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I’m In India! - Sunday 28th January 2001
Well, here I am in the middle of a tourist office in the centre of Delhi. Everyone’s very nice here - offering to do stuff for you without even asking.
Not everything went to plan on the way here though! Were on the motorway at 8:30 and the stupid car broke down about 35 miles from Heathrow. We had to pull over and wait over an hour for the AA to come, and then I had to say my goodbyes to my parents on the hardshoulder of the motorway, as I was whisked off to Heathrow by an AA man.. only to then have to wait in the plane at Heathrow for 2 hours because someone was sick and had to be taken off with their bags, and then the plane missed it’s slot.
Well, when the plane finally started moving everything was fine though. Didn’t sit next to a paricularly interesting or young person (who I’d hoped would be a girl) instead, it was an aging man on his way to a medical conference.
It was 2am local time when we landed, and we had to wait about an hour in the airport through customs. After that it was still dark, so i got a taxi into town. Very different here! They drive like maniacs and it looks like they’re going to crash all the time, but they don’t.
When i got to Delhi, decided to go into a hotel, so i did. Bit skanky but the most annoying this was a ticking clock which always annoys me.. i just can’t sleep with those things, so i ended up butting toilet paper in my eyes to make it quieter!
This morning, they whisked me off to a tourist office where i’ve decided to plan my travels much more, at quite an expense mind. Tomorrow, i’m off in a plane to the mountains of the north, sounds great! Then after that i’m touring rajasthan on some mini-van, then through some more towns before Mumbai/Bombay. i’ll probably shorten my trip here to about a month (no longer going to nepal) and then spend more time in oz, where i’ll need to get some work or i’ll go broke!
Today I did a sight-seeing tour of Delhi and the whole thing is organised really well, with personal guides etc. I’ll write some more next time I find an internet PC. Laters.
Plane in just over 4 hours! - Saturday 27th January 2001
Well, it’s 6.30 in the morning and I’ve had about 2 hours sleep. All packed (just managed to get it all in my bag) and ready to go… or at least as ready as I can be. Here are my dates:
27 Jan: London -> Delhi
16 Mar: Mumbai -> Singapore
15 Apr: Bangkok -> Sydney
01 Jun: Sydney -> Christchurch (New Zealand)
14 Jun: Aukland -> Los Angeles
16 Jul: New York -> London
Bloody hell… I’m actually going to go. Well, gotta’ turn my computer off and say goodbye to it for six months (about time) and then I’m off into the wilderness of the wider world. Laters.
Only a few days to go - Tuesday 23rd January 2001
Just a few days to go until I leave for India and the rest of the world now! I’m leaving on an 11am plane from Heathrow to Delhi airport. Argh…!
Posse Page - Saturday 6th January 2001
In revamping my site before I leave to visit the wider world, I’ve made a posse page. There’s a list of all posse members (official and not) including email addresses. There’s also info about posse olympics and the posse holiday. If you’ve got anything to add to the page, just let me know.
Travel Plans - Friday 5th January 2001
Just to let everyone know my plans to travel round the world in about… er, 12 days. I’ll be travelling alone, but hopefully meeting up with loads of cool people along the way. First I’m going to India and Nepal, then to Singapore and Thailand (where I might meet my mum, who’ll be on a school trip), then on to Oz and New Zealand - meeting my sister (Corrina) who’s also travelling, and lastly US and Canada.
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