Our train arrived on time and we found our seats/berths. Indian trains have many different class of seat varying in price depending on the perceived luxury or lack thereof. We had two berths in Sleeper Class (despite the fact we would only be travelling for five hours) which was non air-conditioned and only one class above the lowest class: Unreserved 2nd Class which is just a scrum and absolutely stuffed full of local people. In place of air-conditioning we...

The train arrived 20 minutes before it was due to leave and it was manic as people crammed into the 3rd class carriages which have unreserved seating - exactly how I imagined India! Luckily we had chair car seats and found our air-con carriage and seats easily. We were greeted by an English couple who had taken one of our seats so they could sit together. I got confused and thought it'd mean that Neil and I were still apart but relaxed as it was pointed out by ...

The local time when we arrived was 2am. As usual everybody stood up as soon as the plane wheels touched the tarmac - why do people do this? Where do they think they are going? There's a reason the seatbelt signs stay on, stop being so self-important and impatient and wait like the rest of us! Why also do these people who cannot wait to get off the plane then dawdle through the terminal getting in the way of those of us who walk at normal speed?!? Why suddenly i...