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Deccan Odyssey Luxury Train in India |
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 There is only one way to experience India: jettison the petrol station and the airport and skip happily onto a train. Once on board the whole country opens out before you like an origami flower, beautiful and complicated, a myriad of colours and moods. And if you have the money, ride the Deccan Odyssey, a luxury train that explores Maharashtra.
Board at Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, and head south towards Goa and the peninsula. The train travels from dusk till dawn, so you will be rocked to sleep by gentle chugging and woken by the Maharashtra sun peeking through your cabin windows. You will be taken to beaches, the Sindhudurg Sea Fort, Goa, the state capital Pune and the famous caves of Ajanta and Ellora to see temples of three different religions. Regional fare will tantalise your taste buds at every stop and you will return home with a new lover – India.
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