Category: transport
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Remembering Shimla. The edge of the Himalayas.
We had been to the main tourist sites. With the remaining time left it was a chance to reflect on the whole trip and what India had shown us. Unfortunately the darkest hour was still ahead of us. My memories of Shimla are hazy, but I will use the images below to describe our remaining…
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Blash, splosh, splat. Adventures in an Indian train toilet.
The GT Express 12616 will remain as one of the worst 24 hours in my life. The overnight train trip from Delhi to Sewagram. In the retelling of the story the timings of that journey have ranged from 18 hours to 28 hours. I really don’t know. I was dragged off the train in Sewagram…
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Reflections and trying to buy train tickets for the Indian rail system!
The bus journey through the slums allowed time for reflection. Looking at individual people – the eye contact – meant even more now. Would they ever have the opportunity to achieve anything in their lives? Is survival winning? I don’t know. We said our goodbyes at the Metro station, but our timetable for coming back…
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Crossing Delhi, the great journey. Seeing the other side.
Tuesday 23rd October 2012 Breakfast in the Metropolis always took an age. We worked out that the cook would prepare one breakfast at a time – we also encountered this at other locations. We had to get out and travel across the city for our day with the Asha Deep Foundation, but we had to…
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Reluctant travels in India
School on Monday morning. Rural West Dorset. To be in school at 8.30 in the morning meant it was early afternoon Indian time according to my body. That should not have been a problem, except for the fact we had been travelling for 48 hours if you count starting the journey at Shimla on the…
Reluctant travels in India 