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Bodhgaya is the center of the Buddhist universe. Buddha found enlightment here under a tree. There are temples for every offspring of Buddhism (Chinese Buddhist temple, Indonesian Buddhist temple, Thai Buddist temple … you get the idea … I couldn’t … Continue reading →

Fogel found something really cool, but I thought it would look much more red. 🙁 create your own visited countries map or vertaling Duits Nederlands

The trip to Bodhgaya was pretty hard. They upgraded my ticket to 3AC, because there were no seats available so I could sleep but I arrived in Patna at 4.30 in the morning and had to go to Gaya. So … Continue reading →

I left Darjeeling yesterday to go Bodhgaya, the place where Buddha found enlightment. I had to spend the night in Siliguri which is basically one of this towns you have to stop to get a train but has nothing else … Continue reading →

I check in the Elgin Hotel for my birthday, basically it was one of this – ah fuck it, I don’t want anymore – decisions. But now I really love this place. The hotel must be around for ages, everything … Continue reading →

First Indian train trip. Pretty cool actually. I was in class 3AC wich looks like this. Cosy. There were two teachers and a big family with 5 kids in my coach but it was fine. They all belonged to middle … Continue reading →

I’m leavng Calcutta this evening with a night sleeper train to NJP where I’ll head for the mountain town of Darjeeling (where the tea is coming from). Calcutta got me by the way. I have a stomach sickness now so … Continue reading →

I’m staying right now at the Paragon Hotel in Sudder Street, which is pretty cool. Ok, it is definitly open since the 60s or so and nothing has changed since but it has a nice terrace and it’s easy to … Continue reading →

Calcutta was pretty astonishing for me. I mean, I expected something like a old fashioned city on the brink of getting modern or so. My impression is, that the city is stuck in the 60s. The cars look like these … Continue reading →

Going to Calcutta as the starting point of a India trip seems to be pretty unusual. I counted 3 Europeans on the plane. The Calcutta airport basically tells you “Oh my dear friend, do you really not want to go … Continue reading →