Goa On A Cycle

Book excerpt: In 2002, Gore and a friend decided to undertake a trip from Mumbai to Goa& on cycle! What has emerged from that journey is this part travelogue, part how-to guide and part personal scrap book, chronicling the interesting and varied experiences that peppered that journey. What started out as a mere physical challenge turns into a lesson in life for the author. In the pages of his memoirs, we encounter Swedish tourists and travellers in the Konkan, warm hospitality and caste conflicts in India's villages, numerous dhaba dinners and ubiquitous golawallas& all of whom will awaken the spirit of adventure and wanderlust hidden in each of us. We also get to know his silent partner in adventure, Rishi, and Gore himself, whose lives and personalities unfurl before us like the road beneath their wheels.