Assam, India
2POSH2PUSH LEFT ORCHID LAKE YESTERDAY WITH HEAVY HEARTS. MET SO MANY OTHER TEAMS AS THEY FINISHED & WE WERE ALL UNITED BY THE FACT THAT WE HAD DONE THE RR . . . & SURVIVED! ERIC FROM 'ACKNEY WITH BRAIN DAMAGE FROM A MOTOR BIKE CRASH & THIS WAS THE 1ST TIME HE'D DRIVEN SINCE. HIS 2 FRIENDS HAD BEEN SKINNING UP & BOARDING DOWN IN THE HIMALAYAS. EVERYONE AGREED THEY HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH HIGHS OR LOWS - EVER. I'VE HAD 1, SOMETIMES 2 HRS SLEEP SINCE THE START SO FLOPPED INTO BED @ 3PM. WOKE @ 6.20 WITH MESSAGE THAT USA TEAM WERE IN HOTEL. THOUGHT IT WAS MORNING SO THOUGHT STRANGE TIME 2 CALL - HADN'T HAD 3+ HRS SINCE 31ST MARCH! HAD V NICE DRINK & SUPPER WITH THEM. MIKE IN USA NAVY, BASED IN ITALY V CLOSE 2 WHERE MY PA GOT HIS MC DURING WWII SO I'M GOING 2 VISIT. NOW IT REALY IS MORNING & WE FLY 2DAY. FAREWELL INDIA - I'LL BE BACK 2 C MARINA (SPONSORED RESCUED CHILD) X X
Meghalaya, India
2POSH2PUSH JUST CHEKING OUT OF ORCHID LAKE HOTEL. SO SAD 2 BE SAYING GOODBYES. OFF 2 GUWAHATI NOW, 1 NIGHT THEN FLYING 2MORO. WHAT AN ADVENTURE IT HAS BEEN!
Meghalaya, India
2POSH2PUSH WENT KAYAKING. LAKE LOOKS OK FROM AFAR BUT GREEN ALGAE, POLUTION , SEWAGE . . . AND FISH WE GET FED FOR LUNCH. STOPPED AT AN ISLAND & HAD CHAI WITH COUPLE & SEBASTIAN 3, DAMION 2. THE BOYS WERE SCARED OF US & WHEN I ASKED WHY, GRANNY SAID WE WERE THE 1ST WHITE PEOPLE THEY'D EVER SEEN - AMAZING. LOTS OF TEAMS FINISHED SO IT WAS A VERY WILD NIGHT. ALLTELLING FANTASTIC STORIES & RELIEVED TO BE ALIVE! WENT INTO TOWN TODAY, GOT CAUGHT IN MONSOON : DRIVEN THERE BY TINTIN WHO RACES BIKES & WAS 7TH IN TT ISLE OF MANN RACE SO LOTS OF LEANING TO PREVENT TIPPING OVER AS WE HURTLED ROUND BLIND CORNERS, IN THE PATH OF COAL LORRY DRIVERS WHO ARE OFTEN HIGH ON OPIUM. USA NAVAL OFFICER MOVED INTO OUR ROOM AS HOTEL FULL & HE SLEPT LAST NIGHT UNDER MANAGER'S DESK - NOT IDEAL AFTER 2 WEEKS ON THE ROAD. 15 - 20 TEAMS STILL NOT FINISHED. BAND WARMING UP FOR TONIGHT'S PARTY.@
Meghalaya, India
2POSH2PUSH ARE ENJOYING ORCHID LAKE RESORT. WENT INTO TOWN WITH VIKINGS, SHOPING, BEER, LUNCH, PETROL & MADS HAD A SHAVE, CUCUMBER MASK FACIAL, HEAD MASSAGE, THE FULL WORKS. 3RD TEAM ARRIVED TWO TYKES IN A TUK TUK FROM YORKSHIRE - NORTHERNERS HAVE TRUE GRIT! OFF KAYAKING THIS MORNING. WHERE ARE YOU OTHER 61 TEAMS?
Meghalaya, India
2POSH2PUSH ARE SO HAPPY BECAUSE THE VIKINGS HAVE TURNED UP. SHARED A BEER OR TWO AND SWAPPED MECHANIC STORIES - THEY HAD 26 SO TIRED NOW AS ADRENAL GLAND HAS DONE IT'S JOB KEEPING US BUZZING AND AWAKE. TTFN
Meghalaya, India
P.S. 2POSH2PUSH ARE THE FIRST TEAM TO FINISH - AMAZING!
Assam, India
2posh2push are in Guwahati. Recommend The Silk Route hotel.....lovely! See you on the other side;)
West Bengal, India
2OSH2PUSH STAYED LAST NIGHT IN RAIGANJ, GR8 HOTEL COMPARED 2 FLEE RIDDEN, PEEPING TOM SIURA! OFF @ 5.30 BUT BAD BERTHA NEEDED 4 PUSHES 2 START - EVEN LOVELY KIWIMOBILE 1161 NEEDED A PUSH. THE AUSSIE ROLLS ROYCE IS STILL PERFECT - MATT PLEASE NOTE, I WANT 2 BOOK THAT 1 FOR NEXT YEAR! WE WERE LAGGING BEHIND WITH TOP SPEED OF 40 KNS BUT TURNED REVS DOWN & NOW DOING A HEADY 46! (RR OPTIMUM CRUISE SPEED IS 57). EAT THOSE OMLETTES QUICKLY BOYS, OR U WONT CATCH US! ON THE NH31 NOW SO ABOUT 2 GO THRU NARROW GAP BETWEEN NEPAL & BANGLADESH., IN THE KISHANGANJ AREA. DAWN @ THE WHEEL AS SHE ONLY HAD 4 HRS DRIVING AS WE HIT A STORM SO STOPPED EARLY @ 3.30. TTFN @
Gajol, India
2POS2PUSH HAVE JUST CROSSED THE GANGES @ MAIDA. KIWIS TOOK A PHOTO BUT POLICE MADE THEM DELETE IT. TO GIVE U SOME IDEA OF ROADS, WE STOPPED @ 05.50 FOR 3 WELDS, 11.15 FOR 2 MORE & CURRENTLY WE NEED ANOTHER 2! MAKING GOOD PROGRESS SO HOPE WE CAN STAY IN 1\2 DECENT HOTEL; SIURI WAS REALLY GRIM, I HAD A PEEPING TOM WHEN IN THE SHOWER & HAD TO YELL AT HIM TO REMEVE HIS HEAD FROM THE WINDOW! TTFN@
Sikkim, India
2POS2PUSH HAVE JUST CROSSED THE GANGES @ MAIDA. KIWIS TOOK A PHOTO BUT POLICE MADE THEM DELETE IT. TO GIVE U SOME IDEA OF ROADS, WE STOPPED @ 05.50 FOR 3 WELDS, 11.15 FOR 2 MORE & CURRENTLY WE NEED ANOTHER 2! MAKING GOOD PROGRESS SO HOPE WE CAN STAY IN 1\2 DECENT HOTEL; SIURI WAS REALLY GRIM, I HAD A PEEPING TOM WHEN IN THE SHOWER & HAD TO YELL AT HIM TO REMEVE HIS HEAD FROM THE WINDOW! TTFN
