A la Michael Caine I was straight in and out, of Italy that is! problem was that when I set out on my mission to ride the high passes of the Dolomites I didn't really consider that it was in fact winter. Minus 12 degrees and wipe outs restricted things somewhat, but it did produce some interesting pics - especially of Roberto, a double world MTB champ, who turned out in shorts for a shoot after missunderstanding my Anglo Italian joke, poor guy!
With just a day to turn around before departing for an Indian epic journey I recieved the bad news that the travel bug had indeed bitten hard - Giardia to be precise, a nasty water based parasite which damn near wiped me out a few years back. As much as it gutted me I was forced to cut the trip at the eleventh hour and to tuck in to a week of nasty pill taking in order to recover.
