Yesterday I finally had a fantastic day of fun in India. I woke at around 8am with a renewed sense of enthusiasm to find fun in India after several pretty frustrating days, so after breakfast I started talking with the first people I met – an American couple called Ben and Kristin. I asked if they’d like to go with me to the Laxmi Narayan Birla Mandiala Temple – a large Hindu temple not far from our Hotel in Parahganj. They had it on their list for the day so off we went via the Delhi subway. Which was my first big WOW of India!
Now there are plenty of you who see me as a bit of a train
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I think i’ve finally got the knack of dealing with touts and taxi drivers who hassle westerners non-stop in India. Just tell them to GO AWAY! Ignoring just doesn’t work. You’ve got to be super firm!
Yesterday I had by far and away my best day in India so far. I went to the main Delhi tourist office just off Connaught Place and booked myself onto an afternoon organised coach tour of the city (like in Chennai). On the tour I met my first fellow Brit, Chris from Essex, who turned out to be an awesome laugh and really lifted my spirits.
Up until then i’d really been struggling. In the morning i’d been led up a back alley by some ‘cool’
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I have just completed the longest rail journey of my life so far. 2 nights and 1 day on the Tamil Nadu express train between Chennai Central and New Delhi.
The train is very impressive. Wipe all your preconceptions about Indian trains being dirty, crowded and slow. Whilst the suburban rush hour trains certainly are some or all of the above, the long distance sleeper trains are lovely. There are 7 ‘classes’ on Indian trains – 1st and 2nd class Air Conditioned (AC) sleeper, 3rd class sleeper, just ‘Sleeper’, chair class and one other which I couldn’t find…
Indians are quite crazy about their trains. Whenever we pass through a tunnel, everyone whoops, shouts and screams. Every 20 mins or so a
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