Board a train in Chennai. Ride through Tamil Nadu’s coastal plains. Cross the new Pamban Bridge into Rameswaram. Reach Dhanushkodi, gaze across the Palk Strait, and sail to Talaimannar before catching ...
Boarding the Kandy to Ella train is a bun fight I hadn’t envisaged. A dog has strayed into the station hangar and is tugging on a sari, leading to shrieks from a group of local women as passengers ...