There are faster ways to travel between Mumbai and Goa.
A short flight.
An overnight train.
A long bus ride that erases the distance in a single stretch.
But between these two well-known destinations lies a coastline few travelers truly experience—the Konkan coast, where the Arabian Sea meets the foothills of the Western Ghats, and where the rhythm of life still moves at its own pace.
This book is a journey through that coastline by bicycle.
Starting from the Gateway of India and crossing the harbor to Mandwa, the route unfolds southward through fishing villages, coconut groves, estuaries, and quiet coastal roads. Over the course of eight days, the ride traces a path rarely taken by foreign travelers—one shaped not by landmarks, but by movement, terrain, and the gradual immersion into place.
You follow a coastline that bends and folds:
- crossing inlets by small ferries
- climbing low headlands above the sea
- riding through villages where daily life continues unchanged
- pausing where the road—and the day—naturally asks you to
There are no crowds here. No curated experiences. No fixed itinerary beyond the road itself.
This is not a traditional guidebook.
You will not find exhaustive hotel listings, packing checklists, or step-by-step instructions. Instead, this book offers something different:
- A clear, stage-by-stage journey from Mumbai to Goa
- A narrative grounded in firsthand experience
- Practical insight where it matters—without unnecessary detail
- A sense of what it feels like to ride this coast
Accompanied by 76 photographs, the book brings you into a part of India that remains, for now, largely unmediated—where the journey is defined not by how quickly you arrive, but by how deeply you move through it.
Cycling the Konkan coast is not about covering distance.
It is about entering a landscape gradually—
adjusting to its pace,
accepting its interruptions,
and discovering, along the way, a quieter side of India that most travelers pass by.
If you are drawn to journeys that favor experience over efficiency,
to roads that lead somewhere rather than simply connect,
and to travel that unfolds one day at a time—
this ride may stay with you long after it ends.
The downloadable format of the book on this page is a PDF.
To purchase the paperback version, go to: Amazon paperback, April 2026 edition.