Category Archives: Travel Wash

I arrived on Saturday in Jaipur running into Jazzadeiro and his new (at least to me) girlfriend. The city itself is called the pink city, because all of the buildings in the old town are supposed to be painted in … Continue reading →

I took a bus to Fatehpur Sikri today and will stay here for a night. It’s a very nice city somebody build who knew a lot about architecture but nothing about life. For example, when you build a city in … Continue reading →

I had a pretty good discussion (and a bottle of wiskey) about Indian culture with an artist named Ram Baboo (living in Agra). He seems to be pretty famous as he has students all over the world including Germany therefore … Continue reading →

Ok, the Taj kicks ass actually. It’s the only monument in India, which is well maintained, has all the channels filled with real water and looks like just build. Not the usual decay everything seems to have in India and … Continue reading →

I had a very nice relaxing trip to Agra in AC – Class. I love it now. Agra so far is alright. When I arrived in my hotel I ran into a Indian business man waiting for a friend. He … Continue reading →

Old Delhi is very much like India, small, narrow, a lot of old buildings, very loud, very pollutted and a lot of annoyance. New Delhi is nice, clean, somehow posh, spacy and not very full. The buildings there are very … Continue reading →

I wrote about Delhi before I could tell about my nice welcome there. I took a sleeper class train (the standard class, most Indians use it) to get there . It was a 7 hour trip during the day. It … Continue reading →

First impression of Delhi: it’s loud, annoying, dirty, fucked up, ripping off, dragging around hell of a town. I kinda like it. It must be terrifying for people arriving here. Even Calcutta wasn’t that bad with people annoying you, trying … Continue reading →

Yesterday night the rich owner of my hostel gave a birthday party for his 1 year (!!!) old son. He invited the whole hostel including me. The party head a complete tent full of food plus dj and dancefloor. And … Continue reading →

Rishikesh is a nice town alongside the upper Ganga. I guess in the 60s, before the Beatles got here to become enlighted, it must have been very nice and very quite. Now it’s pretty busy with backpackers and you can … Continue reading →