Monday 03 February

Mumbai – Jaipur

Today was the day of almost continuous long train journeys – I reckon that we travelled around 1,000 miles in 26 hours, so not a lot else to report.

We left Mumbai at 23:10 on the overnight sleeper to Jaipur. Our first journey was around 1200km / 750 miles. Taking 18 hours. We had a double cabin and were served breakfast, a mid morning snack and lunch on the train. All welcome (we’d brought supplies, too, so we weren’t going to be hungry!). 

At Jaipur we had about half an hour to change for the 14:10 Uidapur train – a further 400 km / 250 miles. Taking 8 hours. No cabin this time – just comfortable reclining seats. Lots of food sellers walking briskly through the train – selling coffee, chai, ice cream, chocolate and sandwiches. 

The trains were comfortable and we caught up with the Archers, listened to some music and podcasts, read, I watched some Severance while Matthew watched a documentary about Dolly Parton (!). We both watched a drama based on life of Hattie Jacques – a British comedian in the 1960s and 1970s. 

We passed through beautiful landscapes and saw our first camels out of the window.