Notes of a Nomad - IV

[This is the concluding part of this four-part travelogue. Here are links to parts one, two and three.]
Monday, August 22, 2005:
The last day of the trip actually never began, because it was already Monday by the time we got back to our room. To make amends for the debacle of Sunday morning (when we were [...]

Notes of a Nomad - III

[This is the third part of this four-part travelogue. Here are the links to parts one, two and four.]
Over lunch, we learnt two things: that the food wasn’t as good as we expected it to be, and that the other teams (expletive, expletive, expletive) had all done some part of their journey by air. Some [...]

Notes of a Nomad - II

Sunday, August 21, 2005:
I have the habit of sinking into a sound sleep, but this I’ve found to be untrue in trains. I remember waking up successively at 11:30 PM, 1:40 AM and 2:35 AM (all for not more than 10 seconds each), before finally calling it a day (huh) at 4:40 AM. I had [...]

Notes of a Nomad - I

[Random thoughts and notes from my trip to Bhubaneswar]Saturday, August 20, 2005:
07:55 - Left home for Chennai Central
08:30 - Reached Chennai Central. Train on time; friend with tickets not!
09:00 - Coromandel Express starts its journey on the dot. Onward to the City of Joy
~ 10 AM - First signs of Andhra Pradesh - lotsa Telugu [...]