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Day 40: Today our team enjoyed an "off the bike" day and we took time to connect with our international charity partners, The SEVA Foundation. SEVA is a US based foundation that helps serve the underserved, by working through local partners around the globe. The SEVA partner in eastern India is...

Day 39: Is anyone out there getting tired of us yet? Well, I hope not because every day we are giving it our all to make our way around India ........... on two wheels. Today marks the end of something special, for the last two weeks our team has been riding along Indian coastlines: first the...

Day 38: It's been an exciting Monday to say the least. Today our road weary team enjoyed an "off the bike" day and visited the Chandka Elephant Sanctuary - and what a stunning day we had. Our "off the bike" days are crucial for our team to rest and recover from the hazards of long days on the...

Day 37: Spirits were very high today as the India Ride team covered a solid 442km from Visakhapatnam Beach to Bhubaneswar in eastern India. We had a good nights rest, a great breakfast and we woke up to fantastic roads and little traffic. Perhaps more importantly than all of that, the searing...

Day 36: I wish we could say that the heat has broke, it hasn't. I wish we could say that the riding has gotten much easier, but it hasn't. As we push and grind our way up the eastern coastline of India many things have become apparent, the key one is that India has challenged our team to the...

Day 35: Today was a day of many challenges, first was the challenge of the roads; as there was much road construction and plenty of traffic to keep our pace slowed. The second challenge was that of distance; we needed to cover a great distance today as we begin our journey north to Kalkata. The...

Video Release: Running off a mountain with nothing but another man strapped to your back and a thin layer of vinel, to supposedly protect you, is a serious leap of faith. The act of paragliding itself is as scary as it is exciting, and therefore, given these contrasts, we thought it would be the...

Day 34: As our epic journey through India continues, we are striving to understand the complexity of India. And clearly after 34 days on the road we can all agree that India's complexity and diversity is what makes the country very very special. Today we had a chance to look at the future of...

Day 33: Today was a "moving day", it's a term we like to use for those days when we just bite down and get some hard kilometers under our belts. So the team was up early and out the door and traveled from Bangalore to Puducherry today. It was a lovely journey on narrow back roads and it brought...

Day 32: Today we celebrated Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, a national holiday in India, by exploring trendy and modern India; we visited the UB City Mall in central Bangalore. It was clearly the "people watching" place to be and Colin and Ryan got their fair share of funny looks with their shaggy...

Day 31: The India Ride team is moving, and I mean really moving! Today we covered the 440km from Madurai to Bangalore in a breeze thanks to the fantastic National Highway #7 - What A Road! The Team was just reminiscing that just a few days ago we were stuck in Kerala province averaging about...

Day 30: Today the India Ride Team spent their 30th day on the road with an "off the bike" visit to the Shi Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai. It was the second Hindu temple we've included in our visit and it was an incredibly impressive temple with immaculate sculptures, pillars and two very...

Day 29: You might be asking yourself, how did we spent the first day of the second half of our India Ride? The answer is: we woke up early, got through a fantastic breakfast, and then crushed a quick and easy 253km from the Cape Coromin to Madurai on what is easily one of India's best roads -...

Day 28: Today marks the HALFWAY point in our motorcycle expedition and television production known as: The India Ride. When you embark on a long and challenging adventure, it's important to set smaller attainable goals along the way. These smaller targets will help build confidence amongst your...

A beautiful view in Udaipur, Rajasthan - also known as the city of lakes. The team has seen many full cars of passengers and even entire rooftops on busses full of people. However, this was an interesting way to hitch a ride on an expressway averaging about 60km/h. Ryan dealing...

Day 26 + Day 27: To say that our team has struggled through Kerala province would be an understatement. This has, without any doubt in our minds, been the toughest week of traveling for all of us. The journey south from Pune to Goa and then in to Kerala province has led us to one of India's most...

Day 24 + 25: These last two days of our journey have been the most challenging days of the India Ride. We've struggled both days on the National Highway 14 which runs south along the western coast of India. Colin and Ryan have now nicknamed this road: "The Road of Doom". The road in which we are...

Day 23: As we turn our attention to the week ahead, our India Ride Team has begun a new and exciting phase of our journey: The Southwest Coast. Known for it's fertile soils, and plentiful oceans, the coastal journey offers our team a chance to connect not only with farming communities but also...

Day 22: Long before we began this journey, our friends in India have been constantly asking us, "Are you going to go to Goa on your journey around India?" We've always answered yes. And the response has always been the same, "Oh, you'll have a great time!" We didn't know exactly what to think at...

Day 21: After an exciting Off the Bike day yesterday, the India Ride team was back on the road today...but initially we didn't get very far. The team only made it about 20km south out of Pune before we had our first motorcycle mechancial breakdown of the journey; Ryan's motorcycle began...