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With the sleeper train leaving Andun station in Kolkata at 9 pm, we had a day to spend and decided to go to Saint John’s Church which an idiot taxi … Read more

Day 44 (11th March) Kolkata Last night we went looking for a reasonably high-class restaurant and were directed to Cafe Delight. We had barely sat down when a karaoke man … Read more

Today was a frustrating day. Mr Raj whatsapped us to say tht the planned sleeper train had been cancelled and we would have to stay another night at Shangrila Homestay … Read more

Expecting to get the night train to Kolkata at 8 pm, we had a day to spend in Bodh Gaya and decided to go back to the Mahabodhi temple to … Read more

The hotel manager arranged for a car to take us the 53 miles to Nalanda for 5,500 rupees, a lot cheaper thn the taxis advertising on the internet. The landscape … Read more

Days 38-39 (5th-6th March) Varanasi to Bodh Gaya Our train arrived at Gaya Junction in the evening of the 5th March (my birthday: I’m 79) and a car was waiting … Read more

Today was Holi Day, sometimes called Colours Day when people buy red, orange or blue paint powder from shops and throw it over each other. Others put masks or wigs … Read more

The tour we signed up to includes one free sightseeing trip which turned out to be a boat trip down the Ganges. Dozens of boats run twice a day, in … Read more

An 8-hour train journey took us to the holy city of Varanasi on the Ganges. We were met at the station by a taxi driver who took us to a … Read more

We paid about £90 for a safari tour of the Panna Tiger Reserve, which included the jeep drive over a distance of 25 kms to the Reserve gate at Madla. … Read more