Tag: India
More from Jaipur, and first days in Kolkata
Once again, we will post in detail about this visit later–it will take some time to fully process all we have experienced–but here’s a taste of the sights we have been privileged to see thus far. Continue reading More from Jaipur, and first days in Kolkata
Scenes from Delhi & Jaipur
I’ll write a proper post on our experiences later, but here are a few select images from our week in India so far. Continue reading Scenes from Delhi & Jaipur
Packed and ready for India & Nepal
He who would travel happily must travel light. – Antoine de Saint Exupéry We leave for India in the morning. The last couple of weeks have been a bit crazed, between finalizing our travel plans, wrapping up work projects, arranging for cat sitters and doing laundry and packing and all the little details (did we buy enough cat food? did you pick up the prescriptions?) … Continue reading Packed and ready for India & Nepal
Vacation reading: what do you bring?
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde The question of what reading material to bring on vacation is serious business for us. It’s one thing if we’re just away for a long weekend, but when we are traveling somewhere by plane, and know we’ll have a good bit of dedicated … Continue reading Vacation reading: what do you bring?
Countdown to India
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag One month from today we’ll get on a plane heading for India (well, by way of London first). If you’ve been following our blog these past seven months or so you know how much research and planning have gone into this trip, not only because it will be the longest vacation we’ve ever … Continue reading Countdown to India
Booking a hotel halfway around the world
As we make our plans for India, we have been very lucky in that we have an inside track: our friend Richard has lived in India for the past few years, and recommended hotels in two of the four cities we will be visiting: Jaipur and Kathmandu. Having stayed in them both himself, we saw no reason not to take his word. Even more delightfully, … Continue reading Booking a hotel halfway around the world
Coda: Indian visa process
We can finally breath a sigh of relief: passports have been returned to us, with six-month, dual entry visas inside. Those who followed our earlier post on the confusing process of filling out and sending the correct documents may be interested to read about what happened after we sent off our application packets, particularly if you’re considering venturing to India yourself. On the other hand, … Continue reading Coda: Indian visa process
Trekking for Momos
As we eagerly await word on the status of our visa applications for India, we are in a sort of limbo. All flights and hotels are bought and/or booked, and we have done plenty of preliminary work looking through guidebooks and websites about what to see and do in each place. But nothing consumes our thoughts about this upcoming trip quite as much as the … Continue reading Trekking for Momos
The last hurdle: obtaining our Indian visas
When we started planning this trip, we knew it would be a daunting task, given that we were setting out to plan and book every aspect of a multi-city visit to Asia ourselves. But as we’ve mentioned before, we do enjoy that part of any vacation: for us, reading and planning is half the fun. In previous posts we’ve described our process and hurdles with … Continue reading The last hurdle: obtaining our Indian visas
