Amritsar

I have taken several trains in India and consider myself quite good at it now. I have taken full advantage of the many ways to procure a ticket: Internet, travel agent, booking office and on two occasions “Tatkal” or Tourist Quota. On every train a percentage of tickets are held back for tourists and released [...]

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Spiritual Enlightenment on an Enfield Bullet.

This is India, where anything is possible. Soon two of the people that I had met in Bundi also wanted to escape the raging heat and head to Rishikesh. This was perfect for me, my last two sleeper trains had seen me in predominantly male carriages and although there were no problems I had still [...]

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Fairytale Forts and Waterfalls – Bundi, Rajasthan.

Having been initially revived by the quieter pace of Pushkar I soon succumbed to a weird energy-draining malaise. The effort of waking up and eating breakfast would drive me back to bed for several hours and so on throughout the day. This kept me in Pushkar many days longer than needed. On my last day [...]

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Pushkar is Lovely

Pushkar is lovely. Although its streets are jam-packed with tourist shops and it is nigh impossible to get a decent Indian meal at a decent Indian price, it is charming, calm and vibrant. It is also just what I needed. Pushkar has revived me and my fraying nerves. It is a traveller hot-spot and I [...]

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Happy? Holi from Jaipur

Today has just been one of those days. I was woken up at 6.30am by the hotel staff shouting to one another, the sound of furniture being dragged around and very loud banging. Since I was paying a kings ransom of Rs800 per night, at least double what I normally pay, I was not impressed. [...]

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