India Arrival

Although Ryan claimed that he would never visit India again after his trip here in 2003, we landed late night and are comfortably settled in Delhi. India is certainly the most difficult place to travel in the entire world due to a whole range of issues like crowds, culture, and health but there are some wonderful things to be seen and great people to meet.

We had a difficult experience before we left Manila with a taxi and Ryan and Reggie remarked to Shauna that "India is 10x more like that, all day long, in every transaction." It was a benefit to experience it though before coming to India so as to get our guards up and work to avoid similar issues once in India. Thus, we emailed Shauna's brother Jason to arrange, via a US toll free number, transport to the hotel from the airport once we landed in Delhi.

Our hotel was suggested by Shauna's cousin Natalie and it's a wonderful place to stay. Everyone who has traveled at the high end in India has loved it and those who stuck to the low and midrange (like Ryan did previously), tended to hate it. Thus, we're sticking to the highend as the price is still rather reasonable.

Tomorrow we're planning a relaxed day with a spa appointment for Shauna, a cigar for Ryan and a light city tour. If all goes well, the following day should find us at the Taj Mahal which isn't too far away in Agra.