What I remember was.. I've never seen the air hostesses so busy serving drinks during a flight. Not the fruit juice or plain water like flights to other places.. but tray after tray after tray of beers. The bell for calling them also rung almost non-stop thoughout the flight from KL to Delhi.
What I remember was.. almost the whole tour members got sick. The ones that were "safe" surprisingly was the more senior members of the group. I guess the junior members' immune system were not that strong after all ;p If I'm not mistaken, it took me close to 3 weeks after we came back to recover fully from the cough. The cough was no joke .. it was not the lady-like kind :(
What I remember was.. the stark contrasts everywhere. The opulent buildings of yesteryears vs the dilapidated buildings of the present time. People with huge mansions vs people living on the streets among the animals. Modern sanitary vs the primitive kind. It truly made me feel sad..
What I remember was.. the scary tricycle rides. The driver somehow feels that he was more entitled to the road than the big bus and lorry. Well maybe that's the road hierarchy there.. the smaller vehicles got the right of way? Whatever it was... I'm happy that I've survived that and live to tell the tales ;p
Okay enough of that. Let's think of the positive things about this trip. I don't want to discourage people from visiting this historical country. As I said before, I went with the ladies so the shopping and company were wonderful. We had all our meals at the 5* hotels.. so the food was good. Taj Mahal was awesome. So does the other UNESCO World Heritage Sites. That basically sums it all right? More often than not the reason why people visit India is Taj Mahal.. so that was definitely not a disappointment :)
This trip was from 11-19 September 2003. The actual days spent there were 8 days 7 nights. We covered three cities, the famous Golden Triangle: Jaipur (Pink City), Agra and Delhi. This tour costs me if I remember right, RM2.5k (shopping excluded ;p).
Do browse the pictures .. it will give you the feel of India that I cannot express in words. I've uploaded 247 photos for your viewing pleasure.
You can access them at my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mkhasha.n.travels/. Go to the photo albums.
Njoy!!
