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Asia » India April 27th 2008

From Chennai, I got a two day set of trains up to Varanasi in the north. The first train lasted nearly 24hours, then I had a two hour stop in a small city in the middle of India before another 15 hours or so on a train to Varanasi. On the first train, I met a couple of lads who were in the Indian Army, both training to be officers. They were on 20 days leave so heading back to their homes in the north. Although because they were taking trains they were using up almost 6 days of their leave just getting home and back. On the second train though I was surrounded by people that only spoke Hindi, no English so what little communication I had with them was sign langauge. I would've ... read more
Kid in Varansi
Varansi Rooftops
buffalo in varansi old town

Asia » India March 27th 2008

When I arrived in Mumbai, and got out of the airport the first thing I needed to do was get myself into the city. I decided the cheapest and most interesting way was using public transport, of course using public transport with your big pack when you've just arrived in a new country can prove to be a nightmare, especially if you've just arrived in Mumbai and need to get a bus followed by a train just to get into the city. So the first thing was the bus, and the crush, having just arrived in India I didnt realise that the whole country loves to stand next to you wherever you are, or so it seems. I think its just the huge population has meant that Indians have no idea of personnal space. Most indian ... read more
Goa Beach
Holy Men Hampi
Monkeys




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