I enjoyed 2 days in Kolkata, hosted by Avik (CS) and his family, and walking through the city with Lukas from Germany, the other guest at Avik’s place. Together, we helped them to organize their 3-week trip in Mai 2013!…
Back to India
When I entered in Nepal, it was the last day of validity of my Indian visa. So I did a transit visa in Kathmandu to catch my plane from Kolkata to Bangkok: this visa is only valid for 3 days!…
Back to Delhi and way to Nepal
After a night train from Udaipur to Delhi on the 21st, I had another night train from Delhi to Gorakpur on the 22nd. The 22nd in Delhi was an organization day, booking my flights for the next destinations in November…
Jodhpur and Udaipur
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…
Transport in India
I posted recently about crazy warnings in the roads. They are there because people drive crazy. Especially in the cities, the traffic is in all directions; mixing cars, trucks (although less in day time), buses, auto rickshaw (“tuk-tuk”), bicycle rickshaw,…
Khajuraho & Orchha
Khajuraho is well known for his splendid temples full of carving, particularly those inspirited by the Kama Sutra! The temples are located in different areas: the eastern and southern groups are free to visit whereas the Western Group is recognized…