As our Indian adventure was primarily a cycle tour we thought the best place to start would be with a picture of us riding our bikes. These were quite a novelty in India where 21 speed mountain bikes are almost unheard of. We have a lot of respect for the Indian people who kept overtaking us on old fashioned delivery style bikes with no gears and rod brakes. However, if our bright yellow and red bikes generated a lot of interest our cycle helmets caused even more. They were greeted with peals of laughter and lot of pointing and we began to feel as if we were martians who had just arrived from outer space.
We were quite pleased though when the novelty of a cycle tour in Kerala got us not only in the local paper but also on local television. Actually we're not sure whether it was the fact that a cycle tour was taking place, or the fact that there were bears on it, which generated the press interest. Either way it was another first for Bears Unlimited.
Love George & Yorkie xxx
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