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Cycling in Serbia: Where Danube meets Balkans

Cycling in Serbia: where Danube meets Balkans: Serbia is a Balkan country in south east Europe, surrounded by Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia & Harzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and north Macedonia. Many people asked me why I chose this country for cycling?  It is a non-Schengen Europian country where visa free entry is allowed for US visa holders.  It is cheaper as compared to other neighbouring countries. Flight connectivity from Delhi to Belgrade is much better as compared to other Balkan countries.  Finally, the beautiful Danube river and Eurovelo 6 trails.  Day-1: 9 sept’26: Reaching Belgrade:  Stay: Guesthouse ozegovic (zemun area, +381 63226283, RSD 6000 for 2 nights):  I boarded Lufthansa flight (LH761) for Frankfurt at 2.50 am and then connecting flight (LH1410) from frankfurt to Belgrade at 10.30 am to reach Belgrade at 12.25 hrs.  Check in at New Delhi airport was smooth. They allowed my bicycle box (23 kg), size (1500x 800x 21...
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Cycling on the footsteps of Lord Rama: Part-4: South Chhattisgarh:

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Cycling on the footsteps of Lord Rama: Part-4: South Chhattisgarh:  I started my cycling journey on the footsteps of Lord Rama from Ayodhya (birth place of the Lord Rama in Uttar Pradesh, India) on 20 feb’24.  So far I have documented my journey as under: Phase-1 (Part-1&2): 20 Feb'24 to 5 March'24: Ayodhya (UP) to Maihar (MP) : Covering 689 km in 14 days.   Phase-2 (Part-3): 15-24 Oct'24: Shahdol (MP) to Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh): Covering 355 km in 9 days.  After a forced rest day at Ambikapur, I boarded the Ambikapur-Durg Express (18242) at 10.30 pm for Uslapur (near Bilaspur) to continue my journey towards South Chhattisgarh to visit the places where Lord Rama stayed or visited during his 14 years exile.  Day-11: 26 oct’24: Uslapur- Ratanpur- Bilaspur: 60 km: Stay: Ramakrishna Mission, Koni (near Bilaspur): When I woke up in the morning, I saw my train is already at Uslapur station and the compartment is almost empty. I was frightened and got down q...
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