passport, guide book, toothbrush and mozzie repellent...in case
So now I begin a NEW BLOG, as yet nameless, inviting you on an adventure to India, the country of my birth, drawn to it like a moth to a lamp. Time’s moving on and I feel now is my best chance to see if India’s is in my soul; its tastes, sounds and sights were after-all my first experiences. It’s time to get the truck moving, slowly at the beginning, gathering momentum. So here goes........
Jabs administered: Hep.A and Typhoid being the minimum
requirement. I thought for 10 seconds about Rabies (3 doses at £450) Japanese
Encephalitis (2 doses at £320) and Hep.B (3 doses at £90) and rejected them.
Costs an arm and an arm (leg)! Anti-malarial stuff, I bought from Boots for
£20, ready to begin a week before departure. I was advised by the nurse to
consider having the jabs IN India where they are manufactured, at a fraction of
the cost. I’ll be looking out for the dogs! (I’m boring myself already with the
cost stuff; I promise no more from now on!)
Flight booked for 15th March, from
Birmingham to Mumbai via Paris, arriving 2355. I’ll book a hotel though I plan not to spend any
more time in Mumbai than can be helped. I thought I could be on a train heading
for Udaipur, via Ahmedabad on the 16th March. However, having
researched the fiendishly complicated seating/sleeping arrangements on trains,
I’ll have to sit down and think very carefully about this. Beginnings (like
endings) are important when travelling, don’t you think? Perhaps I should spend
a couple of nights in Mumbai and get things properly sorted?
We'll see....
