 mph. Tuk tuks zoom past, their obnoxious honking your only warning to get the hell out of the way, while mac trucks speed…Read more...
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