A slow train to ‘nowhere’
This sleepy ponderous train ride gives us a sense of overall fulfillment when visiting the old British Burma colonial hill-station of Kalaw. Boarding the train at Shwe Nyaung station, near Inle Lake, we’re struck immediately by the Spartan and somewhat grubby nature of the Upper Class carriages we’re to travel in. The curtains look as if they’ve doubled up as cleaning cloths and the seats as footrests, so we’re under no illusion that...
Top tips for travelling around India
Even if you tour India in air conditioned comfort from start to finish you’re sure to come across all forms of transport and events that will hinder, annoy or tempt you to try them out – just because it’s part of the country and the magical madness of it all. The very best of transport in India still has its foibles, isn’t always what you’d expect in the West or still has to navigate around everything that India has to throw at it....
