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Published: November 8th 2017
Well, back to India after 30 years away. Trying to recall what happened back then....all a blur now!
I was persuaded to go again by some friends of over 40 years standing (but mostly sitting or lying down) who wished to go before they got any older.
These friends consist of Mal, from Liverpool, whose husband is too ill to join us, so she will be leaving early in order to be with him at Christmas. Also a retired couple, Bill & Shirl, and their recently adopted grandchildren, Rocco (9) and Esmee (6).
We are going for the month of December (but only 3 weeks for Mal).
We have bought our return flights through Finnair, so a stopover at Helsinki is on the cards, but we'll only have a chance to see the city on our outward flight (with 5 hours to kill).
We have all bought our e-visa's (£65 each) after getting the right sized photo's (as jpegs) and passport scans (as right-sized pdf's). This was easier than via the Embassy 30 years ago.
I have booked all our hotels, and paid for most of them.
Booking our trains has been a bit
of a nightmare: my credit card being compromised just when I needed to pass on details to Indrail. By the time my new one arrived the trains were getting booked up and I had to change a few to get us all together especially on night trains. All done now, but we now travel on AC3 for 2 journeys and AC2 for others (my dreams of AC1 being dashed). Problems I was expecting as travelling in a group of 6.
The plan of action is: Delhi - Gaya (for Bodhgaya) - Varanasi - Umaria (for Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve) - Jaipur - Agra - Delhi with 3 or 4 days at each place (see attached map).
We have had our jabs, bought mossie nets and repellents. Bought medical supplies, earplugs, adaptors and Bluetooth headphones (in my case anyway).
Knowing India, something (or everything) will go wrong and I need to be prepared for the eventuality and not allow the bureaucracy to get me down. We will see.......
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Cousin Carol
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Have a fab adventure!
All the best for your next travel adventure - will look forward to reading all about it on the blog. Just back from 3+ weeks in China and wish now i’d got myself organised with a blog. Look forward to a post adventure catch up perhaps early next year to swap stories - although yours promises to be a lot more full on! Enjoy!