Kerala to Rajesthan by train January 12th 2006 Two days on a train in India? A good way to see the country or sheer madness? Well both.
Firstly buying tickets for Indian railways is an experience in itself. I knew that I had to book ahead for a long journey but didn’t account for the post New Year traffic. So when I arrived at Trivandrum railway station and saw the large reservations hall full of people I knew that I might not get the seat ... read more
Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jodhpur The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
Welcome to my travel diary.
This travel blog was started when I took a year to travel round the world in 2005-6. It was a fabulous year spent in three continents: Africa, Asia and South America. I met many people and had many adventures.
Over the following three to four years, I regularly travelled to the Rift Valley in Kenya as part of my PhD study.
I then worked for two years as a Research Associate visiting nomadic herders in Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
I am still travelling as and when I can.
I hope that you will enjoy my journals and keep in touch.
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