India, May 4 -- An American travel vlogger has revealed that he ended up in the hospital with a severe respiratory infection after a 15-hour train journey in India. Nick Maddock, from Missouri, has spent eight years travelling around the world and documenting his travels on social media. As a seasoned globetrotter, he is used to the many inconveniences that come with living in strange places - but even Maddock was not prepared for a train journey in India.

In videos shared on Instagram, the US man revealed that he was hospitalised with a severe respiratory infection following a 15-hour journey on Indian sleeper class.

In one video, he was seen wearing an oxygen mask. "I'm actually not sure if it was the 15 hours train or the one week of...