Bhopal, India Travel Blogs

Racing across the subcontinent
Dec 15, 2004 (2 photos)

So off I set on an epic journey to see my Budapest-ian friend Csaba, who's been working his arse off in India for the past several months, most recently here in Raipur, interestingly the capital city of a new state called Chhattisghar (say or spell that 10 ...

Heading back
Feb 14, 2007 (3 photos)

... , not so busy and all lit up. There was a very attractive spice market but I don't think that Bhopal will be on my itinerary for future trips to India. Our train to Delhi was late and we were standing on the platform for quite some time which inevitably ...

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Feb 18, 2007

After a 4 hour train delay waiting around in the middle of the night at the station. Overnight sleeper train was 8 hours long.

Closed on Mondays
Nov 8, 2005 (1 photos)

... , no one was prosecuted for the accident at the time with the US based company and local government blaming each other. Bhopal court is now seeking the extradition of the Union Carbide CEO from the US on charges of corporate manslaughter. We were here ...

Escaping to Zen and tribal tranquility
Mar 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... were made, everyone just lolled around sitting in family groups on the platform for hours! Finally making it back to Bhopal, I went to the computerised reservation centre to try and get a ticket for later in the week. Everything was written in Hindi, so ...

Anyone seen the mosque?
Mar 5, 2006

... and everything written in Hindi, which bus to take down to the main mosque, the Taj-ul-Masjid and a Muslim family - Bhopal has a large muslim population - squeezed around me giggling under their black veils, pushing their baby girl at me and prodding me ...

sundervan -on the way to manali
Oct 9, 2007 (9 photos)

after lot of headaches of last minute booking thru mahindra holidays we were on our way to manali, after we landed at chandigarh ,we hired a private bolero jeep ..after sunset, we had to stay overnite at sundervan as it was not safe to drive all nite and ...

Bhopal
Dec 14, 2008 (3 photos)

... , but we did manage to end up with seats on the Sanchi bus (that's probably where every tourist goes from Bhopal).  The roads in this part of India are not that great, so traveling the 50km took a very long time.  But the stupas, their amazingly ...

Catching the Vision!
Nov 11, 2009 (4 photos)

Greetings one last time from Bhopal, the city where you may remember, in 1983 there was a gas leak that affected 25,000 people of which 3000 died. It came from a battery making plant which was subsequently cleared away completely. Some of those who were ...

Australia-Surfers Paradise Beach
Sep 13, 2009 (1 photos)

Surfers Paradise Beach - Gold Coast - Queensland Surfers Paradise beach is a large commercial centre on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. The Gold Coast stretches for some 70 km and lies south of Brisbane. Surfers Paradise beach has been voted one ...

It wasn't a disaster!
Dec 7, 2009 (10 photos)

... surprised by the sheer size of the exhibits and the well displayed art work on offer. I could have happily spent a bit longer in Bhopal and almost did when I got lost shopping in the Chowk. It’s a laid back city with little hassle. I did however, ...

Bhopal
Jul 31, 2008 (5 photos)

To pegando muita chuva. antes de sair de hyderabad ja cancelei a minha passagem pq tava chovendo muito. mas tudo bem.

volunteering work abroad
Oct 1, 2009

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A Historic Conference
Nov 10, 2009 (6 photos)

We had an organizational and sightseeing day in Bhopal on Monday, the Hindu day off. Jim spent the morning in a committee meeting with the new Emmaus Ministries India Board setting the agenda for the conference. In the afternoon 5 of us squeezed into a ...

Bhopal... zucht
Jul 5, 2008

okay intussen al dag 4 in Bhopal... en Bhopal is niet zo leuk... ze kunnen hier amper engels, er is ook niet zo veel te zien (wat er te zien is hebben we al gezien...) en ALLE TREINEN ZITTEN VOL. Normaal zaten we nu al in Hyderabad, niet gelukt dus... Nu ...

delicious
Nov 16, 2009

Happiness keeps you Sweet, Trials keep you Strong, Sorrow keeps you Human, Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith & Attitude Keeps you going...

Sleepless in Bhopal
Jan 11, 2008

... hours sitting on someone else's bag in between 2 wagons, one being the cooking wagon.  Was really happy when I finally reached Bhopal at 7H40pm instead of  3H30pm like I had hoped for. Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh.  Had to go ...

Carnival Cruise Line: The Surprisingly Affordable
Sep 12, 2009 (1 photos)

Many people dream about taking a Carnival cruise line cruise for a vacation. They like the idea of sailing on a large ship that has a number of amenities available to its guests. If they can also visit exotic locations as part of the experience, then it ...

Watch Where You Walk!
Nov 9, 2009 (5 photos)

After 9 hours of travel (and this by 2 airplanes!) we arrived at the Catholic Centre being used for the all India ECS conference last night. We're thankful for a clean (even air-conditioned!) room even though there's no hot water. *sad face* After a ...