31/12/2011 Allahabad. After my experiences yesterday afternoon and evening I was not expecting much from Allahabad. An event in the day however turned this on it's head, one of the finest that I have had in India. The centre of Allahlabad is split into two, north and south, by the railway line. To the south is the congested, dirty, polluted mayhem that is Chowk. I think they have misnamed it, it should be "Choked". The hotel I have booked is just to the south of the railway station and at the epicentre of the mayhem. Thankfully my room or cell is quiet and I can sleep with defunct earplugs. To the north of the rail line is the old British administrative area called City Lines. The difference is stark. The roads are laid in a grid
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