Welcome to Ujjain

Good afternoon. Welcome to Ujjain. I was supposed to come by bus this morning, but the bus got cancelled so I had to find a train at the last minute. Arrived at 13 (1pm) checked in and took a walk. By 4pm I was at the doctors having intravenous antibiotics and...

Greetings from Orcha

Good day. I’m still in Orcha but I’m leaving for another place this evening, on a sleeper bus. The trip is going to take about 10 hours due south west. Last night I had a big scare. Woke up and the stomach just had enough of all this strange food. But it’s much now,...

Good Morning from Orcha

Good morning. I woke up 6am but had to stay in bed a little longer… it’s cold. It’s now 9am and I’m having breakfast, have to do some laundry, so they picked that up. It’s soon time to explore Orcha, yes that’s where I ended up last night. It’s chilly, overcast and a...

Another city, another place

Evening. Well, I jumped off the train (got off it). And went back to this place I didn’t expect to see again. It’s a bit off the track. The train was taking its time and had a lot off “pauses” along the way, so I had plenty of time to look at the map and I realized...

Good Afternoon from Varanasi

Good afternoon, yes it’s already late. I started writing this morning but after a few bites of my breakfast I suddenly cramped up and immediately new what it was. – Food poisoning (or onions). Lots of fun that one. I have medicine with me but that took a few...

Good Morning from Varanasi

  Morning. So I have finally arrived and woken up after 4,5 hours of sleep. Had a cold shower, that’s what they have, and sat down for breakfast. Let’s see what they have. The first few things I ordered “not possible”. So I have chai (tea) and pancake on eggs...

Greetings from the train

Good morning, how are things? Greetings from the train towards Varanasi. I’ve been up for a couple hours now, while the rest of the train started waking up about 30 minutes ago during a stop. I’m traveling in what’s called 3 Tier AC sleeper. That basically means 2...

Breakfast in Chennai

Morning. It’s now 8am and I’m eating breakfast,Indian style. So what’s going on today? Well I woke up at 5am. Got finally up at 05:30 as the mosque started their call for prayer. Worked out got packed and checked out from this lovely Broad Lands hostel after 4 nights....