Cycling in 4 states on single gear cycle 17: Ashti to Gadchiroli (69 kms)

✪ Saying bye bye to forests
✪ Back on the highway
✪ Gadchiroli city
✪ Riding exactly as per the plan
✪ Completed 1265 kms in 16 days

Hello. 16th day of the expedition, 9th October 2022. Today I am starting from Ashti village. Yesterday I had crossed the toughest section of this tour- the dusty road from Alapalli to Ashti! Today I will have a smooth highway. On one hand, I am feeling good for this, but also I am missing the forest and remote region. In fact hangover of last 2-3 halts has yet not been receded. Great warmth was given to me! And I am anxious now that only last 3 days are remaining! 

Cycling in 4 states on single gear cycle 16: Repanpally to Ashti (81 kms)

✪ Ride through dense forests
✪ Most challenging road of the tour
✪ Warmth of the people
✪ Interactions with military jawans
✪ Dialogue with Ashram School students
✪ 1196 kms completed in 15 days

Hello. 15th day of the expedition, 8th October 2022. Yesterday I had stayed in Repanpally village. Another wonderful experience in this dream-like tour! When I am leaving Repanpally early in the morning, the weather is awesome. Fog is there. Today’s ride will take me through dense forests and when I will reach Ashti, I will reach on that side of the forest. The road must be good one, I think. But many times what we think does not happen!

 

Cycling in 4 states on single gear cycle 15: Sironcha to Repanpally (63 kms)

✪ Great warmth in the so called backward district
✪ Incredible India!
✪ Warmth of an auto riskha person
✪ Meditative forest and nature
✪ “Mental health is our issue also as we have much mental stress”
✪ Wonderful village Repanpally

Hello. Currently the harsh Summer is going on and I am still writing about my solo cycling expedition that was completed in last October. The experience and the memories are so rich that I feel I must share with all. 14th day of the expedition, 7th October 2022. Yesterday I stayed in Swami Vivekanand hostel just beside Pranhita river. What a great region I am passing through! Today will be one more hugely exciting day. The weather has been great. This is historically significant village. It is a block headquarter from the British times. One friend from Sironcha hesitantly told me that he wanted to contribute some money for my expedition. I rejected this and told him that he could contribute this money for any organization. But he insisted that he found my cause so important that he wanted to contribute for this only. So I had to accept his money. Left Sironcha with such memories....

 

Cycling in 4 states on single gear cycle 14: Bhupalpally to Sironcha (62 kms)

✪ Re-entering Maharashtra!

✪ Unbelievable nature and forest

✪ Colossal Godavari and Pranhita

✪ Gadchiroli- Shattering of rumours

✪ Completed 1050 kms in 13 days

✪ End is approaching too quickly

Hello all. 13th day of the expedition, 6th October 2022. Most exciting phase of this travel is coming up. Today I will re-enter in Maharashtra. Importantly, I will enter the tribal and forest region of Maharashtra. It is like entering into unknown. Since many days, there was too much of speculation in the mind about this part. The mind was anxious about the roads, the towns, the connectivity and all. But now I am feeling very calm and composed. Started the ride in the early morning, shared my live location in the cycling group and left. The road till Bhupalpally is very good. Let’s see how it goes henceforth. Yesterday it poured much in the evening, but now there are no signs of the rain. Pleasant weather it is. Quickly I passed the small town of Bhupalpally and now it is all over the forest!