We Made If Safely to Asia

Tamu asleep at hotel

Hey All,

After a very long flight, we finally made it far east to south Asia. Aaah feels good to not be traveling on a plane ;).

The weather here is pretty warm and the people here are very kind. Our first impressions are that this part of India is safe and fairly easy to get around. Right now, our hotel is located right on the line of New Delhi and Old Delhi. It's great because it's in the center of all the activity and we get to be among a lot of locals and a good amount of tourists as well. We've met people traveling from all parts of the world, China, Germany, Spain and more. It felt good to know that we are not alone in seeing the beauties of India for the first time. In fact, there are more hotels on this one road, than we could count. It took a couple of loops of the street just to find which one was ours. I would guess that there are about 40.

The Hotel Delhi City Centre is nice. And we have the Western accouterments that we are used to: flat screen cable tv, wi-fi, a mini fridge. Not bad for $40 a night. But it did take us a while to get the wi-fi working. This may have been because we kept falling asleep and missing the hotel's calls. We needed an access card from them to log into their network. But we slept until 4pm Delhi time (6am Boston time). That is definitely something we'll have to work on tomorrow.

Now that we are up, it is time to explore! Post back soon...

Flying Across the World

Howdy Folks,

We flew across the world today, crossing timezones and hopping boarders while trying to reach India. The flight out of Boston was a little more turbulent than we'd have liked, but it didn't bother us at all because we were flying in Business Class. That's right! Anyone smell a free upgrade? I do. Business class is great. We had an amazing three course meal, individual TVs with video on demand, free magazines/newspapers, automatically adjustable seats (with built in massage modes, and did I mention leg room? It was unbelievable. And because of it, we giddy like little school children. Fun stuff.

We were scheduled to transfer in Frankfurt, Germany, however, because of weather conditions, we had to first land in Munich. Luckily for us, we were both in the upgraded seats and had a 6 hour layover. So while we waited for the Frankfurt airport to open, we were more than happy to put our chairs into 'bed mode' and take a nap. We arrived in Frankfurt with plenty of time to make the next flight.

The next leg of the flight was to our final destination: Delhi, India. This time we were in regular economy class, but it was still nice and we had our first taste of authentic Indian food. Delicious! Not as good as our previous 3 course meal... but definitely got us excited for the cuisine ahead. In fact, we asked for (and received) seconds. We finally landed into Delhi's beautiful airport at 2am local time. Customs, etc was pretty quick and after prepaying our taxi fare we were out to the street in a run down, black and orange. But it had character and our driver was great; weaving in and out of danger with ease on roads where the painted lanes are just suggestions and roaming animals may decide to cross at any moment.

That is all for now. Its off to the hotel.

Hours Away From Travel!!

We are so excited for our trip!!! Just a few hours away, we are finalizing our last bit of packing and combing through our to-do lists. (Yes there are multiple lists tehehe) There seems to be so much prep to do just in order to leave. Thank you to you all who have helped us think of everything and are wishing us safe travels!

Praise the Lord for what will be a beautiful opportunity to experience a drastically different culture and population. It is so exciting that we have the ability to travel and increase our list of adventures! Who better to do it with then my husband, who is not only my best friend, but my travel buddy. We'll be finally going on our honeymoon beginning today, in India and will both vacation and work while there. We'll be traveling to New Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, then back to New Delhi, Agra for the second part of the trip which will take place in Delhi, Agra, Bangalore and Mumbai.

We'll keep you up to-date on all of our happenings up until we return in January.

Peace and Love!

We're going to India!

We're flying out tomorrow. So excited. Can't wait for our honeymoon to begin! Wohoo! We'll keep you posted on all the happenings.

Married Man!

Back off biddies! I am now a happily married man. I was lucky enough to marry my best friend. I love you Vicky! I fondly look forward to our many year ahead. I hope we have long fruitful live and I promise to do everything I can to keep you feeling loved and happy. Mwah!

Thank you to all the family and friends who cam in to support and and share his wonderful moment. I really appreciate everything you have done for us.