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Cycling in Georgia: Where Europe Starts: Part-1

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Cycling in Georgia: Part-1: Tbilisi to Uplistsikhe: Georgia is a country where the Europe starts, is separated from USSR in the year April,1991. Its historical and cultural significance is the cross road between Europe and Asia. I had a long time wish to visit this country but never thought it would on bicycle. This time, me and my cyclist friend Mr. PH Patil (who was my partner for cycling trip in Srilanka in December’2024) planned to cycle across Austria, Slovenia & Croatia. But our Schengen Visa application got rejected. We were little upset and immediately we planned for this trip in Georgia. I am exempted for Visa requirement for Georgia as I am holding valid US Visa. Patil applied for E-visa. As soon as he received the E-visa, we booked our tickets at Indigo airlines, which has a direct flight from Delhi to Tbilisi. He reached to my home at Delhi on 12 May’25. We boarded flight (6E 1807) on 13 May'25 at 1940 hrs. Day-1: 14 May’25: Reaching Tbilisi:   20 km cycling We reac...
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Cycling in Vietnam: The Timeless Charm: Part-2: Quy Nhon to Ho Chi Minh

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For my Vietnam cycling trip, I started from Hànội (the Capital city of Vietnam) on 20 February’25 with my co-cyclist (Kumar Abhisek) and reached Quy Nhon city in Binh Dinh province in Central Vietnam on 2 March’25. During those 11 days, we have cycled for 670 km through major cities like Ninh Binh , Hue , Da Nang , Hoi An , etc. The detailed descriptions of journey are covered in Part-1 of my blog on the same subject. In this Part-2, I shall describe my further journey from Quy Nhon to Ho Chi Minh City.  Day-12: 3 March’25: Quy Nhon stay: 10 km cycling: We reached Quy Nhon yesterday night and taken a room at FLC sea tower near Quy Nhon beach road. The room has everything including kitchen, dining table, sofa, washing machine, TV, AC, etc. As planned, we rested for the whole morning, washed our clothes, prepared breakfast, lunch (Egg curry & rice) and slept till the afternoon. At 4 pm, we came out with our bike and went to sea sand beach, queen. We cycled through the beautiful...
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Cycling in Vietnam: The Timeless Charm: Part-1: Hanoi to Quy Nhon

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Cycling in Vietnam: Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh.  I had a long time wish to explore the Vietnam, the timeless charm, on my Bicycle. I was looking for a partner. Kumar Abhisek who has done couple of cycling trips with me earlier, agreed to join me for this journey. So, we planned to reach Hanoi (North Vietnam) on 16 february'25 and plan to cycle upto Ho Chi Minh City (also known a Saigon) in South Vietnam. Day-0: 16 -19 February’25: Reaching Hanoi and visiting nearby places:   I reached Noi Bai International airport (Hanoi) at 8 am (Vietjet airlines from Delhi). My partner Kumar Abhishek from Ahmedabad reached early and waited for me inside the airport only. After hassle free immigration, we hired a mini van (550K vnd) and it dropped us on the main road near our pre-booked hotel (Asia cozy Homestay, Old quarter area, 917290354, 350k vnd). It was little raining and one hotel staff came with a trolley to carry our cycle boxes upto the hotel. We unpacked the boxes and assembled our cycle...
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Cycling in Srilanka: Part-1: Colombo-Matara-Nuwara Eliya-Kandy

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Srilanka (historically known as Ceylon), is an Island country in South Asia. It is separated from Indian peninsula by Gulf of Mannar. I had a long time wish to visit this country. Finally, I travelled this wonderful country on my bicycle from 2nd -26th December’24 along with my cyclist friend, Mr. PH Patil (from Karnataka).  Day-0: 2nd December’24:   Reaching Srilanka: I reached Bhandaranayeke International Airport at 9.45 pm by Srilankan Airlines, UL196) with my cycle. There were no extra charges for my oversize luggage (box size 1500x813x229 mm, 28 kg) and  immigration was also hassle free.  I withdrew some Srilankan rupees (LKR) from my forex card and taken a Srilankan mobile SIM card (Dialog) at the airport itself. My partner, Mr Patil reached at 11.45 pm from Bangaluru. We booked a Van (7700 LKR) and reached to our pre-booked hotel (Hotel Ocean Edge & suits, Marine drive, Colombo-3, 30 km from airport) at 1 am. Day-1: 3rd Dec’24: Colombo City: 25 km cycli...
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