By Alyrene Rosser.
Travelling on a violet enfield through Bharat to fundraise for UNICEF, Alyrene shares her adventures as well as reminds us of the piddling things nosotros accept for granted inwards our ain country.
I dearest my job. It allows me to accept supporters on awesome adventures piece raising vital funds for the world's children.
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| Royal Enfields sweeping through the Indian roads. © Iain Crockart |
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| Me inwards India © Iain Crockart |
In 2009, I was lucky plenty to see southern India on the dorsum of a Royal Enfield bullet. What an incredible feeling, sweeping upwards mount roads, through tea plantations as well as tiger reserves, eyes peeled to direct handgrip of a glimpse of India’s wildlife.
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| Royal Enfields © Iain Crockart |
The whole trip was memorable, but 1 detail 24-hour interval stuck alongside me. We gear upwards out at sunrise for a long day's ride. As nosotros swept downward the mount the mist cleared as well as I could experience the Sun beating downward as well as odor jasmine inwards the air every bit nosotros drove.
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| Southern India © Iain Crockart |
We stopped for some chai (a refreshing, sweetness tea) as well as met UNICEF wellness assistant, Ms Indrani. She was distributing polio drops to children inwards the area.
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| Ms Indrani shows us her map. |
Back in 2009, India was 1 of 4 counties that hadn’t eradicated polio as well as its devastating effects. UNICEF works alongside India's authorities on a large-scale immunisation programme to wipe out polio as well as other childhood diseases.
Our ride continued through mountains as well as busy towns, where nosotros carefully negotiated traffic. I tin even as well as then sense of savor the tiffin nosotros enjoyed from a basic but delicious local restaurant. We watched women below washing their beautiful saris inwards a vast river earlier laying them on the rocks to dry, as well as boys playing games inwards the water, laughing as well as splashing, every bit nosotros tucked into a delicious southward Indian curry.
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| Traffic inwards India. |
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| Discovering India © Iain Crockart |
I'm going dorsum to India this twelvemonth alongside UNICEF UK Ambassador, Charley Boorman and another grouping of fundraisers for our Classic Indian Adventure. It runs from 30 November to 9 December. This fourth dimension unopen to y'all tin select betwixt riding a classic Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle (or going on the dorsum similar I did inwards 2009), or driving (or beingness a rider in) an Ambassador car.  |
| Ambassador car © Iain Crockart |
Author Bio: The writer has travelled independently as well as for her run every bit a fundraiser for UNICEF UK. She spent fourth dimension inwards East Africa during her voluntary placement inwards Republic of Uganda alongside VSO. Watch her blog & follow her on Twitter @ for her side past times side adventures - climbing Kilimanjaro as well as UNICEF’s Classic Indian Adventure. Sumber http://indiauntravelled.blogspot.com/
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