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October 01, 2005
where oh where
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Total KM
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of Justice."
- Martin Luther King
The Sri Lankan vacation is over and I am back in North India, awaiting the arrival of my bicycle so I can get on with this trip. I recieved my new bottom bracket in the mail and as an awesome gesture of support, Alian of Iron-Man Bikes in Ilan, Taiwan, has donated the part to my trip, not wanting any financial compensation. Take a cue from this kind man - make a donation to CNIB.
I flew back into Sotuh India from COlombo, Sri Lanka nd then raced to the train station in an old taxi only to miss the next direct 40 hour train to Varanasi. I managed to secure a seat on a different train the next day in order to cover the two thousand and some odd km back up north to where I had left off. My bicycle, however, was not going on the same train as me. It is now in the hands of Indian Railways, the world's largest empoyer with over 1.6 million workers. It (my bike) was supposed to arrive here a few days ago, but it didn't. I've been told that it had hitched a ride to the end of the line and is now on it's way back to me. As hectic as most of the train stations are in India, I have faith in Indian Railways and that it will come back to me. If you love something, set it free...Can that really apply to a hunk of steel and 2 wheels? Sort of, but it's more like "don't sweat the small stuff." You cannot spend time worrying about circumstances beyond your control.
Posted by tyler at October 1, 2005 11:53 AM