March 25, 2008
Round 2 Begins: India!
Remember this? I barely do. I'm getting ready to start Round 2 of my trip. This time it's India style.
My birthday cake that Keri made me (my friend Keri, not my sister Cary). Keri's 6-year-old daughter Lydia made me a really nice card that she taped 71 cents to for luck!
I like that it's been a year since I updated this so if you don't pay attention to the dates on the last one, it seems like it's only been since last month.
I was planning on leaving last year but life bit me in the ass again. It would've been nice being at the 50th Anniversary of the Motogiro d'Italia and at the 100th Isle of Man. But that wasn't going to happen. At least some good things happened.
My neurologist said he didn't think I'd have any more seizures, so I'm off the anti-seizure medication. If you're new here, I got my head busted wide open in a profitable mugging (they made $23 dollars!) and I ended up in a lovely vegetative state. Someone was smart enough to wave a beer under my nose and I came around.
I was going to ride across the US, fly me and my bike to the UK and it was East to California! Now, I'm going on tour with the Bananas, a punk rock band. The first show is May 2 in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, NYC, Washington DC, Richmond, Asheville and ending up in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 14. If you think you'll be at any of the shows, let me know. It's always nice meeting people.
I fly to Delhi, India on May 20. I've got a friend in Varanasi, India and I'll be there until my bike shows up at Port Haldi outside of Kolkata (Calcutta to us yanks).
My cell phone will still be 916-307-3607 until end of May. I doubt I can check it from India so May 20th or thereabouts should be the last day you can crank call me. I always always fall for "is your refrigerator running?" I won't have a phone in India because I like being unreachable. I'll check email when I can.
I hope to make it all over India, and visit the Royal Enfield Factory. China and Southeast Asia will be next.
I'm not sure if I can bring my bike into China. I'm hoping they'll open up more for the Olympics but if not, I'll store my bike somewhere and buy a bike there.
I've been busy getting all the shots and doing the random stuff you do when you're leaving the country. Part of that is doing the errands that I should've done the minute I got back. There's a book I borrowed from Nigel in New Zealand, and a few bottles of moonshine that goes to some Aussies, that I need to send out. Somehow with them sitting in my room, it seems like my trip hasn't ended. I reckon since I am leaving (this time for sure!), I no longer need them as reminders. I should have my NSU Sport Prinz and Norton Commando up on eBay by the end of the month. I love them both but I need the money to travel on.
what no witty commentary? no btiting sarcasm? No shout outs for your peeps? let me be the firs tto soil this venue.
Posted by: doug at April 9, 2008 10:45 PMYou can rent cell phones at the int'l airports. they usually run about 80 cents a minute, and you can rent them for a month at a time. I'd get one in India, you could probably even buy one for cheap and then cell it later. Get it?
Also, if you are in the mood for some serious fun, you should head to Istanbul. I didn't take pictures of all the punk rockers here, but I was kind of amazed at the scene. Everything is inexpensive and fun and good food is everywhere (food you would eat.) It's definitely one of my new favorite cities, and the cops? Ride bitch on the bikes. It's funny. I will try hard to get a photo before I leave tomorrow.
Posted by: wingnutamy at April 13, 2008 08:58 AMThat certainly blows amigo. At least the google ads on this blog now are linked to seizure-related crud.
Posted by: Skipper at April 22, 2008 02:13 PM