To continue or not to continue...

Thought I had fully recovered from the viral flue...It's been almost 8 days since I had fever on and off... finished a course of antibiotics... felt a bit better, so... started off from Bangalore on the 23rd morning. Couldn't start from the point I had stopped on the 13th of january, as it was 262 kilometers away and there was a taxi/lorry(truck) strike in India. Went on National Highway 7 and stopped at Hosur after almost 66 kilometers. Checked into a decent hotel... but there was no hot water ;=(

I felt feverish... ate something and slept. When I woke up in the evening, I still felt miserable, checked my temperature and it was 102 degrees. (39 degrees celsius). Struggled all night and the next morning, I took a taxi back to Bangalore as I saw no point in staying in a hotel. Two days later I am still feeling very weak. The temperature is back to normal this morning. Contemplating if i should call my cycling trip off. 6 months of preperation ... and only 6 days of cycling (621 kilometers) to make me wonder if i should continue... The soul's willing, but the body doesn't seem to co-operate ;-(

I would sound very very negative about Bangalore - also called "Garden city of India" as the entire Hosur road is under construction for the so called elevated highway project. I am not exeggarating when I write that I had to stop next to stopped trucks for shade as there wasn't a single tree where one could take shelter. The dust and the pollution makes me wonder if it's worth it and if I am only spoiling my health...