I love you India, I really do.
I dedicated an entire India podcast on what it was like travelling in India for the first time.
No matter what time of day you ask me – regardless of whether my hormones are playing up or not. I will always tell anyone I meet that travelling in India for seven weeks – backpacking across your beautiful land with my kids was one of the best experiences of my life.
But bloody hell.
Your sleeper buses? They really are something else.
My kids were 16 and 13 when my family embarked on not one, but two of India’s overnight busses and I thought it only fair to share our experience on this podcast.
Just in case you are thinking of doing it yourself one day. (*Spoiler alert – and you must! It is an adventure!)
India is, and always will be, one of my top five destinations in the world that I think every family should visit.
Whether it is to spend time on one of the many beautiful Indian beaches to meander down the gorgeous Kerala backwaters on a canoe, or to visit the breathtaking Taj Mahal.
Do it all and while you’re at it, book a non AC sleeper bus and travel overnight. Just to say that you did.
In this episode, we…
Talk about the realities of what it was like travelling in India on a sleeper bus
Answer, are there any toilets on a sleeper bus in India?
Describe the journey – in detail (probably too much detail from Liz…)
The photo that we took of us on the train is here!
And here is the video that Sonny made of us Travelling in India on the sleeper bus…
We’d love to know what you think about this week’s show and if there is anything you would like to know further so that we can include it in our question time next week.
If you don’t ask you’ll never know!
Booking trains and buses in India
The only company that I would ever suggest for all of your transport options in India is 12GoAsia. We used them throughout our trip and they were faultless.
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Liz and Sonny
I love your family.
That is very kind Mujeeb, I like them too! 🙂
Love your podcasts , you and Sonny are so fun, and your laughter is contagious!
India is one place I’ve always wanted to see, after New Zealand of course, but I don’t know about the sleeper bus haha. (Moldy pillow, hot, no loo, smell, noises, bumpy). But what wonderful memories! I’d go! I love Indian food, and my Irish Nana was born in Umballah, her father was in the British army.
Sounds like you and Sonny are two peas in a pod, and I’m guessing Tess and Brian are more on the quiet side?
Sorry about Sonny’s ex, drama!
Tell us more about your other travels!
Oh, thank you, lovely lady!
Yes…Brian and Tess are…let’s say… ‘know it alls’ and Sonny and I are people pleasers hahaha!! Don’t let them see this comment – they would never forgive me!
Hope you had a lovely Christmas with your family, we will be back in 2020 to discuss more of what travelling the world with little money and two teenagers looks like! XX
India does have a vast network of public transport buses that are affordable but fall under respective state transport departments. The buses that you have traveled in are of private operators which are pretty bad and if coupled with rash driving, it would be nothing less than a nightmare.
So Use state transport next time you visit. If you want to travel by Train – prefer 3rd AC.
Thank you for this advice Bhanu 🙂