My Year Out Around the World
In and around World
A year out going to India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Oz, New Zealand & LA.
Route taken and entries written by Smasha
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Namaste India
Well here I am. I couldn't believe it when I landed into Dehli airport. The journey I'd been planning for months was finally on the way. The plan... Continue reading »
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Shah Jahan city
I arrived in Agra by bus, (which took 5 hours), at noon - sooo hot! I had booked a room ahead so had to take a rickshaw from the station to the h... Continue reading »
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Akbar City
The next morning i rose at 5am, it was just getting light. I packed away all my stuff and got ready to hit the road. I got a bus from Agra to Fathepur... Continue reading »
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The Pink City
I turned up at this hotel without a booking, but luckily they had a room for me and a very nice room as well. I was offered a room with A/C at 1st but... Continue reading »
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Rajasthan's romantic City
I arrived into Udiapur at 8am on the sleeper train from Jaipur. The journey wasn't too bad and I wasn't too tired. I found the loos in the station and... Continue reading »
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The Blue City
I arrived in Jodhpur at 2.30pm from Udaipur. I didn't have a room booked but had a couple of hotels in mind. I got the rickshaw driver to take me to m... Continue reading »
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The Golden City
I arrived into Jaisalmer at 8am on the overnight train from Jodhpur, which was late. However the hotel staff were ready and waiting to pick... Continue reading »
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A Desert Town
I arrived in Bikaner at 5am on the overnight train from Jaisalmer. I had already booked a hotel room ahead and was picked up by the hotel staff.... Continue reading »
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The Punjab
I arrived at the bus station in Punjab at 6pm after spending 12 hours on 3 different buses. I was knackered and desperately needed the loo, but the jo... Continue reading »
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Madhya Pradesh
I arrived into Gwalior train station at 7.20pm and caught a rickshaw to Hotel Safari. I had called a few hotels on the train and it was the only one t... Continue reading »
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the town of spires
I arrived by rickshaw around 4pm and checked out the room. It was fine and I got a TV as well. I had some chai with the owner and was glad to have som... Continue reading »
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Erotic Temples
I arrived at the bus station at 4.15pm ansd as soon as I was off the bus I was surrounded by touts asking me to go to this hotel and that hotel etc. I... Continue reading »
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The Holy City
I arrived into Varanasi junction atation at noon and headed straight for the tourist office within the station. I got a map of the city and asked wher... Continue reading »
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Mountains & tea
We (me, Marie, Joelle, Yuri, Tim & Miriam) arrived into New Jalpaiguri station at around noon. From there we had to get a jeep up to Darjeeling, w... Continue reading »
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Mother Theresa's City
I arrived into Howrah station at 6am on the overnight train from Darjeeling. The train station was huge and as I was still half asleep it took me a wh... Continue reading »
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The Bay of Bengal
I arrived early morning from the overnight train from Kolkata. I hadn't booked a room so looked in LP for ideas. I headed straight for Hotel Ghandara... Continue reading »
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Orissa's capital
I was dropped off on Cuttack Rd by the bus as I knew there were a strip of hotels there. So I walked along and tried several of them. The first 3 said... Continue reading »
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The South
I arrived in Chennai at 6.30pm after a 20 hour train journey! The longest time I have ever spent on a train. So I was quite tired. I had booked a room... Continue reading »
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Temples and chaos
I had such a good nights sleep on the train from Chennai, that I didn't even realise we had arrived in Madurai the next morning. When I awoke the trai... Continue reading »
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Cape Comorin - India's lands end
I arrived into Kanyakumari at 7am and walked down towards the sea. I knew there would be hotels near there and would have a look at a few rooms. I fin... Continue reading »
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Kerela's Capital
I arrived in Trivandrum (shortened) around lunchtime and walked from the bus station to the the road parellel to MG Rd to look for a hotel. I got... Continue reading »
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Chilling on the Beach
I got the train to Varkala from Trivandrum as I was told it was better than the bus. The journey only took 40 minutes. Upon arrival I got a rickshaw t... Continue reading »
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Lovely Backwaters
When we arrived at Kollam half the group stayed at the train station in the waiting room and the other half of us went to the tourist office to enquir... Continue reading »
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Queen of the Arabian Sea
We arrived in Kochi around 4pm after a busy 3 hour train ride. We couldn't all sit together as most seats were reserved, so we had to grab whatever we... Continue reading »
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Ughagamandalam - A Hill Station in the South
I arrived around 7pm. The bus seemed to tak for ever. I had tied a scarf round my head and for most of the journey held my head in my hands. I took so... Continue reading »
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The Palace City
I arrived in Mysore around 2pm. I got chatting to a local woman on the bus who was sat next to me. She was going to Bangalore in serach of work. She w... Continue reading »
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AKA Bengaluru - The Garden City
I got the bus from Mysore to Bangalore as soon as I could. the journey took 4 hours or so with a break, but I arrived before noon. I took a rickshaw t... Continue reading »
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Vijayanagar Ruins
I arrived into Hospet station on the overnight train from Bangalore. Hampi was a 30 min bus ride away. I hadn't booked a hotel so I went for a wa... Continue reading »
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Goa's Capital
I arrived in Panjim (Goa's capital) on the train from Hampi around 4pm as it was running late. It was so hot on the train as well. I got a motorc... Continue reading »
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relaxing on the beach
Arambol is Goa's most northern beach. I came to the beach resort of Arambol to chill for the weekend. I had just bought a new book (Shantar... Continue reading »
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Visiting a friend
I arrived into Pune on the overnight bus from Goa and it was a horrible journey. The bus was a sleeper bus, but it was so cold and noisy and bumpy. I... Continue reading »
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Caves
I arrived into Aurangabad at 6am and it was still dark. I was only here for the day as I was on the overnight train to Mumbai later. I put m... Continue reading »
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Bombay
I arrived into Mumbai's CST station early on the overnight train from Aurangzabad. I was staying in the 4 Seasons which was in North Mumbai&... Continue reading »
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Thailand
The flight from Mumbai left ar 0.30. When I checked in the staff had told me I have a flight upto Singapore (as I had a stopover, not a direct flight... Continue reading »
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Cambodia's Capital
When we arrived at Phnom Penh airport we had to get our visas sorted. So we went to queue up and gave in our passports with the forms we had filled on... Continue reading »
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A Market City
We arrived late afternoon into Battambang and were waiting to be picked up by the hotel we had arranged to stay in. As soon as we got off the bus we w... Continue reading »
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Angkor Wat
When we arrived Reena went to check the room out to make sure it was ok. We had been recommended this hotel at the one from Battambang. We liked it so... Continue reading »
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Beaches
We arrived at Phuket airport around 4pm. We didn't have a hotel booked and ended up spending a couple of hours with a tour agency trying to sort out a... Continue reading »
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The Jungle
We arrived at Earth Lodge just before lunch. We were welcomed by our tour leader – Ouwee and given a welcome drink. We were the first to arrive so ask... Continue reading »
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Rocks
We arrived in Krabi late afternoon and were dropped off at Ao Nang beach. We were staying on another beach so we had to get a longtail boat to Ao Ton... Continue reading »
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The North
We arrived into Chiang Mai quite late as our flight was delayed. The airport was tiny and everything was shut. We got a taxi to our hotel. We had preb... Continue reading »
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