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 Early October brought a pleasant nip in the air, and hubby and I decided to herald the autumn with a pleasure trip. We excitedly contacted our friends from itraveller and chalked out a long weekend trip to Khajuraho and Orccha, in the heart of Incredible India, i.e. Madhya Pradesh. Luckily, we got the last few tickets on the to and fro trains, since we had planned a trip on the festive weekend of Dusshera. Our trip started on Oct 8th, when we boarded the Dakshin Express from Nizamuddin Rly Station (New Delhi) to Jhansi. We reached early morning at Jhansi and took a Tata Indica cab to our next stop - Khajuraho. The car-ride was pleasant with a panoramic view of fields and the Vindhya range of mountains, and the occasional streams and rivulets. The road is bumpy, and a three hour drive can take upto 4-5 hrs. One interesting aspect of this car-ride was the need to change taxis - because Jhansi is in Uttar Pradesh and a UP taxi would have had to pay additional toll tax. So, clever taxi drivers have mutual agreements to save cross-state toll tax, and at a tea-stopover near Chattarpur, we were hauled into an MP-license plate bearing taxi, that had transported a tourist from Khajuraho, who in turn was shifted into the UP cab, to be shuttled back to Jhansi. more.... |
