Random party breaks out on long train journey
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Impromtu train carriage show
During a train ride from Delhi to Pune in November, the berth just opposite my bunk happened to be filled with random musicians. WIth encouragement from much of the rest of the carriage, they took to song for several hours in the middle of our overnight journey.
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Actually sang me to sleep at one point. Click play above to listen. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: culture, dance, delhi, india, multimedia, music, photography, pune, song, tabla, train
U.K. train stations know what’s what
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under united kingdom
I do like a good train
Glasgow Central, full of metal and light and people going and waiting and going some more. I love it. Far better than any station I’ve traveled through in the states.
Tags: glasgow, photography, scotland, tourism, train, train station
Lonely footwear
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Lost flip flop next to one of my Reefs for comparison
On a railroad foot bridge in Bikaner, some small child lost a flip flop. Probably as a parent lifted the kid to catch a train.
Tags: bikaner, flip flop, footwear, india, rajasthan, reef, train
I like trains
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Everyone is on a journey
Readers of this blog know of my enjoyment of train travel.
I also like train stations. Everybody is headed somewhere; even the average Joe or Jane has a sense of purpose, of direction, of momentum, of excitement, of longing to be there. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: calcutta, delhi, howrah, india, photography, tourism, train
Kids in the night
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under kenya
They just wanted candy
The train from Kisumu cuts through beautiful Kenyan bush as the sun sets over a low but sharply rising line of mountains. I was in the second-class sleeper cabin, but the third class cars are filled with Kenyans, many of whom get down at small villages in the dead of night.
At each stop, motorbikes line up like taxis at the airport hoping to ferry passengers and all manner of goods off into the night.
And kids run along side the upper class cars shouting “Sweets!” at the rich people. The four German women in the compartment next to mine were happy to oblige.
Tags: candy, children, kenya, kisumu, photography, tourism, train
Train to Kisumu offers brief glimpse of rural Kenya
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under kenya
After three days largely kicking back in Nairobi, I took the overnight train west to Kisumu, which is Kenya’s third largest city. It’s a clean, warm, charming city, with a decent expat community on the shores of Lake Victoria. But it’s hardly a tourist haven (I was one of only three foreigners on the 15-hour train ride.) and feels more laidback, authentic and safe than Nairobi.
I’ve come to Kisumu principally to meet up with Shannon, who has been here for several weeks working on public health projects. It was Shannon who convinced me to include a stop in Africa before heading to India.
The train is a throwback to transportation decades ago — old, worn compartments, vinyl seats, lights and fans that don’t work. Dinner was served on china and 15 minutes into the ride, an attendant came to neatly unfurl bedding and wool blankets in each berth.
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Tags: drought, emerging nations, farming, kenya, kibera, kisumu, nairobi, photography, poverty, tourism, train
