Time to dust off the old blog to take you all with us to India!
Let's start with the basics...
We leave Monday, January 5th.
We have planned our vacation to travel the Southwest coast of India in the state of Kerala(pronounced Carol-a).
In the map below, Kerala is shown in the red.
We are flying direct from Seattle to Dubai, a 14 hour flight. After a 2 hour layover we fly four hours into Kochi(about half way down the coast in the map below). We will be staying in Kochi for about a week then we will head down to Alappuzha where they are famous for their inland canals that you can tour on houseboat. Lastly we will travel down to Varkala to spend our last week. We will fly out of the states capitol of Thiruvananthapuram back to Dubai then home to Seattle.
The time difference is 10.5 hours which will make for some interesting jet lag. Our first long flight is overnight so I am hoping Lee will rest and the fight won't be terrible. We are flying AirEmirates and they provide seats with bassinets for babies which will be great. Overall I am optimistic, people fly with babies all the time and Lee is easy to entertain. The weather there is currently with highs in the upper 80's and lows in the lower 70's, sunny clear skies. Oh, the humidity is 80%. But, there is a steady breeze so hopefully that will take the edge off.
We have been reading up on the important etiquette in India. It is going to take some serious concentration not to make consistent gaffes. A few rules are that you only eat with your right hand(no utensils) as your left is reserved for cleaning oneself. They do not use toilet paper, its more of a manual wash with water. Public displays of affection are not OK, so no hand holding or kissing in public. Men aren't supposed to wear shorts. Ladies should be dressed modestly. You don't point the bottom of your feet at people or step on things of importance. Also you have to haggle for everything. We can't wait to try not to mess everything up!
I should be able to keep this updated and I will take lots of pictures!
Talk to you soon!
Jill, Tommy & Lee
2 comments:
Bon voyage!
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