Namaste, As for every other trip to a new destination in India, we have again a story to tell about our journey to the Andaman Islands! We had to be at the Shipping Cooperation in Chennai by 2:00pm on Monday, December 23rd as a bus would pick us up and bring us to the port. When we got there we saw a beautiful ship in front of us and couldn't hide our excitement -Bingo, this would be amazing Christmas! We were dropped off outside a waiting area and spotted a ...

Namaste, Our southern part started off with a 30 hours train trip from Varanasi to Mumbai. From experience we can say that most trains are late but since it was the starting point of the train we had hoped for it to be on time. In the end it was over 8 hours late and we spent a good 10 hours at the station between cows and tons of Indians on the floor! Due to the delay we arrived in Mumbai only at 10:30pm, not really the ideal time to arrive in a strange city ...

Namaste, After our rather spontaneous departure from Jaipur and the orphanage, we took an overnight bus to Jaisalmer - the "Golden City" in the heart of Thar Desert (The Great Indian Desert). The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace, several ornate Jain temples, numerous guesthouses, restaurants and shops. The most extraordinary part of the Fort which was built in 1156 is that it is the only living fort in...

Namaste! This was it, after a 7 hour bus ride we arrived in Sunauli, one of the border towns of Nepal and India. Anxiously we went into the immigration office to get the Departure Stamp and walked into India!!! Going through immigration was easy and the friendly staff directed us to the bus station. The difference of Sunauli on the Indian side was clearly noticeable. It was significantly dirtier, the traffic was pure chaos with honking trucks, buses and ricksha...