Our room at the Hotel City PalaceWe stayed at the Hotel City Palace, which is directly in front of the beautiful Victoria train station. The hotel is ultra-clean and modern, but the relatively cheap room we had was windowless. We had our own bathroom, a double bed and even a TV.
Victoria Terminus Station (CST), Mumbai (Bombay)After Kanha, we headed back to Jabalpur by car (Wendy was feeling better, we just didn’t feel like a long bus drive) and took the train to Bombay (Mumbai).…
"Welcome Mr. Ian" - a welcome sight, indeed! We took a night train from Varanasi to Jabalpur. Shortly after leaving the Ghats, we realized that you can take Wendy out of Varanasi, but it’s a little more difficult to take Varanasi out of Wendy.…
This photo is taken from our hotel, Hotel Temple on Ganges, which is in Assi Ghat. This is a view towards the main ghat. We arrived in Varanasi yesterday afternoon and are leaving tonight (we hope) on the night train at 11:30pm. (Maybe – that’s what it says on the t
Fatehpur Sikri - The Panch Mahal. The bottom floor has 176 intricately carved columns. The following day, we hired a taxi for the day. First we headed to Fatehpur Sikri, a couple of hours outside of Agra. …
'... even the most jaded of globe-trotters often find themselves smiling in wonder as they behold the Taj'. - Let's Go We’ll we showed up at the train station in Amritsar at 3:30PM for our 4:10PM train to Agra. Make that our 5:00 train… Actually 6:
'... even the most jaded of globe-trotters often find themselves smiling in wonder as they behold the Taj'. - Let's Go We’ll we showed up at the train station in Amritsar at 3:30PM for our 4:10PM train to Agra. Make that our 5:00 train… Actually 6:
We arrived in Amritsar at night, and went directly to see the beautifully lit Golden Temple. Our next destination was Amritsar. This was not a night train, it took about 4 hours.…
The following day, we started out early to see the Red Fort. Our trusty driver didn’t know how to get there – he ended up paying an auto-rickshaw driver and following him.…
The next day, the first thing we did was head out into the city to find an ATM. At 8am on the weekend, Connaught Place was a ghost town. It to ok us about 4 ATM’s before we found one that accepted foreign cards.…