Cruising the Brahmaputra – 5 – Rhinos Galore in Kaziranga National Park
Day 4 After an early lunch the ship docked at the pontoon of Silghat - a town located on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra River and our gateway to…
Cruising the Brahmaputra – 6 – More Rhinos & Elephants in Kaziranga
Day 5 Today we had a full day in Kaziranga National Park, but that meant a very early start. The temple bell rang on the corridors at 04:15. Since there…
Cruising the Brahmaputra – 7 – Another eventful day in Kaziranga
Day 5 Of course, around Kaziranga National Park there is more to do than just safaris - though, we did have one more to go on this afternoon. Before that…
Cruising the Brahmaputra – 8 – Markets & Tezpur Mythology
Day 6 My day started early as usual - I got up early and did some work and writing. The weather was good and today was not as early a…
Cruising the Brahmaputra – 9 – Sandbank Villages & Sandbank People
Day 7 The next day was a more relaxed day … All morning we were sailing down the Brahmaputra River. Nevertheless there was much to see and do. Once when…
Cruising the Brahmaputra – 10 – Temples, Museum & Markets in Guwahati
Day 8 Today was more temples and culture again. From last night's mooring spot on the sandbank it was only a short hop to Guwahati around which we would do…
Cruising the Brahmaputra – 11 – Silk, Temples & Markets – Farewell Assam!
Day 9 And here we were already moored off the village of Sualkuchi this morning. We were going to visit the silkweavers of Assam today. Sualkuchi is situated on the…
India’s Golden Triangle – 1 – Leaving Assam & Reaching Rajasthan Nevertheless
09.03.2020 India's Golden Triangle is the regular tourist circuit which connects Delhi, Agra and Jaipur and is so called because of the triangular shape formed by the locations of New…
India 2020 – With the Toy Train to Shimla Hill Station
26.01.20 At 04:45 my alarm clock rang and I had to get up to escort the guests from the last Ganges Cruise to the airport. I had arranged cold breakfast…
India 2020 – Shimla in the Snow & more adventures
28.01.20 I woke up around 08:00 this morning and then I had this notion to check my various train tickets again … You never know … I did not want…