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Blog Posts

For months, I have travelled through the United States, first by bus, then by train and from time to time by bike (but only within cities). In this blog series, I am composing my travel stories and observations on major cities and states.

  • Day One: Huffy Lost to NYC

    Day One: Huffy Lost to NYC

    To give you an idea, here is how the first day of owning a bike went. It started off well when, on my first proper travel day from New Orleans to Birmingham, I almost lost my bike completely. I had arrived at the station 30 minutes in advance, instead of the 60 minutes recommended on…

  • Introducing Huffy the Bike

    Introducing Huffy the Bike

    Getting a bike has perhaps been one of the most impulsive things I have done during my travels. Within the span of two full days, I went from marinating the vague and far-off idea of hypothetically getting my own two-wheeled steed, to stepping into a Walmart and acquiring the cheapest one. The very next day,…

  • Austin, Where Legend Lives on in The City that Once Was

    Going into Austin, all I knew about it was that it was not like the rest of Texas. Going into Texas, most of what I knew was that it was a deeply-rooted red state where people love their guns more than anything, wear cowboy hats, fashion leather boots and drive large pick-up trucks (a sweeping…