Category Archives: Travel Wash

Before I talk about Rishikesh, I’ll tell something about Dehra Dun. I had to pass through Dehra Dun, because my train was stopping there. It’s about 2h by bus to Rishikesh. I took a autorickshaw which was dropping me off … Continue reading →

I spend the night before the 2nd in Gaya which is just a completely poor and fucked up town with a train station. Spend most of the time watching TV in the hotel. At 5am my train was leaving. 26 … Continue reading →

That was definitely a different New Year. The 30th was basically just getting to know the place. It is actually a semi-monastry run by Westerners but in the Tibetan tradition. It had some rules you had to follow: no killing … Continue reading →

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 →