Indians claim to have the biggest booking system in the world for their railway network ! Thousands, if not millions of people travel by train every day in India, this obviously result in trains being booked way earlier than you would ever think (even months) !!!! Therefore if you’re looking to book a train, this…
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The Rock Temple We arrive from Kumbakonam with the Janshatbdi train of the 1.15pm. What a train !!! I thought indian trains weren’t as comfy as ours but a CC chair in this train (although the horrible booking process) easily beat our pretty European trains. The train station of Tricky is very busy; many people…
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A plant the locals use during the celebration We are on the road, suddenly the driver breaks as the car in front starts to break as well. BAAAM…we have our first adventure-crash. The car behind us didn’t realize we were slowing down and hit our taxi. It scared the hell out of us! Now, let’s…
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Los indianos reivindican tener el sistema de reserva más grande del mundo para su red ferroviaria! Miles de personas, por no decir millones, viajan en tren cada día en la India. Por eso los trenes se reservan con más antelación de lo que podrías imaginar (meses!!!). Además, si estás tratando de reservar un tren, puede…
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There is a place where you can feel the craziest and messiest movements of India. Kumbakonam, a town in Tamil Nadu a.k.a “temple town”, is where we decided to stop and explore. And man, what an adventure! Getting lost in its crowded, yet extremely warm and why not, dirty streets is an experience that not…
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Train station of Madurai We stayed one day and one night in the city of Madurai. But I believe we had enough time to discover the amazing, beautiful and huge Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. With more than 33 000 statues, it is a temple dedicated to Parvati (known as Meenakshi) and her consort, Shiva a.k.a. Sundareswarar….
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