The route of obese Hongkonger's 1,450-km quest to shed the kilos
Food writer Mischa Moselle, who's morbidly obese and trying to put right years of ill-advised consumption, breaks down his journey across southern India into bite-sized chunks
By the time I get to …
…Wayanad, I’ll have walked a mere 45km around Bangalore and Mysore. The intensity picks up as I move to 9.6km a day.
… Kozhikode, where Vasco Da Gama arrived in 1498, I’ll be on 13km a day and should have walked 202km.
… Malappuram, a centre of religious learning, wildlife and trekking, I aim to be on 16km a day. I’ll try walking up some small hills and see the effect on my ankles, knees and thighs.
Kochi (formerly Cochin), via Ponnani and Thrissur, a trading centre, settled by Syrian Christians, Jews, Chinese, Arabs, Japanese and Gujaratis. The end of week target is: 424km.
… Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, once known as Trivandrum and its 91 listed attractions, via a tea plantation at Munnar, I should have walked 537km.
