Dausa: Keeping our heads down for Holi: One year on the road - Racpat RTW 2015-2017 - CycleBlaze

March 24, 2016

Dausa: Keeping our heads down for Holi: One year on the road

A year ago we left our home in Boise to start our two year bike trip from Patrick's home town, Ossendrecht Holland. We are waiting out the end of Holi Celebration in Dausa, India (one day out of Jaipur) This is a Hindu celebration welcoming the start of spring and good over evil....also celebrated by throwing colored powder then splashing water on each other.

Ossendrecht Holland, April 1, 2015 to Tblisi Georgia

July 9, 2015 4838Kms (3006mi)

Nairobi Kenya, July 22, 2015 to Capetown South Africa

Dec 15, 2015, Total distance 10,710kms (6655mi)

Kochi India Jan 1, 2016 to Dasau India March 23, 2016

Total distance: 14,830Km (9215mi)

Milestones on the road:

Gori, Georgia: 20th wedding anniversary

Fort Portal, Uganda: Rachel's 65th birthday

Pushkar, India: Patrick's 50th birthday

Total years of cycle touring (not consecutive), 5 years

Everywhere: Coping with food fantasies of familiar foods

Thank you all who have supported us from home, sent messages, and signed our guestbook. This helps keep us connected. Thank you to all the people we've met on the road and have given support and shared information.

That's what makes travelling fun.

Bags are packed we are ready to go.
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April 1, 2015. Leaving Ossendrecht, Holland.
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Istanbul
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Goring, Georgia. July 8, 2015, 20th wedding anniversary. Wearing shirts we wore on our 5 week honeymoon ride from Missoula, Montana through Glacier and Yellowstone National Park back to Missoula.
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Arriving in Nairobi Kenya. Our warmshowers hosts sent a car to pick us up.
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A safari trip to the Maasi Mara.
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Crossing the equator holding our picture from 1994 crossing the equator when we cycled Capetown to Nairobi. See Reflections of Africa: Then and Now. See Reflections on Africa: People pictures
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Uganda, the road ends
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Uganda, Equator
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Rwanda
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Namibia, bikes are our picnic tables
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Namibia
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Zimbabwe Mission school
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South African Coast
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Der Anker for a good Belgium beer, waterfront Capetown
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January 1, 2016 from Capetown to Kochi, India
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New Years Day parade in Kochi
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Street market
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Open garbage system in India
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Open garbage system
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Hindu Temple
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