India 2019 – Tigers, Public Busses & no Booze
25.02.2019 I had done some packing last night and got up this morning at 05:00 as usually. My tea awaited me in the lobby at 05:30 and off I was…
India 2019 – Delhi’s Lotus Temple & Lodhi Art District
26.02.2019 My flight was uneventful. It was relatively clear taking off in Nagpur, but got more and more hazy and smoggy arriving in Delhi. We landed on time at 10:15…
India 2019 – Cocktails & Trains in Delhi
27.02.2019 Leaving the Street Art District I needed to find the stop of Bus 522 - which was on the other end of Lodhi Colony .... But I found it…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 1 – The Sunderbans
14.10.2018 Working the "exotic" cruises - that is what the company calls any river cruise outside of Europe - is somewhat like vacation. Usually I have at least 140 guests…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 2 – Reaching Kolkata
16.10.2018 I slept early every night here on board – by 22:00 latest I was out! There is no TV in the room and it is dark outside. The windows…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 3 – Kolkata – City of Joy
18.10.2018 Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, which was the official name until 2001, is the capital of West Bengal. Situated on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 4 – Colonial history & Ganga Sunset
19.10.18 Like always I got up very early to enjoy the view and do some "paper work". Breakfast as usual and then we took our country boat across to Chandannagar…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 5 – Temples, dung cakes & markets
20.10.2018 Same as every day I got up by 05:30, opened the window and did some "work". Do not get me wrong, normally when working on a ship, I have…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 6 – Mughal Heritage & no AC
22.10.18 My every-morning-ritual got interrupted this morning .... Well, maybe not really, though. Every 6 or 12 hrs or so the generator get changed - one goes off and the…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 7 – Last days cruising
23.10.2018 This morning was an early start for everybody. With sunrise the Captain lifted the anchor at 05:30 - this is heard pretty much everywhere on the ship, which is…