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Farewell India
My Indian adventure is finally coming to an end after 7 months. I secured a seat on an Air France repatriation flight for London via Paris leaving on Monday 20th July. I’d hoped to continue my travels across Asia but most countries are still in lockdown or not issuing tourist visas. Hopefully I will return to India next year so I can continue my journey north up into the Himalayas and across into Nepal. I’m looking forward to seeing family and friends back home after 9 months away. My final week in India has been fairly hectic as I did not expect to get a flight so quickly. Most of…
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Lockdown week 16
It is now day 111 of the lockdown in India. Cases across the country are rapidly increasing with India now having the third highest number of cases in the world but the number of deaths is far lower than in other badly affected countries. Although there is a high number of cases is about to reach 800,000, the infection rate is relatively low when calculated per head of population as the country has over a billion people. This week I left Coorg and relocated back to Mysore. I was sad to leave the Manyana hostel after more than 3 months in the hills but the timing is good the heavier…
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Lockdown week 15
It is now day 104 of the lockdown in India. The number of cases continues to rise across the country with stricter local lockdown restrictions being enforced in those areas with the highest number of cases. The number of confirmed cases locally in the Madikeri district has increased to 80 but all cases have been traced back to families returning from Mumbai and there is no evidence of community transmission. In response to the increasing number of local cases the Coorg district has decided to close down all tourism activities until the end of the monsoon season in September. The monsoon rains have returned this week and are becoming heavier…
Mark's year of world adventures
