Day 3 Delhi to Jaipur...

Today were woken at 4.30 am with a wake up call. By 5.10 we had checked out and were on our way to the railway station for our 6.00am train to Jaipur.

The city of Delhi with a population of 20 million people was already bustling and as we were soon to discover that the busiest places in India are the railway stations. Complete and utter chaos is the only way to describe it. Horns honking, lights, crowds, stepping over sleeping bodies and swerving many pot holes and obstacles while racing to the platform was one way to wake up in a hurry.

I am really glad we had first class tickets, clean and comfortable but nothing fancy. I hate to think of the experience in 3rd class, single sex, non air-conditioned carriage if we had travelled on a tour with Intrepid! 

As the train departed the station, we experienced the first real poverty we had seen on mass since arriving in India. The slums were built so close to the train line in places I could have touched the walls through the window with my hand. It was a real eye opener watching people waking up to begin their day.

Garry was unimpressed as I took photos from the open door of the carriage while the train was moving.

We had a lovely breakfast box packed for us by our hotel. 

But the food on the train just keep coming. Water, juice, tea, bread and spreads, cereal with warm milk and vegetable samosa's. I sampled a tiny bite of the samosa before remembering my vow to not eat anything that wasn't from our hotel.