I am excited. I have just received my Indrail Passes.
An explanation. I have walked on Indian soil twice - Mumbai airport - in transit - ha! I have always wanted to go to India proper and now I am going.
My interest in India has been fuelled by books, documentaries and of course by Indian food. Years ago I read A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth and India by V S Naipaul - those wonderful Indian Railway documentaries and more recently Rick Steins visit to India series - the fascination of their religions, the Ganges, the Raj, the caste system - a culture in many ways so different from ours.
I have my visa - £104 plus a visit to the Indian embassy in London (Paddington) to get it.
I fly (with Jet Air) to Kolkata (Calcutta) in early November and will be there for 4 weeks.
I am back packing, travelling alone and moving around mainly by train.
I have pre booked trains with Indrail through S D Enterprises London and with the help of the web site Seat 61.
I have put together my own itinerary - having read quite a bit about what is possible. A quick outline - visits to :
Kolcatta
Varanasi
Jhansi
Agra
Jaipur
New Delhi
Kalka
Shimla
Mumbai
Kerala
Goa
Over the next three months I will be working on putting meat on the bones so to speak and will be posting with up dates.
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