In my most recent version of our itinerary I’ve added back some places we might visit in Mussoorie and Jabalpur. See the full itinerary at the end. I also suggest you listen too an Indian song, view two blue dupattas (scarves), and think about electronic devices.
In Mussoorie we might visit A.
Woodstock School and Dorms B. Mussoorie Mall and the Book shop, Quality, Gun
Hill, tram, and west to George Forest house. C. top of the hill, Kellog, see
the snows by telescope, if it is a clear day. D. go to Eastwood Estate, Dhobi
Ghat and Hanson Field E. East - Jabarkhet Reserve, Hanafil. I will be contacting the alumni office to see
what day we might arrange a tour of the ‘campus’ and maybe even have lunch
there.
In
Jabalpur, we might visit A. Marble Rocks and Madan Mahal. B. Leonard
Theological College C. Sadar bazaar, City Lake, the Govind Das home D. Trains
(maybe ride the chota line down to the Narbadda and get a car trip back. E. Go to an Indian move in the evening
The itinerary indicates places we might go
in Delhi on the 4th of August 2019
Morning half day sightseeing tour of Old
Delhi visiting Red Fort, built in 1648 by Mughal Emperor Shahjehan ,
Jama Masjid, one of the largest mosques in India, Raj Ghat and Shanti
Vana-the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Also drive
past Chandni Chowk, shopping centre of Old Delhi.(Red Fort closed every Monday)
Afternoon half day sightseeing tour of
New Delhi visiting Qutub Minar built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199,
Humayun's Tomb, India Gate (war memorialarch), Lakshminarayan Temple-a
modern Hindu Temple. Also drive past President's House, Parliament House,
Government Secretariat Buildings and Connaught Place-shopping
centre of New Delhi.
We have a day trip to see the Taj, but
also go to the Fort and Fatehpur Sikri.
You can check on the Internet to see more
information for each of the places we might visit or topics of your interests.
One of my close contacts in
Jabalpur, Lakshmikant Sharma, is very active on Facebook. This last week he put up photos of two girls
visiting Jabalpur. One photo shows them with his book on Jabalpur and in the
background are the falls at Marble Rocks, which we will be visiting.
Another of Lakshmikant’s visitors was a
singer of Bhojpuri songs. Bhojpur is an
area in western Bihar, which is very famous of its music, songs, and
films. So have a listen to Chandan
Tiwari singing a love song – as a good example of popular Indian music, which
you might be hearing on the radio, TV, blaring from public speakers, etc. while
we are in India. -- a Bhojpur love song “Aadhi Aadhi Ratiya” by Chandan Tiwari at
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| Chandan Tiwari |
I’m pleased that my doctor checked and said
all my immunizations were good (typhoid, hepatitis, rabies) and he prescribed antibiotic
and malaria medicine which I picked up this week. How are all of you with your immunizations
and medications?
I’m thinking of buying us all sky blue
colored baseball caps to easily keep track of ourselves in a crowd. Maybe Julie and Rachel would rather wear a
blue dupatta or scarf over their heads so as not to make it too obvious they
are foreign women. What do you think of these two blue scarves I bought
yesterday? If they don’t like them, they
could easily buy ones in Delhi on that first day.
I’m also washing my India old filthy neck pouch but
may get another one since this one’s a little worn.
Sometime we also should talk about day
bags, and what electronic devices each of us is taking, and if we need to carry
them around always or if we can leave them at the hotel desk safely.There are our cell phones, and maybe laptops or iPads, external drives, jump drives, etc. Would Echo Dots work in India?
Here’s the latest version of the itinerary
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Our
trip to India, travel in India, and back July – August 2019
Flying to India, via United Flights.
July
21 2019 Sunday. Travel to Richmond in two cars, leaving
Charlottesville at 7 am, arrive by 8:30
am, check in for the flight to Neward on UA 4184 Leaves 10:00 am arrives
11:22 am.
Afternoon
and evening in the airport (lunch, supper), get to gate by 8:30 for 9:55 pm departure
on UA 82 Arriving in Delhi at 9:30 pm on July 22nd Monday. One or two hours to go through customs and
another hour trip from Delhi airport to YWCA. Arrive? around midnight.
ITINERARY SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR
MR. PHILIP MCELDOWNEY X 06 PAX
22 July
2019 Arr.
Delhi
Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel YWCA International
Guest House
Monday
Overnight at the Guest House.
23 July
2029
Delhi
Full day free for independent activities. No transport involved.
Tuesday
Maybe Craft and/or train museums.
Overnight at the hotel.
24 July
2019 Delhi/
Dehradun/ On
time transfer to railway station to connect train for Dehradun.
Wednesday
Mussoorie Dep: Delhi By: 12017 Dehradun
Shatabdi At: 0645 hrs.
( 38 Kms 1 ½ hrs) Arr:
Dehradun At: 1250 hrs
.
Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to Mussoorie. On
Arrival.
Check into hotel Rokeby Manor. Overnight at the hotel.
25 July
2019
Mussoorie 1.
Full day transport available for local running. Overnight at the hotel
Thursday Mussorie tours. See A. Woodstock School and
Dorms B. Mussoorie Mall, Book shop, Quality, Gun Hill, tram, George Forest
house. C.top of the hill, Kellog, snows. D. Dhobi Ghat E. East - Jabarkhet
Reserve, Hanafil
26 July
2019 Mussoorie 2.
Full day transport available for local running. Overnight at the hotel
Friday
27 July
2019
Mussoorie 3.
Full day transport available for local running. Overnight at the hotel
Saturday
28 July
2019
Mussoorie 4.
Full day transport available for local running. Overnight at the hotel
Sunday
29 July 2019
Mussoorie/ Morning leave
by surface for Dehradun airport to connect flight for Delhi.
Monday
Dehradun/ Flight 1.
Dep: Dehradun By: 6E
679
At: 1220 hrs.
(38 kms 1 ½ hrs)
Travel to Jab. Delhi/Jabalpur Delhi Arr. At: 1315
hrs.
Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer
to other terminal to connect
Flight
2. to Jabalpur. Dep: Delhi By: AI 9617 At: 1615 hrs.
Arr: Jabalpur At: 1815
hrs.
Meeting
and assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel Narmada Jackson. Overnight
at the hotel.
30 July 2019
Jabalpur 1. Full day transport available for local
running. Overnight at the hotel.
Tuesday Day
trips to A. Marble Rocks, Madan Mahal.
B. Leonard Theological College
C. Sadar bazaar, City Lake, Das home D. Trains
E. Evening Movie Theatre
31 July
2019 Jabalpur 2.
Full day transport available for local running. Overnight at the hotel.
Wednesday
01 Aug 2019
Jabalpur 3. Full day transport
available for local running. Overnight at the hotel.
Thursday
02 Aug
2019
Jabalpur 4. Full day transport
available for local running. Overnight at the hotel.
Friday
03 Aug
2019 Jabalpur
/ Delhi
On time transfer to airport to connect flight for Delhi.
Saturday
Travel to
Delhi.
Dep Jabalpur
By: AI
9618
At: 1845 hrs.
Arr:
Delhi
At: 2045 hrs.
Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel The Park.
Overnight at the hotel.
04 Aug
2019
Delhi
1. Morning half day sightseeing tour of Old Delhi visiting
Red
Sunday
Fort, built in 1648 by Mughal Emperor Shahjehan, Jama Masjid,
one of the largest mosques in
India, Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana- the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and
Jawaharlal Nehru. Also drive past Chandni Chowk, shopping centre of Old
Delhi.(Red Fort closed every Monday)
Afternoon half day sightseeing tour of New Delhi visiting Qutub
Minar built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199, Humayun's Tomb, India Gate (war
memorial
arch),
Lakshminarayan Temple-a modern Hindu Temple. Also drive past
President's House,
Parliament House, Government Secretariat Buildings and
Connaught
Place-shopping centre of New Delhi.
Overnight at the hotel.
05 Aug
2019 Delhi/
Agra/
On time transfer to railway station to connect train for Agra.
Monday
Delhi
Travel to Agra,
back
Dep: Delhi By: 12050 Gatiman Exp At: 0810
hrs.
Arr: Agra
At: 0950 hrs.
Meeting and assistance on arrival and straight proceed to visit Taj Mahal. Visit
the world famous TAJ MAHAL built by the Moghul Emperor Shahjehan in 1630
for his queen Mumtaz Mahal to enshrine her
mortal remains.
After lunch visit the Agra Fort
containing the halls of private and public audience and other palaces.
Later visit Fatehpur Sikri built
by emperor Akbar in 1569 & abandoned after 15 years due to
scarcity of water. See the graceful buildings including Jama Masjid, Tomb
of Salim Chishti, Panch Mahal and other palaces.
Later on time
transfer to railway station to connect train for Delhi.
Dep: Agra By: 12001Shatabdi
Exp At: 2115 hrs.
Arr: Delhi
At: 2330 hrs.
Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel The Park. Overnight at the
hotel.
06 Aug
2019
Delhi
Full day free for independent activities. No transport involved. Tuesday Overnight
at the hotel. Maybe shopping today or tomorrow.
Cottage
Industries, Khadi clothing stores
07 Aug
2019 Lv.
Delhi
Hotel check out time 1800 hrs.
Wednesday
Later on time transfer to airport to connect flight for onward
journey
END
OF OUR SERVICES
CHECK
IN TIME AT ALL HOTEL IS 1400 HRS.
CHECK
OUT TIME AT ALL HOTEL IS 12 NOON
Get to the Delhi airport by 10 pm, Leaving Park Hotel around 8:30 pm or eailier
Check in at 10 pm, flight
leaves at 11:35 pm August 7, 2019. 3h 35 m layover (Frankfort?)
Arrive August 8th at
4:55 am in Newark. Go to Richmond flight UA 4971 by 7:30 am for its departure
at 8:30 am, arriving Richmond 10:10 am. Travel by car to Charlottesville
arriving around noon on Thursday August 8, 2019.
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Looks nice,
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