Wednesday July 10 Today is was the big highlight of the trip a bike ride to the ferry to Victoria and then a 3 hour bike ride from the ferry to Victoria. Victoria is the city was Kyle went to University at UVic. It is also my middle name and Kyle always says it is a beautiful city just like my name and me. We woke up early and had some carbs for breakfast (bagels), packed our bags very lightly and headed out on our bikes to the bus stop that would take us to the ferry port. Kyle Kyle´s dad lives in Vancouver and the bus terminal is in Richmond (a part of town that is almost at sea level and will probably sink if there is an earthquake it is also were most of ... read more

Sunday July 7th Cycling to Stanley Park We slept in and woke up around 11 o clock, had some bagels and got our bikes to go downtown and ride along the seaside of Stanley Park. It would be my first time riding a bike in downtown Vancouver so we put on our biking gear, filled our water camel bags and headed out. We rode through a residential neighborhood mostly uphill but not too much, although I am very slow on hills so Kyle had to wait for me. Finally we reached an intersection where we cross to head to Stanley Park. Riding bikes in Vancouver is so easy because everybody bikes and so vehicle drivers are used to bikers and know how to behave on the streets and give bikers priority. There are trails for bikes ... read more

July 4th Green city Vancouver boasts world-class parks, from the 404 hectares (1,000 acres) of prime downtown land that forms Stanley Park, to the many smaller parks that host recreational facilities, community centres, and specialty amenities such as off-leash dog areas and skate parks. Vancouver has close to 300 City-run parks, beaches, and gardens. Vancouver is the only municipality in Canada with an elected park board, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. The Board's mandate is to nurture, maintain, and develop Vancouver’s urban parks and recreation system. This system includes the delivery of sports and recreational programs, social and cultural activities, educational programming and special events, through the many community and cultural centres, pools, rinks, golf courses, and specialty parks. Enjoy Vancouver's great outdoors... read more

Mumbai or Bombay The old capital city and the souvenier shopping stop We arrived to Mumbai around 8 o ´clock in the morning and the bus dropped us off literally on he side of the highway. We got a cab that surprisingly said he would use the meter to take us to Colaba district. It took us a few other taxis that asked for an extremely large amount of money. We decided to stay in Colaba, which is a district in Mumbai where all the British colonial architecture characterizes it. It is also where most of the tourists stay and also where the few budget hostels are located. The taxi dropped us off near a few hostels and immediately an older Indian man greeted us and offered to take us to a hotel. We refused politely ... read more

The sleeper train from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur was very smooth and uneventful. I did not sleep much because we were not sure of which was the stop for Jodhpur since the train would continued to Delhi. I read, listened to music and to some meditations to let time pass by. Day 1 The fort Jodhpur The Blue City The train rolled into the station of Jodhpur at around 5 AM and being tired of harassing tuk tuk drivers, hotel managers we decided to take a taxi to the market area where we knew there were a few budget hostels and hotels. The tuk tuk dropped us off at the entrance of the main market. It was still very dark in spite of being almost early morning. The streets were totally empty and silent, but still very ... read more