30/12/2013 Had a long walk down the hill back to the bus stop and hopped on a government bus back to the capital. Sat next to a man I dubbed 'territorial leg space man'. What an idiot this man was. stopped at a place for some food and as per all the vendors jump on too selling drinks and snacks etc. everynow and then you get a real salesman who rides on the bus for about half an hour giving his best sales pitch, and all the locals sit and watch like a movie. ...

23/12/2013 Woke up feeling a million tonne after a mammoth good sleep. Had about a million dreams. Despite lots of noise in the courtyard. Made for the tourist desk in the train station and got a ticket like you would in a post office and waited for my turn. Took about 2 hours, but eventually got to sit down with a geezer and we went through my travel requirements. Booked three trains, Dehli to Amritsar on Christmas day, then on to Rishikesh, I would have to...