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My quest for finding a bicycle ended a few days back - both Mona and I have found bikes to ride here in Mysore and we have been cycling non-stop. I won't lie - it is uber scary riding a bike in India - at first! The thrill never goes away because you are quite literally taking your chances everytime you get on your bike - but somehow if you just trust that all will be alright it is ;) The key to riding a bike, or driving in India is this: DON'T LOOK BACK! If you realize this truth you are all good - people will swerve in front of, beside, behind, around, and nearly under you but they won't hit you - IF YOU DON'T LOOK BACK! You see there is some sort of natural rhythm to the traffic in India - it seems so chaotic, so dangerous, but the truth is - it is ordered chaos! Traffic flows like the tides of the ocean, as long as you don't disrupt the flow! You must have NO FEAR - if you have fear people will smell it and drive you off the road or into oncoming traffic.



Today's traffic lesson in a nutshell: If you are stupid enough (or daring enough) to ride a bicyle in India, you must follow the rules. No no, not the traffic rules, there are no traffic rules here silly - I mean the rules of the road - HAVE NO FEAR - and - DON'T LOOK BACK!

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I have to admit that being my third year in India I feel as though I know my way around pretty well - but I know that riding my bike all over town all the time will tremendously improve my geographical knowledge of Mysore.



So where have we gone - quite literally all over town. Tuesday we spent about three hours on our cycles, yesterday just an hour, but today we were on and off those suckers for nearly five hours. This brings me to the subject of today's post headline "Bike Bum" - you see these bikes have only one gear and have EXTREMELY hard seats. After all the hours I have logged on zee bike, I have acquired bike bum...and what exactly is bike bum? My tuche, my bum, and everything in front of and behind are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sore!

I'd like to leave you with that image so PEACE OUT!