So, it's now four days before I set off on my first bicycle tour, a simple three-day trip to a wildlife sanctuary in Rajasthan 185 kilometers from home. It will be four of us riding together, a curious mix of personalities, backgrounds and ages. One is a friend I've ridden with once or twice, another is someone I've only met once at a bicycle rally, and the third is a stranger I've never met before. I've got my leave from work approved and the cash set aside, and will be buying some stuff and making last minute plans over the next few days.

So I should be excited about it but curiously I'm not. I think it's just stress from work and finances more than anything else. That and the fact that I spent the last three weeks slowly recovering from that bad crash. It almost feels like a chore.

But this is something I've been planning and trying to do for nearly a year with endless delays and setbacks, and something I've been wanting to do since I was a child and I first heard about bicycle touring (true story, I was about 8 I think).

I guess I don't really know what to expect. Which I guess is a good thing: going into this with no real expectations, good or bad, of how it "should" be. I guess it's better than being so excited about embarking on some amazing adventure and the reality falls short, right?

Well, time to throw together some breakfast and hit the sack.

The tour happens this Saturday, and I fully intend to blog the entire experience, good or bad :)