We took the high speed train back to Seoul from Daegu. The train goes up to 300 km/h in sections, and was a very convenient way of crossing the country.  It cost us about $40 US per ticket.…

Seoul Bus StationSeoul Bus Station We didn’t have much luck finding a quick way to get from Seoraksan National Park to Andong.  Although it looked like it would have been possible to take a train, or a combination of buses going through Donghae, or Chuncheon, we were not confide

We got around using public transportation. This worked well most of time, except when we wanted to get a bit funky in where we were going.Inside the towns, privately-run dolmus (minibus) ferry locals and tourists around.…

Inside the cities, taxis are a pretty cheap option, if it’s too far to walk. We never tried any local buses. Between the cities, there’s bus, rail, and louage. Some buses are government run, and the rest are a hodge podge of local companies, using buses that by all right

A view of the Bahai Gardens from the top of Mount Carmel. This morning we took the guided tour of the Bahai gardens (you have to take one to visit the sight).  They’re built into the side of Mount Carmel, and probably the most beautiful gardens in the world.  Artists

At this point, we headed back to Agra.  We wanted to use our train pass, but the only class available on the overnight train was the Sleeper class, and we didn’t really want to rough it that much.…

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).…

'... 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:

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.…