All safe and sound surfing

Luckily for us we are enjoying the warm water surf in Kerala, south
India. Got first Indian ocean wave, got a little air too. So nowhere
near Mumbai! All my love MTX xxxxx

Rest of Days : Into the unknown.

So i think it will be a good idea to keep up the blog for the rest of my travles, it won't be quite as day by day specific, but just the highlights, maybe a few anecdotes from along the way. Many thanks to Clare btw for emailing my texts to here, as net access is very limited.
We spent last night on a houseboat, these boats are very Fifth Element. They have a future retro feel about them, do a search for alleppey houseboats and you'll see what I mean. We are heading south in an ambassador car, super stylish way to travel, of course. We are off to hunt down some surf of which early reports are looking good. Nice one, texts are best for comms.
See you soon.
MTX in Kerala xxx

 

Clare Tinsley
tinsley_clare@yahoo.com
+44 (0) 798 4149 416

Day 6

Day 6 - Woke up feeling a little babylas to say the least. Time to visit the school project. They welcomed us with music and dancing and many kids. Very colourful, warm hearted kids, which will now have a better longer lasting education. Thanks to everyone whom sponsored this fantastic voyage over the last couple of months, so thank you very very much for making it possible. 

Matthew is now sat in a hammock next to beach nursing his aches and pains from the ride of his life. xxx

Day 5

Day 5, Final Day. 

Uphill for 53kms to finish line. Absolute stunning sunset theni last night but terrible nights sleep. Every rider was broken at some point, my morning was terrible but afternoon was good. Rich and I got the waterbombs out. Finished ride into kodaikanal - 6000ft at the top of mountain range. 

We had the presidential suite so late night party back at ours. Very glad to have finished gruelling ride! 

 

Front page headlines of national indian paper, who's that there in blue?

Day 4

Day 4. Into Tamil Nadu.

Crossed the border into Tamil, a much poorer state, more barren.

Today was a mental challenge, long flat plains with fairly heavy traffic
to contend.

102kms covered, An absolute heroes welcome at the hotel in Thani. Music,
dancing, and uniq show! National television turned up too.

We all need sleep, lots of it, big uphill day tomorrow. xxx

Day 3

Day 3. One of the best days of my life, huge mountains to cycle over,
huge plains, steep steep mountains to climb. Sunrise to Sunset, 100kms,
every part of my body aches.

I cried for 3 things - the beauty of the landscape, severe exhaustion
and most importantly, the instinctual happy faces that greet us with
every turn. Matthew is sat in the bath with a big fuck off grin...

Kerala is one happy place that has to be shared.

Day 1 & 2

Day 1. Hot hot hot, only 53kms today, not too bad, Richs' birthday we
celebrated in style on the river banks, slept in true camp kerala huts
in the rain forest.

Day 2. Up hill for 83kms. Hardest work in a long time. We all hit walls.
Sweltering heat. My kingdom for some shade. Lunch at middle school, met
some great kids. Ended the day 1500mtrs up mountains, the highest south
of the Himalaya's. More delicious curry for dinner. Its really, really
stunning here.

Let's hit the road.

So, the day has come. We've raised oodles of cash for the projects.
Now it's time for me to do the job.

I've cut all my hair off and as you can see me and rich are looking
pretty buff.

Thanks to everyone who's supported me throughout the fundraising. I've
had a phenominal response, smashing the target with more promised too.

It's Clare and andys turn next so please, please support them on their
fantastic voyage.

Right, I got a plane to catch.

MTBX

Weekend off

I took the weekend off over Halloween and had some coffin action, was
quite something. The March of the Dead is definitly an occasion
everyone should experience once in their life.

I've been in training ever since to pay it off.

This photo was taken in Mo's garden the morning after, yes it's an
original banksy.

Right, back to gym.