9th August and I arrived back in Chandigarh within the week – brilliant. Time to grab a shower and a beer, whilst planning the next stage.
Kit all changed and I’m ready for that 2nd corner. Early morning, 10th August and it’s not the best start to my plans for the commencement of my approach to Tezu.; I’ve lost all mobile connection with the outside world. So, I’m stuck in Chandigarh and can’t find my way out! Sorry but I’m really pissed off now, apparently Vodafone think I’ve been to Pakistan…so I’ve lost mobile signal after riding so close to the border. Following, 2 hours of discussions with them it appears I have some form of connection back and I manage to navigate my way out of Chandigarh.
FFS ….roughly translated for flying fig’s sake! The sub charger’s gone tits up again, this is my 2nd one and it’s burnt out after half a day. I’m now relying on the battery packs I brought with me – good job Gordon insisted on loaning me an extra one!
After a bad morning, I needed to get back to basics and just ride.
So, after my 06.00hr start/stop/start I pulled into Lucknow at midnight. 13 hours in the saddle but 830 km on the clock, sore arse, extremely tired but I finished the day on a high.
11th August – This is proving to be a real challenge. It’s hard going, in fact it’s terrifying and I’m now riding in monsoon rains with crazy traffic but despite it, I managed to get another 525 kms knocked off today and called it a day when I arrived in Muzzaffarpur.
As I make my way into the bottleneck between Bangladesh and Nepal I am aware that I’m having technical issues again. I’m starting to feel extremely isolated and totally f###ing lost, with just gut instinct and the last remnants of faith to guide me towards Tezu. All I have left is the ability to make a call, but I have no idea where I am. There are no road signs or road numbers of any kind. I needed to hear a familiar voice so, I attempt to glean some support from Debs and got a little frustrated trying to explain how totally f###ing lost I am feeling, especially when she came out with, “do you have a paper map you can follow instead?” You can imagine my response but suffice to say it would’ve been paper mache by now and without road names/numbers or town and village names I have no point of reference. To be fair, she did restore my faith in the power of `Belief’ – let’s be honest I was feeling pretty desperate. “Ask and it is given”, she said. Well, it worked because I had maps back, so I could at least see where I was again in relation to where I was supposed to be going.
Let me tell you what is amazing, the different attitudes of people.
All day I’ve had people looking at me like a two headed alien and not a word of English spoken. But, whilst I’m sat in reception of my digs for the night trying to send messages, two lads walk past, stop and in pretty good English, they ask where I’m from and request to have a selfie taken with me.
12th August, I’m on the road again but in no time at all I discover I have no connection again and must resort to long distance navigation tactics to ensure I am heading in the correct direction. I’ve now got Debs reading out the names of towns and villages that I should be looking out for and I’m providing her with the names of some remote God forsaken shit holes that I’ve seen signs for as I edge my way closer toward Tezu. I just want this 2nd corner done, then psychologically I’m on the homeward stretch.
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