SPRINT!

[talktooloose]

Sorry I've been quiet but getting ready for this trip has been mind-bogglingly difficult. Of course, we're both really OCD about checking and re-checking every possible hotel 20 times in every guidebook and travel forum.

At this point, three days before we fly, we have all our trains booked and we have places to stay everywhere but Amritsar. If we don't nail down a hotel there, we can stay free in a dorm at the Golden Temple, the holiest site of Sikhdom. Frankly, I'm trying to get the air conditioned place across the road from the temple.

We're splurging in a couple of places, including Varanasi. Splurging in India means paying as much as $30 Canadian. I'll post some links to our hotels if I have a minute. HA!

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[a-trick-mind.livejournal.com]

Take a roll of toilet paper. Seriously!

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

One?

[a-trick-mind.livejournal.com]

How long will you be there? Maybe 2 rolls of Scott's 1,000 sheet brand. :)

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Actually, take half of one and buy as needed there. That's the advice we've been reading about a lot of stuff. Want flip-flops when you're going to be visiting a pool? Buy them in the market the day before. We're taking really minimal clothing and, as necessary, I'll buy a shirt or socks. Everything is dirt cheap.

Also, at the end, if you don't want it, leave the clothing or whatever on a park bench and someone will very happily acquire it.

So, does this mean you've been to India? In one version of our itinerary, we were flying back through Brussells and I imagined meeting you. But in the end, we chose Alitalia through Milan so.... SORRY!