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Read more about the article London to Brighton BHF Cycling

London to Brighton BHF Cycling

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Pedalling from London to Brighton is a classic 55-mile journey that takes you from Clapham Common down quiet country lanes, up the steep Ditchend Hill, and straight to the vibrant Brighton seafront.  Journey starts from rolling away from Clapham Common through south London suburbs. Then cruising past green fields in Surrey and Sussex before stopping to catch your breath on the massive climb at Ditchling Beacon. After that its coasting down the final hill into Brighton and finishing right by the beach.              …

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Armenia

🇦🇲 🇦🇲 🇦🇲 Day 1 : Tbilisi to Yereven by road I decided to take a private transfer . I was picked up from my hotel around 7 in the morning .Our first stop was Sevanavank monastery, located in Lake Sevan. Lake Sevan is the pearl of the Armenian mountains. A volcanic creation of blue eyes beauty located 1900m. above sea level is the second highest sweetwater lake in the world rounded by beautiful mountains. Sevanavank monastery is one of the most beautiful monasteries in Armenia,  located on the pick of Sevan…

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Georgia

🇬🇪 🇬🇪 🇬🇪 Day 1 Batumi I flew from Baku and landed at Batumi in the afternoon . It was easy to get Uber all over Georgia, I got a Uber and reached to Orbi Aprtments , these were huge apartment blocks built in new boulevard. Though I had a booking through booking.com , my booking was not honoured and I ended up paying double price for a similar apartment with someone else. Nevertheless Batumi is very popular resort city and it is quite popular with locals. Batumi often known as "Pearl…

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Read more about the article Azerbaizan – Baku and countryside

Azerbaizan – Baku and countryside

🇦🇿 🇦🇿 🇦🇿 Azerbaizan is a transcontinental and land-locked country bordering between western asia and eastern europe bordering the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. This was my first coutry in list of 3 countries (Azerbaizan, Armenia, Georgia)  I was covering in this trip. I arrived Baku early morning via a overnight flight from London Heathrow by Azarbaizan Airlines . Day 1 Baku : I arrived Baku at early morning . I was provided a free…

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Yorkshire 3 Peak Challenge

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge takes on the peaks of Pen-y-Ghent (694 metres), Whernside (736 metres) and Ingleborough (723 metres), usually in this order, and in under 12 hours. These hills form part of the Pennine range, and encircle the head of the valley of the River Ribble, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. I drove to YHA Hawes on the previous day and stayed for 2 nights . Very early morning on the next day I left for 3 peak challenge . I drove to the starting point…

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Cornwall

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We started on Friday after an early lunch from home around 12 . Drive itself should take 5 to 6 hours but due to notorious M25 traffic it was over 7 hours with some breaks till we reach our overnight accomodation at YHA Boswinger where we stayed for 2 nights. Day 1 Our day started fresh and early after we had our breakfast at YHA .We walked down to Hemmick beach which was completely destered at that time in the morning .Hemmick is a small and attractive sandy beach…

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Road Trip: Lake District

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Day 1 This is a short road trip only for 2 days. I left early from home drove for around 3 hrs for about 188 miles to service station for a break and breakfast then drove for another 2 hours to Crummock water. On the way there were some waterfalls , I stopped at Moss Force waterfall. This is possibly the most accessible waterfall in the Lakes, being barely more than 200m (220 yards) from the roadside. It is situated on the crest of the pass at Newlands Hause…

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Read more about the article Iceland: Reykjavík

Iceland: Reykjavík

🇮🇸 🇮🇸 🇮🇸 Reykjavík is the capital city of and also the largest city in Iceland. Amazing city in its own rights , it is also known as City of museums . Apart from usual museums you would expect in a regular European capital City, it has Phallological (Penis) Museum and Perlan museum. My time was very limited in the capital city . I stayed in Dalur YHA . located neighbourhood of Laugardalur. I went for Laugardalslaug pool next door  which is the largest in Reykjavik with two 50m swimming pools, slides,…

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Bulgaria

🇧🇬 🇧🇬 🇧🇬 Day 1 Sofia I left Budapest after in the afternoon . The flight was about 2.5 hours and reached airport around 10 in the evening. From Airport , it's about 30 min ride to Elgence Hostel and guesthouse. Day 2 Sofia Today I left the hotel in morning . Had a very good breakfast at a local cafe near the center of the town and the joined a free walking tour called "Free Sofia Tour".  This is by  far one of the best free walking tour I ever did.…

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Wales

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Another short trip with long driving involved in the summer of 2024. I left home early in the morning towards Skanda Vale. Skanda Vale , The Maha Shakti (also known as the Maha Kali) Temple houses a striking six-foot-tall murthi (sacred image) of Maha Kali, surrounded by shrines to Lakshmi, Pattini, Saraswati, Mother Mary and more. The drive was about 6 hours and we had a mishap, on the way we had rest stop and while adding air the tire valve blew off. So we got stuck there for…

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