Around India In 80 Trains

Monisha's Blog

As Monisha and Harald cross the length and breadth of India in 80 trains, Monisha's blog will cover everything from the journeys with the best views - to the trains with the worst loos. Monisha will pack in as many hints and tips on how to buy last minute tickets, which stations offer the tastiest food, what to avoid, which trains to do by day and which to curl up on at night. And fingers crossed, by the end, she will have mastered the art of hanging out of doorways...

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What's the journey all about?

One day while bored at work, Monisha nosed a map of India and noticed that the boom of its domestic airlines connected around 80 cities - impressive but not exactly eco-friendly. Taking a leaf out of Jules Verne's classic tale, she decided that the best way to visit those cities was to travel around India in 80 trains, and write a book herself.

As the largest civilian employer in the world, featuring luxury trains, toy trains, a hospital on wheels, the world's steepest, slowest, and second longest train journeys, she knew that the Indian railways would have a few tales to tell ...

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