The Silchar-Lumding route in Assam is only about 250 km in length, yet the scheduled night train journey between the two towns is about 7 hours. In reality, it took around 11 hours total, with lengthy stops in-between. As the only foreigner on the train and indeed, at the train stations at both ends, I…
Month: January 2019
Top Ten Countries on My Bucket List
The world has around 200 countries (depending how to count), so unless you are one of the very few people who have visited them all, there are always the ones remaining on your bucket list. There are some major countries I haven’t visited yet, and would really like to. This is the top ten, in…