You may have noticed the line on our map departed from its usually furtive inching along and suddenly jumped a country and an ocean to land in India.\u00a0 This represents Nakia’s path, one the rest of us will hopefully be following shortly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking for myself, getting on a plane is the last thing I want to do.\u00a0 However, in light of the situation, it may be the best option.\u00a0 Myanmar, a country I long to bike through, has no open borders and large sections of the country are closed off to foreigners.\u00a0 Others have traveled through it, but only as ‘guests’ of the various rebel groups operating in the areas not controlled by the government. Such travel is impractical for five people on bicycles, and probably would not involve much bike travel anyway.<\/p>\n
Going back into China and around Tibet is the next best option.\u00a0 However, we all don’t equally love mountains, and buying visas and climbing the Himalayas would cost significant dollars and time.\u00a0 As a group, we decided it would be best to take the carbon emissions hit and book a flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We are currently in Bangkok, staying with Gretchen, a super-hospitable Bennie, and preparing for India.\u00a0 The three of us guys still hold out hope for finding a ship to take us (less trouble and fewer emissions) but chances of that happening are not great.\u00a0 So don’t be surprised if you see another jump on the map from Bangkok to Kalkutta.\u00a0 Hopefully our current and future biking will offset the carbon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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