Back in Delhi
And today we are back in Delhi. It was around 20 hours train ride from Bandra, Mumbai to Nizamuddin. It was ok and we were all tired. We are super tired. It was not a particularly long journey but it...
View ArticleA Day in Jammu
Here are the tweets that I started posting as I left Dharmashala for Jammu via Pathankot. Tweets stopped as I entered Jammu because there’s no internet service via phone in Jammu. The pre-paid phone...
View ArticleLife Around the Lake in Udaipur
No Phelps: At the Pichola lake, Udaipur. Udaipur’s the destination of our tour. We are taking train to Delhi in the evening. We went around the city. I liked the place as it was small, cozy and...
View ArticleIn Guwahati, Assam: a Temple at the Hill
There's a small pond inside the Kamakhya Temple complex, Guwahati. (Photo gallery inside) I took a train to Guwahati from New Jalpaiguri. I had come there from Sikkim in a bus in a near-five hour...
View ArticleVaranasi: Five Years On
Unlike other Indian cities, Varanasi offers amazing excitements and challenges to tourists. First visit: 24 December 2004. Second visit: 6 January 2010 A peek into their eyes: At a Ganga ghat in...
View ArticleMassage at Varanasi Ghats
Finally, I relented. He is giving me a head massage right at Dashashwamedh Ghat You have to be a local or an expert haggler to survive in Varanasi. If not, a rickshaw-wallah will sell you right there,...
View ArticleKhajuraho: A Tour of Erotic Carvings and Statues
This stunning statue of a bathing lady was standing in a park near the Khajuraho bus stand. click to enlarge The Khajuraho temples do not contain sexual or erotic art inside the temple or near the...
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