Yikes there’s someone in my bed! Travelling by train in India

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February 3rd 2009

Published: February 5th 2009

Initially I’d wanted to take the scenic narrow gauge railway to Darjeeling (yes, I think I’m becoming an anorak), but that was before I’d been ill in Kolkata. The scenic train would take another 7 hours, assuming it didn’t come off the rails again(!), and having just about managed 10 hours on the overnight train from Kolkata without being sick I decided not to push my luck. Instead I hook... Read Full Entry

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Willow

My story so far.... 2005: Left the UK and headed to New Zealand, spending a great year working in Wellington and travelling the country - vineyards, trekking , kayaking and more. 2006:When my working holiday visa expired I booked a ticket to Singapore and had an amazing 6 months in Asia - Orangutans in the Borneo rainforests, Tibetan plateaus and the ancient temples of Bagan and Angkor. 2006/07: Out of money but not quite ready to return to the UK I moved to Australia for 9 months or so, living in Sydney, travelling the East Coast and realising my career was n... full info

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13th August 2010

sally alexander
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beautiful photo
this is a great photo and hopefully will aome and see this wonderful place

30th December 2010

john haden
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sun
It is too beautiful.

5th June 2011

grantcorp
Johan

Ahh... the views.
Lovely images and I can see it is a good idea to keep Sikkim on the to-do list. We chose between it and Ladakh, which is pretty much the same experience but without trees. In our limited experience of India we sadly came to the same conclusion, a bit of aggression (or assertiveness as you put it) seems to be the way to go, unfortunately.

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