Blogs from Punjab, India, Asia - page 8

Pronounced slightly different here, like the Americans say Carrib-ean. Quite like this idea of my own pivate driver/gofer to get around, the edge has certainly been taken of the romantic view of train travel. You better make sure your bum is on the seat an hour before you leave, coz even with a reservation you are likely to be challenged, I've see some seats change hands (or is that bums) four times before the train pulls out. On sleepers the rules are the bottom bunk shares a seat with the two other sleepers above during the day, but they plead ignorance to this and you are orced to lie on your bunk. My new driver to Kalka is Parween, not so talkative, but that's fine as I'm doped up with paracetamol and just want to sleep. ... read more

Day 1 - Still in Old Delhi, we woke at 6am and headed for New Delhi train station for our 7:20am train to Amritsar. Here we met two lost souls (a young English couple) who were unable to purchase tickets to get them to the same destination as ourselves - the reason being that the ticket booth was not yet open and would not be until after the train had departed! We advised the couple to board the train without tickets and hope for the best, which turned out to be not a problem despite having to pay a little more than expected. Aboard the train we were delighted to find that we were provided with free chai and a delicious omelette breakfast accompanied by chips and peas! After six and a half hours travelling we ... read more

Got up at 4:40am and we all got ready by 6:15 and settled the hotel bills and when we were about to take the luggage to our bikes there was a huge down pour and delayed our start. Luckily it got reduced after about 45 minutes. Though it stopped raining we loaded the entire luggage and wore our rain coats and got fully suited up and left after taking a few snaps in front of the hotel. We finally left at 7:30am. We drove through the well structured roads of Chandigarh and Mohali. A few minutes into the ride and rain gods decided to come back again. Once we were out of Mohali we rode through kharar, Morinda, furore, Khamnon, Samrala and reached Jullandar by about 9am. At Morinda though the gate at the railway crossing ... read more

Hi to all Travellers who are interested in exploring the various attractive and beautiful places, which provides immense pleasure to ones soul and relaxes mind. I also got inspired by one of my friend who keeps on going to long road trips to different places in Northern India during weekends. I started making my plan since I came to know that there are holidays coming on alternative days. I planed to move to The Beautiful City in the north called as Chandigarh. My plan was to go forward also but due to some challenges it ended to Delhi – Chandigarh – Delhi. Tour Description 1. Date of Journey : 15th April 2011 2. Time Started : 19:30 hrs 3. Vehicle Used : Maruti 800 (STD) 4. No. of PAX : 04 (Myself as a sole driver, ... read more

Bear Hugged in the Punjab – Khajuraho, Varanasi, Amritsar, & Delhi – India Hey guys, I just realized that I’m sitting in Aqaba, Jordan and I haven’t still haven’t written about my last two weeks in India, so I’ve decided that I’d better throw something together before I forget everything that happened. So to get back up to date, I thought I’d share just a few small highlights and then wrap up with a few comments on India in General. Kama Sutra Temples – Khajuraho For those of you who like to look through my pictures, you’ll notice that the first set of photos is just a wee bit scandalous. The pictures are from the temples at Khajuraho (sometimes known as the Kama Sutra Temples). These temples highlights some of the best (and certainly the most ... read more