Photos: Ranakpur (Jain) Temple

coati2012 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:37:00 GMT

Ranakpur (Jain) Temple & road to Udaipur

Photos: Jodhpur, India

coati2012 — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:23:00 GMT

Mehrangarh Fort and street scenes

Photos: Bikaner, Rajasthan

coati2012 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:17:00 GMT

Karni Mata (Rat) Temple, camel safari, Bikaner fort & street scenes 22 - 24 Jan 2013

Photos: Havelis Shekhawati Rajasthan

coati2012 — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:59:00 GMT

Havelis (merchant mansions) Shekhawati

Photos: Nawalgarh (Shekhawati region) Rajasthan, India

coati2012 — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:25:00 GMT

Havelis (merchant mansions) in Shekhawati region

Photos: Agra 17 Jan 2013

coati2012 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:14:00 GMT

Taj Majal & Agra

The Luggage........

coati2012 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:16:00 GMT

Planning the Trip

coati2012 — Tue, 8 Jan 2013 19:52:00 GMT

I have been planning my trip for several months and am now sorting out how to develop this blog. I'm not a clever or creative writer thus several friends suggested that I make a list of topics to cover while traveling. I think I will include the following.

Place
Highligt of the day
Frustration of the day
Lesson for the day
Memorable person(s) of the day
Unexpected event/site/sound/ of the day
Sight of the day
Best quote/conversation of the day
Food

Tentative, work in progress, wish list itineary:

Delhi: 16 - 19 January

Agra (17 January)

Rajastan:

Nawalgarh (19 - 21 January)
Bikaner (22 - 24 January)
Jaislamer
Jodhpur
Jaipur
Udaipur
Ranthanbore

Goa/Karnataka?

Kerala ( 4 Feb - 17 Feb about 2 weeks)

Cochin
Munnar (western ghats, tea plantations)
Alleppy (cruise between Kokora & Alleppy?)
Periyar Tiger Reserve (w. ghats, Thekkady santuary)
Varkala (beach)
Valiyaparamba Backwaters (backwater cruises?)

Tamil Nadu (18 Feb - 3 Mar about 2 weeks)

Madurai (Meenakshi temple)
Pondicherry
Mahabalipurman
Ooty (hill station Nilgiris Hills)
Kanykumari (Cape Cormorin)
Chennai (catch flight to Varanasi?)

Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh (4 Mar - 8 Mar)

West Bengal/Sikkim/Assam & NE Tribal States) (10 Mar - 26 Apr about 6.5 weeks)

Darjeeling (Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (toy train)
Sunderbans
Kalimpong (Singalila Ridge Trek?)
Bishnupur (terracotta temples)

Sikkim (day hikes between villages: Yuksom & Tashiding)

Pemayantse (Gompa)
Gangtok (Neora Valley National Park (near Lava town; E. Sikkim)
Kalimpong (Dzongre & Goechala Khangchendzonga Trek to Ghoecha La 7 - 10 days)

Assam & North East Tribal States

Assam (Tawang Monestery
Kazinong

Nepal (26 Apr - 7 June about 6 weeks)

Kathmandu - checking it out
Annapurna Trek (21 days)
Pokora (2 - 3 days)
Chitwan (2 days)

Kathmandu to Delhi 9 June

Delhi to USA (11 June)

Wandering Solo at 60 in India, Nepal & Tibet