V-a-c-a-t-i-o-n

In order to allow Joel and Dad to maximize their time in India, I sent them off on an airplane on Wednesday morning to Delhi. From Delhi, they found themselves a cab for the looooong haul over to Agra, and the fantastic Taj Mahal. I spoke with them last night, when they had just arrived at their hotel, after 12 hours of journeying -- 9 am Hyderabad departure to 9 PM Agra hotel arrival. I certainly hope the Taj offered up an amazing spectacle for the two road warriors...unless it was pouring rain (weather has been spotty up there) I'm sure it certainly did not disappoint.

Tomorrow, Selin and I are flying to Delhi ourselves to meet up with Joel and Dad. Tomorrow is an official India holiday (Maha Shivaratri), so we have the day off, and we've taken Monday, Tues, and Wed of next week off as well, so it is a nice 6 day weekend coming up to spend with our out of town visitors. Our itenerary has all of us spending Friday night in Delhi, and Saturday morning we hit the trails again -- this time flying up to Kathmandu to see the Himalayas! Should be pretty impressive -- although Kathmandu itself is in a valley, it is right there amongst the mountains, and we may try to do a flight tour of Everest and surrounding peaks. We'll see. We spend a few days in Kathmandu, and then board a flight again to Kolkatta, where we will spend one final evening and day before heading back to Hyderabad on Wednesday, Feb 21. Dad the world traveller then boards an airplane at 3:10 am on Thurs Feb 22 to head back home. Whew!

Good news is that even after all their travelling, Joel and Dad still found the energy to dance in front of the Taj Mahal. They sent me this picture to post, here they are enjoying the romantic aura that only the Taj can create.


Lookin' good guys. See you two tomorrow...hope you're having fun!