Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The mom trip update 2

So we've been in Amritsar in Punjab for a day now and we went to the Golden Temple which was amazing. The train ride here was very long from Varinassi, we got on the train at 09:30 in the morning and arrived here at around 11:30 the next day. Mom is thinking twice about wanting to go to ride a lower-class train because I think 2AC is low enough for her tastes lol. The train itself wasn't bad except for the older couple across from us who perpetually Burped and farted.

Some time in the morning between 07:30 and 10:30 my mobile phone which Sunil had given me to use went missing so we had to go the police station and make a report for insurance purposes and to cancel the SIM card so we can get the telephone company to reissue another card. The police were a little abrassive at first and there was some serious language barrier problems. After a while I got frustrated and just phoned Sunil on the police officers mobile and he told them everything in Hindi. From that point on they were more than happy to help us and even brought us soda and chai tea.

The hotel we planned on staying at was the Lucky Guest House but when we arrived it was under construction and would have been too loud and annoying so we are staying at the RS Residency and it's pretty nice. The hotel was pretty loud the first night due to a wedding but after complaining we moved rooms and everything is working out well.

So after spending a morning wandering around the Golden Temple we were walking towards the hotel and a place to get lunch when mom took a dive on the road and scrapped up her knee and hand a little bit. She twisted her ankle a little and was a tad sore, but other than that it was ok. She's a little stiff but generally in good shape.

Yesterday afternoon we went to that Mata Temple (AKA Cave Temple) which was kind of odd, you had to crawl through this cave and then walk through these water hallway things, it's sort of difficult to describe but was sort of interesting. Then we headed back towards the old city and stopped in this deary beer bar and mom felt all uncomfortable because she was probably the only woman who has ever been in there. So after 6 beers she didn't feel so upset about it anymore, or her sore foot for that matter.

We've been living it up with great food and room service and having a pretty good time here, mom keeps randomly crying over grams and dad etc, but other than that things are good. Oh god she's crying right now as I type this.

Anyways, just checking emails and stuff now I'm heading off to wander around for a while. Still haven't managed to lose mom yet... Damn :)

Friday, February 13, 2009

The Mom Update

Dictated by Mom, typed by me...

We are having a great time in Varinassi and we went to the burning ghats and all the other ghats and saw a whole bunch of interesting stuff. There was a monkey that came in our room while we were in it and then ran out. And a lizard that is living behind a painting that makes it hard for me to sleep. And the small markets are crazy full of small streets and lots of cows in a maze, but not too much stuff I want to buy.

Hi everyone, I miss you, heading to next city (Amritsar) in the morning. I got happy birthday ken written in Hindi.
Ok That's it, love you all.

--
Ken now ...
So that's about it, we've been laying around the Hotel Alka in Varinassi with a beautiful view, it's a nice area for 3-4 days to just kick back and relax. Enjoying it but on that rail line again tomorrow. Won't be with Sarah for Valentines day, feeling a bit bad about it, but it seems I'm never in a relationship or with that person on my Birthday anyway. lol. Looking forward to seeing the Golden Temple in Amritsar and then doing some last minute things in Delhi with Sunil.

Check in again in a few days.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

In Agra

So mom and I are in Agra for another 24 hours or so. Everything started off well then I ended up getting sick and was layed up in Agra so that sucked pretty bad. Unfortunately the Taj Mahal is closed on Friday's so we got the gates today and found them to be locked by the police.

But tomorrow we were scheduled to depart at 0600 but I had sunil cancel the train so we can see the Taj Mahal in the morning then take a train out a couple of hours later. A bit of a rush but these things happen!

Tomorrow starts a two day Freemason convention which I am looking forward to!

Friday, January 30, 2009

Leaving for India Tomorrow

So I'm officially on vacation now!


I'll be heading to the airport tomorrow and I'll be in India for 3 weeks.

Areas I'll be visiting:  Delhi, Agra, Varinassi, Amritsar

Looking forward to dragging my mom through countless markets and taking hundreds of stupid photographs!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

1 Week!

So 1 week from today I will be somewhere between England and Bahrain en-route to India.

woo hoo