I’ve arrived in Japan – what next? How to use the JR Pass. If you’ve landed in Japan and still don’t know, when to activate your JR Pass, you’ll have all the time you need to consider that in the line to customs (it took us about an hour to …
About the JR Pass Everyone who’s planning a trip to Japan will come upon mention of the JR Pass. In short, the JR Pass is a transit pass that allows you to move around the Land of the Rising Sun via JR (Japan Railways) trains. It’s available only for nonresidents, …
Let’s get started on our photo series! More bulky or themed posts will follow soon, but just to show some activity, we’ll be throwing some posts with tidbits about Japan and some of the things you can expect to see here. Today’s main photo is literally the first drink we …
Our Holi started on the 5th, when we left the hotel to get some breakfast. To be frank – after around 10 meters our shirts weren’t white anymore, instead they were covered in abstract patterns that even Picasso wouldn’t be ashamed of. Here’s an picture of us after returning from …
The Mathura Jn. station turned out to be completely different to the one in Mumbai. The only word that came to mind when I saw it – rural. Mad monkeys, a bull eagerly eating something out of the station trash can, a crowd of beggars, vast amounts of people and …
Boy, did we sleep well! Too well 🙂 We didn’t plan anything for today, so after packing up we set out to print our train ticket to Mathura. As it turned out, we were still on the waiting list, which really made us anxious. A bit of explanation – in …
We got up in the morning and finally went for some small clothes shopping. Our host, dr Siddharth, recommended a couple of places, advising us that the safest would be Star Bazaar due to the fixed price tags. We’d have to bargain in other places and we’re not sure how …
We were supposed to go sightseeing since morning, but jet lag did its job and we caught a tuk-tuk at around 12. Just so you know, to get to downtown Mumbai we first had to get to Andheri station and then ride the city train to Churchgate, which takes about …
Mumbai greeted us with hot and humid night air. After walking through a long corridor to the arrivals hall, all that was left to do was wait for the driver that our host sent for us. We witnessed a peculiar activity – smoking the whole hall (along with all the …
At the beginning of our journey we’d like to provide you with an overview of our expected route (click to enlarge). I’m completely sure that it will turn out differently 😀 We don’t know when we’ll have Internet access next time, but we’ll try to arrange something as soon as …
