Sunday, November 25, 2007

India itinerary

Ok, I lied. This is the for real last post from Africa. We're at a ridiculously cheap internet place right now (50 Kenya cents/min = 35 US cents/hour), so I figured I might as well post our itinerary for the next 19days in India, so yall can keep tabs on us till we get back to the US in mid-December. Here it is so far: (SUPER subject to change)

Nov. 27
Arrive Mumbai, 5am
Flight (SpiceJet) to Calcutta, 2pm

Nov. 28
Walk around Calcutta, visit Mother Theresa's house
Train to Darjeeling

Nov. 29
Sunrise view of the Himalayas
Walk around Darjeeling (Tea, Tibetan refugee center, Buddhist temples)

Nov. 30
Darjeeling to Cherrapunjee (the wettest place on earth)
Walk through a rubber tree forest

Dec. 1
Cherrapunjee to Nepal border

Dec. 2
Kathmandu

Dec. 3
Kathmandu
Daytrip to see Mt. Everest?

Dec. 4
Kathmandu to Varanasi

Dec. 5
Varanasi, one of the holiest Hindu cities
Morning boatride on the Ganges River to watch people pray near the river

Dec. 6
Daytrip to Gaya, the "Vatican of Buddhism" with temples from all major Buddhist countries (I made up the thing about the Vatican...)

Dec. 7
Varanasi to Delhi (SpiceJet - $25!)
Delhi to Dharamsala

Dec. 8
Sangla Valley
Tour of traditional himalayan villages

Dec. 9
Sangla Valley

Dec. 10
McLeod Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama
Himalayan International Festival

Dec. 11
McLeod Ganj

Dec. 12
Amristar (Pakistan Border)

Dec. 13
Agra - Taj Mahal

Dec. 14
Delhi

Dec. 15
Delhi - Moscow - Atlanta!!

1 comment:

Les said...

Sounds like a well thought out once in a life-time experience...Enjoy! See you soon!