Travel Journal Overview: Varanasi had me won over on India. And things were only going to get better. It was 5.30am when Bob, a fairly big Canadian guy arrived at reception. I was waiting for the Italians to appear before our dawn river boat trip on the Ganges. We struck up a conversation. He was …
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Varanasi, the Ganges, the burning Ghats- I started to like India
Travel Journal Overview: The guide book said the place was a nightmare, I didn’t believe a word of it. I was right. Varanasi quickly won me over, and my true like for India became evident. I left the train and bid Garima farewell as she met her uncle on the platform. The station was not …
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Winning train lottery and spending the night with an Indian girl …
Travel Journal Overview: I was leaving New Delhi for Varanasi via train. In truth my rush through India was better than I had expected. I still wasn’t over awed by the place. But I could see the charm of the place. What’s more my planned Christmas meet up in Nepal had been canceled. All of …
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Trying to send a parcel from New Delhi
Travel Journal Overview: Postal services the world over get a bad rap. India’s postal service is no different. Yet, the parcel still managed to get delivered. There’s a full Travelogue story on this here It reads better than the below with no misspellings. I took no chances and was at the New Delhi Railway station …
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What’s there to see in New Delhi for a day?
Travel Journal Overview: Day two of my whistle stop tour of New Delhi. Too much culture all rushed into one day. But somehow it worked, and saved me a lot of time. Again I was at the tourist office nice and early. Today was the Delhi tour. yesterdays tour was not so bad. And the …
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Visiting the Taj Mahal, and leaving my mark on a world heritage site
Travel Journal Overview: A day tour to the Taj Mahal in Agra, a mistake if ever there was going to be one. I was out of time. India was not doing it for me still, it seemed to be the best option to speed things up. A 5am Cold Pizza for breakfast on a prepaid …
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Becoming a tourist again, in New Delhi
Travel Journal Overview: The capital of most cities I’d learned was never the best place to experience a country. New Delhi may well be one of the exceptions. Pressed for time, I was about to become one of those tourists. I was surely back in tourist land. Bacon, eggs, oats, coke and a papaya juice …
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