After exploring two UNESCO rock-cut temples of Ellora and Ajanta on the previous days on Deccan Odyssey luxury train, our day 5 was going to be very different. And as much as I loved visiting both caves, I was looking forward to wander around Kolhapur, a local city where not many tourists go. What did […]

After another delicious breakfast onboard Deccan Odyssey luxury train, we disembarked at 8.45 am in Aurangabad city to explore UNESCO Ellora caves.    I learned from our guide that Aurangabad is a Muslim name, similarly to other city names ending up with “Abad”. One million inhabitant city Aurangabad is situated nearly 500 m above sea […]

In February 2018 I was lucky to explore 2 Indian states of Maharashtra and Goa on the luxury train Deccan Odyssey. I will be publishing a couple of posts about our trip with other 14 travel bloggers on the train in the next few weeks. This is the first post about the train, about how […]