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Friday 27 August 2010
Monday 23 August 2010
Day 21:
STILL waiting on my tyres
apparently there are some 700 x 38
not 700x35 as promised and not at the local branch,
so M is picking them up on his way back from work
(he's commuting 25+km each way through Delhi for 4 weeks until his company relocates to Gurgaon from the centre of the city)
i stayed home to work
tried to buy Ladakh-Delhi-Mumbai tickets online
failed
so bought them for Rs2,500 more at a local travel agent
(so now i'm committed to getting to Leh, hopefully by bike)
shopped for food
and cooked it for M&M's dinner
1. gobi (cauliflower), egg & paneer (cottage cheese)
2. aloo jeera (potato with cumin and spices)
3. aubergine, tomato, onion, garlic, mushroom and more spices
4. curd with cucumber
restaurants don't have aubergine on the menu
which is a shame
and strange, since they are in the shops
(in fact, i think they are indigenous to India--though some sources say Africa--as are cucumbers)
STILL waiting on my tyres
apparently there are some 700 x 38
not 700x35 as promised and not at the local branch,
so M is picking them up on his way back from work
(he's commuting 25+km each way through Delhi for 4 weeks until his company relocates to Gurgaon from the centre of the city)
i stayed home to worktried to buy Ladakh-Delhi-Mumbai tickets online
failed
so bought them for Rs2,500 more at a local travel agent
(so now i'm committed to getting to Leh, hopefully by bike)
shopped for food
and cooked it for M&M's dinner
1. gobi (cauliflower), egg & paneer (cottage cheese)2. aloo jeera (potato with cumin and spices)
3. aubergine, tomato, onion, garlic, mushroom and more spices
4. curd with cucumber
restaurants don't have aubergine on the menu
which is a shame
and strange, since they are in the shops
(in fact, i think they are indigenous to India--though some sources say Africa--as are cucumbers)
Day 20:
Saturday and Sunday the warehouse was closed, Monday the bike shop was closed, so Tuesday (today) my new tyres will "100%" be in the store
Michael and I cycled the 25km each way to be told "the warehouse is closed today, come back tomorrow"
and while M tried everything he could to persuade them to take a set of tyres off a model in the shop, my question was "and you didn't telephone us because?"
over these 50km I got 3 punctures (2 inch-long nails and a cracked valve cap)
and M had one
on the way back we bumped into a major N-S route with a BICYLCE-ONLY PATH
with, naturally, not only motorbikes, autorickshaws
but even cars using it.
Saturday and Sunday the warehouse was closed, Monday the bike shop was closed, so Tuesday (today) my new tyres will "100%" be in the store
Michael and I cycled the 25km each way to be told "the warehouse is closed today, come back tomorrow"
and while M tried everything he could to persuade them to take a set of tyres off a model in the shop, my question was "and you didn't telephone us because?"
over these 50km I got 3 punctures (2 inch-long nails and a cracked valve cap)
and M had one
on the way back we bumped into a major N-S route with a BICYLCE-ONLY PATHwith, naturally, not only motorbikes, autorickshaws
but even cars using it.
Day 19: Rest day in Delhi
still waiting on my tyres
in the meantime working on an article (advertorial);
ironically, it is about cycling in Taiwan
later I went to the Ambiance Mall in Delhi's Gurgaon district
which has a Marks&Spencer, Debenhams, Next etc.,
but is a pretty dreadful place
I bought some peanut butter and a pair of shorts
(from Big Bazar, a local brand in the basement)
still waiting on my tyres
in the meantime working on an article (advertorial);
ironically, it is about cycling in Taiwan
later I went to the Ambiance Mall in Delhi's Gurgaon district
which has a Marks&Spencer, Debenhams, Next etc.,
but is a pretty dreadful place
I bought some peanut butter and a pair of shorts
(from Big Bazar, a local brand in the basement)
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