About 12 hours after leaving Jaipur we arrived in the desert city of Jaisalmer – the end of the line in terms of Indian railways, just desert until the Pakistan border from here on. A fairly uneventful overnight journey, only one small problem with the couple Continue reading
After a early start (4 am) we were off to Agra Fort station for our only seated train journey so far. We got to Jaipur Junction around 9am, luckily this time the hotel we were going to stay at Continue reading
Taj Mahal
We boarded the overnight train to Agra – our first AC1 (Air Con first class) journey and an expensive journey in Indian terms. We found our birth and were soon joined by a couple, their 2 month old baby and several of their relations. Luckily the extended family got off when the train started Continue reading
We have now added a new page on the top menu with a map of our travels, its located between Home and About. For all you atlas lovers out there (or for parents Continue reading
Apart from all the street life in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur especially, these two cities have an over abundance of temples and holy sites. Each with their own quirks, particular to there religion. Continue reading
We had our usual wake up which consists of one of the boys bringing us masala tea at 5am. We were on the road for the short journey to the Elephant camp to meet our transport for this morning, one of the parks female Elephants Continue reading
A full on day today with the usual 2 drives, plus we had a arranged a trek in the park itself to Bandhavgarh Fort, 800m up atop a hill in the middle of the park. The morning drive again failed to bear any fruit in term of tigers. We had a Continue reading
After a 5am wake up we were off to Gohri gate to try our luck in the parks other zone (supposed lesser rated area). With just the two of us today it would hopefully Continue reading
Last week after looking into going to Ranthnabore NP for some tiger spotting the more we looked into it the more complicated and frustrating it was becoming. After 20 minutes looking in the guide and a bit on net we had decided on and Continue reading
Arrival in Varanasi
The train pulled into Varanasi station a couple of hours later than scheduled.. not too bad a start for our first Indian train experience! The guide book was full of warnings about the annoying taxi and hotel touts outside the station Continue reading
