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Reading time 6 minutes.Agra est la ville du Taj Mahal dans l’État de l’Uttar Pradesh (le plus peuplé avec 200 millions d’habitants). Elle abrite de nombreux autres monuments, car elle a été la capitale de l’Empire moghol avant que Aurangzeb ne déplace la cour à Delhi. Nous avons pris le train de nuit depuis Ajmer.…

Reading time 9 minutes.Pushkar est une ville de l’état du Rajasthan connue pour sa foire aux chameaux et comme un lieu de pèlerinage important de l’hindouisme. Transports Je devrais peut-être commencer par une section plus glamour. Mais les transports occupent une place considérable dans ma vie en ce moment par le temps que j’y passe,…

Reading time 8 minutes.Jaipur, the capital of Indian state of Rajasthan, is forever associated with our first CoachSurfing hosts: Hitesh and Himanshu. Getting There We took the express train from New Delhi railway station, across the street from Paharganj, to Jaipur. When we exited the station, I was shocked by the number of people sleeping…

Reading time 11 minutes.We flew to Delhi from Tashkent on the 11th of November with IndiGo. IndiGo Flight It took me a while to realize the name IndiGo referred to India, which is appropriate since it is an Indian low-cost airline, actually the largest (by fleet size and passengers carried) airline in India. I was…

Reading time 5 minutes.Samarkand was our final city to visit in Uzbekistan because it is arguably the most impressive city in the country. It could have been the first city we visited after Tashkent, but we would have possibly been disappointed by the other spots. The Hotel We took a taxi with Yandex Go (the…

Reading time 6 minutes.Nous avons pris un taxi privé de Nukus à Khiva pour 50 dollars américains en réservant avec l’hôtel de Nukus. Le chauffeur a passé son temps à doubler tous les véhicules qu’il pouvait. Je pense qu’il est capable d’établir un record sur ce trajet. Nous n’avions pas de ceinture et lui n’en…

Reading time 3 minutes.We arrived in Nukus on the 1st of November after taking the night train from Bukhara. We had a private cabin for two in first class, which was well worth paying twice the price of the third class. Yandex Go, the regional Uber app, had launched recently in the summer, so we…

Reading time 4 minutes.Bukhara is one of the main historical cities of Uzbekistan, with Samarkand and Khiva. We took a night train from Tashkent to Bukhara. Sleeping Car We traveled in 3rd class. Our sleeping car was around 10 open compartments of 6 beds each (3 bunk beds). In the lower bed, you have enough…

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