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Lakewood
Thiruvannaamalai to Yercaud, 155km, though it ended up a lot more I come from a place with no highlands. No real ones, anyway — the highest point, Bukit Timah Hill, is a mere 163 metres. Enough for families and joggers to work up a sweat on Saturday mornings; not quite enough to keep going. You run, you jog, you break…
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The Great Southern Trunk Road
Madras to Thiruvannaamalai, 185km I've often said India never calls for me, she mostly shouts. With India, there is no moderation: you either love her, or you hate her to death — she never cares for you, or you can't get enough of each other. It's clear which camp I fall into. I could have been in class, somewhere in…
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We Have No Dungarees, Saar
Madras, India There are slower ways of seeing India. On a buffalo. On a "two wheeler", a motorcycle, stacked to great heights with assorted luggage until you can't see what's in front of you. Or on foot, "by walk", like a sadhu with no clothes on. We travelled by autorickshaw. An autorickshaw isn't…
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