To India and Beyond - Part 1

It's my goal to travel as much and as often as possible in the near future. I've always had a yen for travel and my recent trip to India only stoked that fire. After spending three weeks in that wonderful country, I have some great pictures, excellent stories and memories to last a lifetime. It's my hope to share the best of those with you, but I'll start with my arrival and the first impressions of a first timer in Asia. 
                  

My team and me and the wonderful people we spent our time with during our first two weeks. I'm right in the middle in the orange sari.

I love traveling; the actual act of traveling and not just the destination. For that reason, the 24 hours of airports and airplanes was just fine with me, especially since I had an aisle seat with no one next to me (win!) I was not so lucky on the way back, but that's another story. 

Despite my enthusiasm for a full day in a metal box, I was still exhausted when we arrived in Mumbai at 2 am and had a 2 hour drive ahead of us. The late hour didn't leave much opportunity for viewing the scenery along the way, but we since we were driving through the mountains, we also got to drive through a cloud. Yes, that's right. We drove through a cloud! All in all, not a life changing event, but I was pretty thrilled.

By the time we'd arrived at the hotel it was almost 4 am. And of course time for dinner. I'd love to tell you all about the excellent food but I honestly had the equivalent fish sticks and french fries. It's a cop out, I know, but at 4 am I prefer fried food. 

We did have excellent food, and a lot of it, throughout the trip. I'll tell you more about everything we ate in my next post. And, of course, all of the people I had the opportunity to share a meal with.