An early start was required to ensure we made it down from Rishikesh to catch our train in Haridwar. First a rickshaw took us to the bus station where we transferred to a big bus. The journey went so well, we arrived so much earlier than expected, so guess what? Yes, we drank chai and ate until we needed to catch the train!
We met a friendly English couple and we laughed and chatted for the 5 hour journey to Chandigarh. At one point a young man next to us almost convinced us all that we were on the wrong train. However, it transpired that the train we were on was going to split in two, so all was well! The English couple had arranged a pick up to their hotel from Chandigarh train station. We on the other hand had different plans.
From the station we needed to get 2 buses and take a nice long walk to where we were staying. It was dark but the first bus left from just outside the train ststion. On the bus we travelled along smooth tarmac roads, stopped at traffic lights and gave way at roundabouts. UNBELIEVABLE! We got talking to a very nice university student. He was travelling the same way as us and said we could follow him on the second bus, so we did. He chatted to the very smiley bus conductor and together they worked out exactly where we should get off. Eventually we got off and started walking towards our destination (quickly stopping in KFC for a snack too).
The road was dark and long but we caught ourselves a lift from a Sikh man in a jeep. He just pulled over, couldn't speak English but shook our hands. He then kindly drove us to where we needed to go by following our GPS map! WOW, what a day ...
We met a friendly English couple and we laughed and chatted for the 5 hour journey to Chandigarh. At one point a young man next to us almost convinced us all that we were on the wrong train. However, it transpired that the train we were on was going to split in two, so all was well! The English couple had arranged a pick up to their hotel from Chandigarh train station. We on the other hand had different plans.
From the station we needed to get 2 buses and take a nice long walk to where we were staying. It was dark but the first bus left from just outside the train ststion. On the bus we travelled along smooth tarmac roads, stopped at traffic lights and gave way at roundabouts. UNBELIEVABLE! We got talking to a very nice university student. He was travelling the same way as us and said we could follow him on the second bus, so we did. He chatted to the very smiley bus conductor and together they worked out exactly where we should get off. Eventually we got off and started walking towards our destination (quickly stopping in KFC for a snack too).
The road was dark and long but we caught ourselves a lift from a Sikh man in a jeep. He just pulled over, couldn't speak English but shook our hands. He then kindly drove us to where we needed to go by following our GPS map! WOW, what a day ...