Arrived early in Jodhpur, we both just left our bags in the train station, Daniela had another train to Delhi (and then Kolkata towards Bangladesh) in the evening and I planned to go to Udaipur by bus. We enjoyed walking…
Jaisalmer
As Daniela already booked it in Ajmer, we took a sleeper bus from Ajmer to Jaisalmer which came again through Pushkar, as I was expecting but the agency in Ajmer told us the contrary… In Jaisalmer, we got an unusual…
Ajmer and Pushkar
Met shortly in Jaipur after Khajuraho, Daniela told me she will come in Pushkar on the 14th. I actually took a direct bus from Jaipur to Pushkar on the 13th, but finally got out in Ajmer. Having difficulties looking for…
Jaipur
Rajasthan is usually the classic state to visit when coming in India; I let it for my last weeks. The capital Jaipur is a much bigger city than Agra! My guest house was supposed to be very close to the…
Taj Mahal, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri
In a tiny cheap room, I woke up at 5am to go straight to the Taj Mahal less than 500m from my hotel, the gate are supposed to open at 6am. The Taj is grandiose, beautiful, extravagant and crazy: it…
Vanarasi & Sarnath
Vanarasi, city of life or city of Shiva, is one of the holiest places in India, where Hindu pilgrims come to wash in the Ganges or cremate their regretted relatives! I first met my CS host Tarun who picked me…
Delhi
I stayed a few days (26th to 29th) in Delhi at Amrit’s place, lovely located in the South. Amrit is yet another very friendly CS fellow. We had nice evenings together and with his friends! Delhi is a huge city.…
Srinagar
We finally arrived in Srinagar by the sunset, the summer capital of Kashmir. The most popular place to stay in this touristic city is in one of the thousands house boats in the Dal lake, the beautiful lake in the…
Leh and around
Leh is still quite a remote place. While becoming very touristic with plenty of travel agencies and restaurants, most of them are just opened 4 months a year, the road to Leh being closed during the winter. There is also…
Bangkok, part2
Together with Hervé and Punkgy who never went there before, we visited Wat Arun on Saturday. The stairs to get up are impressively steep, like some part of the Great Wall I was hiking one week before! Once on the…