Tour de Flores- Cycling competition is one of the most talked about in the world. Flores Tourism Department organized cycling competition in collaboration with UCI. I was also invited to witness the same. When I reached the finishing point, there was a flood of people all around the route. People were cheering around. Students, kids and adults, all were lined up, some were on the top of a short wall, some along the road, some on car roofs. Although it was a bright sunny day, but everywhere irrespective of heat, there was an aura of cycling. Hundreds of thousands if people had gathered together. I too joined the crowd and stood by the road.
- Tour De Flores
After a while there was a whistle and police sidelined people and soon there was a cyclist riding a bicycle with super speed. Oh. It was great to see his speed
- Cyclist
His dress , cars and other support system behind and overall environment was exuberating with energy and positivity. I was swayed by the whole atmosphere.
- Support system of cyclist
Then another cyclist passed by. There was so much energy in the atmosphere.
- Another cyclist
After a while three more cyclists passed by in line together.
- Three cyclists in line
I also got an opportunity to meet with the Director West Flores Manggarai Tourism Department, Mr. Theodorus Suardi. He told us that there were total 26 countries that had participated in the cycling race with 160 participants. The route was 661kms long along the terrain of Flores island. This event was organised in Labuan Banjo in Flores to promote tourism.
Nidhi KM
No comments:
Post a Comment