Turn up on major festival day. So we don't get to see the biggest mosque in India, and we don't get to see Gandhi's crematorium park (I'm told it's a must see...) and we don't get to see the government buildings (distant glimpse). We do get to see India Gate however and also the most enormous crowd, lining the largely darkened streets, threatening to derail, as it were, our attempt to get to Delhi junction station for the overnight sleeper.
Indian Railways turn out to be a rather better experience than expected - apart from a no beer rule and the inevitable dodgy toilets - it's really no worse than French motorail (though that was poor), and I'm surprised to sleep through to 8am, scheduled arrival time. Needless to say however the train is running on IST (Indian Stretchable Time) so we have another 2 hours to watch extremely flat and unchanging semi desert go by.
Indian Railways turn out to be a rather better experience than expected - apart from a no beer rule and the inevitable dodgy toilets - it's really no worse than French motorail (though that was poor), and I'm surprised to sleep through to 8am, scheduled arrival time. Needless to say however the train is running on IST (Indian Stretchable Time) so we have another 2 hours to watch extremely flat and unchanging semi desert go by.
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Good stuff. I am going to enjoy living vicariously through you.
Join in the festivals! Saints days, Shiva its probably interchangeable .... C
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