Archive for July, 2008
Tiger Number 2!
By Tony on July 21, 2008 | No Comments »
One thing that didn’t make it into the Corbett National Park video below was TIGER # 2!!! Our small success was shared with our fellow safari adventurers Richard, Will, Dave and James.
That’s right, we saw our second wild tiger in the park. Unfortunately, the very spontaneous 4-second viewing occurred during a » Continue reading this post »
Corbett National Park
By Tony on July 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Corbett National Park, just a day by train from Delhi, is one of India’s most scenic parks. Although tigers are often spotted in the park, it is best known for its large herds of Asian elephants. In fact, this marks the first time that either of us have ever seen an Asian elephant in the wild. Now you can experience the park too in another one of our world-famous (kind of) videos.
India in a Nutshell
By Thomas on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Angering Indian Railways
By Tony and Thomas on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Gee, I think we upset somebody working for Indian Railways with our posting on the Rajdhani Express. Or, at least, we upset someone using the YouTube login indianrailways. Before our posting had even gone public on ContemporaryNomad.com, he had found our video on YouTube and TRASHED it in the comment section.
We must be doing something right!
Actually, his comments reveal a great deal on increasing Indian nationalism and extreme sensitivity to critique (even if humorous) of the country. Ironically, he seems to be most upset about our statement that it smelled like raw sewage on the platform. As he commented, it is true that India usually smells like an open sewer; however, the Ahmedabad train station was having serious issues the day we left, which even had Indians gagging.
If you want to check out his rants for yourself, you can read his comments by clicking here. (By the way, what happened between the first comment and the second?)
Traveling in Style?
By Thomas on July 15, 2008 | 170 Comments »
Ever since we came to this country, we’ve been wanting to travel on board some of India’s luxurious trains. The famous Palace on Wheels or The Fairy Queen are out of question as $700 dollars a day for a double compartment is a bit beyond our budget.
Super deluxe clearly isn’t for us, but traveling on the deluxe Rajdhani Express for our 14-hour overnight journey from Ahmedabad to New Delhi wasn’t too shabby either. It was a bit painful to spend $133 on a couple of first-class train tickets as that amount would normally be our entire budget for a 5-day period. However, the promise of a first-class sleeper compartment and food served on china convinced us to shell out the dough.
Watch the video to follow along on our train journey and see for yourself what luxurious means in India, and why big bucks don’t always guarantee success. If you want to find out why we didn’t make it to New Delhi make sure you watch the whole thing.
