Blogs from Vagator, Goa, India, Asia

Who we are: Sajid C U, Manu V V and Felix George What we ride: Royal Enfield Classic 350cc & Royal Enfield Classic 500cc The route: KOCHI→Mangalore→Udupi→Karwar→GOA→Londa→Davengere→Mysore→Bandipur→Nilambur→KOCHI KMs: 2300+ This is the story of our journey to attend the annual Riders meet held at Vagator, Goa called ‘RIDER MANIA’. For those who aren’t aware of this, it’s an event conducted by the Royal Enfield every year. Back in Kochi we all work under the same roof ‘Royal Enfield Brand store’. Yeah, for us it’s our family get together. I (Sajid) rode a black Classic 350cc whereas Manu & Felix switched seats on their green Classic 500cc. It was the amalgamation of three bodies into a single soul & a mind that we took off one fine morning from our homes, geared ourselves up, fueled our tanks ... read more

I spent my final few days in Palolem hanging out with my friends - easting, drinking, teaching them draughts, and going for the occasional swim in the sea, which for me is very rare. On my final morning in Palolem I also managed to catch up with Marc, who had arrived the previous night in Patnam. After some breakfast Marc offered me a lift on the back of his bike up to Madgaon so I could catch my train to Thivim without having to spend two hours on the bus first. Before long I was racing down winding Goan lanes, with a surprisingly warm breeze through my hair. Even at high speeds it seems the Goan air is hot and humid. I was worried the Police might pull us up for me not wearing a helmet, ... read more

Friday - Day 16 Because i didn't go to the cente yesterday, I went in for a bit today but didn't stay for lunch. Kelly came round in the morning and we got to the centre at around 11am. The dogs had already been walked so I went in to see some of the shyer, sadder doggies. My main focus today was on one dog who in previous days had not wanted to come out at all. He'd sit and wag his tail while making little whinging noises, but he wouldn't actually come out when it came down to it. I'd managed to tempt him out a few metres the other day, so I was determined to get him to go further today. Today, it was like he was talking to me - a half whinge, ... read more

The laptop decided to fix itself! Even though I poured possibly the most corrosive substance known to man into the keyboard of my computer which caused it to stop working, I took the battery out, dried it off for a couple of days and now, pretty much back to new! I am so lucky and I am very very grateful to whoever/whatever was responsible for this as I can now type my blog with ease as I was before I was an idiot! The R key sometimes sticks though and the ipod's lost all its music in the process although still appears to be there... I just can't get to it!! So, to catch up on the last few days, here's what I've been up to... Wednesday - day 7 Kelly and I had arranged to ... read more

Day 4. Tomorrow was most definitely another day! I got up early after sleeping realy badly and got to IAR at 9am ish. I took a few dogs for walks, most of them really sweet but some didn't want to go out at all. Some of the were so scared, it makes you wonder what had happened to them. One doggie didn't want to walk... as soon as I got to its cage, it looked really happy and excited, but once I'd got inside with it and was trying to put the lead around its neck, it shyed away, sat down and wouldn't get up again even though its tail was wagging and it looked really happy. A lady called Sue told me that she usually picks it up and goes and sits with it outside ... read more