Around India In 80 Trains

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 by travelling around India by train, and to write a book herself.

And 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...

On the 14th January 2010, she and her photographer, Harald Haugan, arrived in Chennai - where Monisha once lived - and decided to use the coastal city as their start and end point.

Along the way they review the books they're reading, the best restaurants, their favourite places to bed down, and of course their favourite train journeys. So just click on the 'reviews' link.

And if you are travelling to India and want any advice or information about Indian trains, then click the contact button and they'll be happy to help!