Day 14: We had the morning free to continue exploring the town of Khajuraho. We were scheduled to leave the hotel at 11:45am, but found out that our train was delayed a few hours. Instead we left at 12:45pm. The train was preceded by a 4 hour bus ride, made longer by the one-lane roads and two-lanes of traffic, but gave us a chance to see rural Indian. Throughout the bus ride, our train was delayed further due to fog. Winter fog in India is the equivalent of a blizzard in the Northeast; trains will stop and sit on the tracks until the fog clears. Upon arriving in Jhansi, where we caught the train, we found out the train was delayed another 3 hours. It was 9:30pm. We spent a few hours in a local hotel, drinking chai and eating soup. Despite arriving at the train station in time, the train did not arrive until 1:30am. With a few stops along the way, again for fog, the originally 5 and 1/2 hour ride got us into Delhi at 10:15am. Almost 21 hours of travel. That should have taken only 10. It was an adventure! These are pictures from a pit stop during the bus ride, the yellow plants are mustard!
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