PETER's Passage to India

Nov 18, 2008

Now Slowly Moving for the Journey to the East,

As the train slide out of the city slowly
I was get excited preparing my camera
with extra lense of 200mm telescopic one.

The weather in June in Mid-India was dry hot
and the wind swriling into the entrance gate of the passenger car
where I was sitting for taking photos
made me feel mild and fresh in the late afternoon at 6:30 pm..

Crews were checking the passenger status for blankets and meals to order.

They were nice and friendly and took care of my seat at the gate side for taking photos.

Thanks guys~

The Indian girl who was sitting in front of my bed.

She was get off in about 2 hours.

She looked very much an Indian girl

with shyness and some level of elegance in gesture..

My Over-Night Express from Mumbai to Chennai, Mumbai Station India Jun 2006

Travelling by train for 26 hours from West Coast to East Coast!
If my memory is right I paid only about US$50 for the train which is extremely cheap.
I got a bed out of 4 bed compartmental section.

The route traverseed exactly middle of India amid extremely hot dry season.
I would never forget the beautiful twilight while train was running with maximum speed.
And I would never forget the wild wind-wirl against myself while one of my hands grabbing the handle of train and the other one for camera and half of my body got out of the train for better shots..

The travel was really wonderful to feel the wonderland of India of its vastness and its difference though it's just a little bit of 26 hours only...

I found my name on the Passenger List and it was a kind of different feeling to have my name glued on the outside of the train. ^,^

The Chennai Mumbai Express is an Indian Railways train that travels between Chennai Central and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, India. It travels at around 80-90 km/h. As per the numbering, this train is numbered 1041 for the Mumbai-Chennai run and 1042 for the Chennai-Mumbai run. Previously, before being transferred to Central Railway, the train was with Southern Railway, with the numbers 6011 and 6012. Nowadays there is super fast train between Dadar (Mumbai) and Chennai which takes roughly 23 hours and 30 minutes for the journey of 1,271 kilometres.

Nov 17, 2008

Luchbox Delivery Service, Mumbai India 2006

Delivering warm heart of morther to their husband and kids,
they are very quick in handling the lunchboxes to their final destinations.
India has formed the biggest industry of Lunchbox Delivery Service.
It is a sort of round-trip service of lunchbox fetching the box from home and deliverying it to the recipient and again fetching and returning it to the sender.