Varanasi to Chandigarh UPDATED

We left Varanasi this morning.  We have found that Indian airlines - well Indigo - will board early and leave before the announced departure time if traffic-control permit. After lunch in Delhi, we drove to Chandigarh - five hours.

This drive was largely along a highway and I was so surprised to see no cattle, no deer, no cars or anything coming in the opposite direction, and most bike riders with a helmet.  You could have been in China or a highway in Australia - except for the occasional wildly painted truck!  This is cattle transport.

Our driver explained that cattle and sheep were kept in paddocks away from the road - a good idea for man and beast.

It looked like a normal highway

We are in our hotel tonight - "tired but happy".  Chandigarh is a planned city, created by Nehru after independence, and supposed to be one of the wealthiest in India.  I gather one reason is the high number of public-servants and pensioners here.  It is the capital of two different states. Our driver told us that horns and flashing lights on high beam were not permitted.   

What on earth is India coming to?!