Qom

Enjoying a celebratory coconut at cape Comora, Indias most Southerly point. Thats it. Im now in Sri Lanka, with a connecting flight booked back to the UK in three days time. The last day of cycling was a long one 120k from just North of Thiruvananthapurum (Trivandrum) and as the final kilo ticked over it was, perhaps inevitably, a bit of an anti-cl... imax; just another day in the saddle. As I counted down the kilos it was quite unreal to think that these were the last few pedal strokes of what has been, though I say it myself, an epic journey. Ive ridden in 17 countries and pedalled just over 11,000 kilos. Ive crossed six mountain ranges and along the coast of six seas and two oceans. Ive pedalled through, forests, deserts and jungles, through fields of potatoes, wheat, rice, bananas, walnuts, apples, pears, maize and god only knows what else. Ive pedalled plateaus, crossed high passes at over 2500m, and at 20m below sea level alongside the Caspian. Ive cycled in temperatures ranging from minus 10 to plus 40. Ive battled wind, rain, snow, sleet, sandstorms, dehydration, exhaustion and wild dogs. Ive been constantly amazed by the generosity and kindness of people who ive encountered and, apart from the bastards who stole my bike outside Istanbul, havent encountered any maliciousness towards me at all. Ive slept vacant apartments, in spare rooms, on sofas, in hotels, guest houses, real estates like at houses for sale in tampa fl , hostels and boarding lodges; in campsites, at the roadside, in fields, under bridges, by railway lines (that was a mistake!), in the desert, in the woods, on wasteland, in graveyards and in peoples gardens and porches. Ive washed in seas, oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, irrigation channels, drainage ditches and had the occasional shower. Ive strained my back and my hamstring, lost the feeling in my hands up to my elbows on a long descent in Turkey and the feeling in my toes on a cold night in Iran, getting cbd oil on Anipots.com . Ive gone for days without having a conversation with ...Read More