Aurangabad to Hampi via Bijapur ......the bus came. It was just an ordinary bus, not a coach, not with A/C, not even with designated seats, and it was set upon by a swarm (yes a swarm) of locals before it had even stopped. I wont repeat the words I exclaimed in horror before coming to my senses and joining the battle. I shamelesly barged in bumping people out of my way with my pack, elbowing old ladies in the face, trampling kids.....well almost. It was a necess...

Aurangabad and the Ellora cave temples My train from Mumbai arrived on time, but then proceeded to sit at the station for two hours. This meant that I arrived in Aurangabad very late, around 22.00 or after. I tried to find a hotel, but was not having much luck. The first two were full, the next was closed. It was getting very, very late the streets were very very poorly lit and I was starting to feel a bit anxious. I took an expensive hotel rather than keep loo...

Mumbai (Bombay) - 3 nights So.....I am more than I month behind with absolutely no hope of catching up. What to do? I suppose I could wait until I come home in order to give a full account of each place, whenever that may be, try and abreviate each entry, which I have tried and failed to do previously, or just carry on and update what I can. I choose option 3 and apologise that the blog will never quite tell you where I am, but it should at least give you someth...

Udaipur (2 nights) The sleeper bus was OK, but I still found it hard to sleep. The Indian sleeper buses are different in style to the ones I had in the sout eastern Asian countries. Rather than reclining seats the bus had separate sleeping compartments with sliding doors. It was fairly private and fairly comfortable but for the cracked fake leather pillow and the fact that the bus kept bouncing up and down on the shoddy roads. I also found myself desperate for t...

Bundi (5 nights) - Blog 2 Hmmn, 5 nights and 6 days is a long time and I did so much that I cannot possibly tell you about it all, so I wont try. Instead I will just try and give you an idea of the place and the people I met. So, Bundi is in Rajasthan, the 'desert state', yet all of the surrounding countryside is lush green. I was lucky enough to go an visit a waterfall about 30km away (sharing a taxi with 4 women) and we drove past field after field of green. ...