Note: This is not an exhaustive read, my views are independent and based on 5 days and 6 nights in the Motherland
“So when’s the last time you went to India?”
“What!”
“The country has much changed my friend; you are in for a shock”.
Tag Archives: Travel
A trip to the Motherland– India
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“Click….type……click……type some more……input details…..click to submit…..check notification…save e-ticket.”
1993 was the last time I graced the soil of India, I recall getting off the plane in July and being hit by a heat wave. To make matters worse, I was wearing a suit jacket so the passport remained safe. The car journey from the airport was a struggle, I had orange juice from a carton but it was hot. My trip then was unplanned and more a cause of duty, the mood was not great however I learned a lot and my mother and I managed to visit Sri Hemkunt Sahib. This was a journey I would never forget, an experience totally overwhelming.
This February I make the journey back to India for a family wedding. I am excited because there are so many family members I have not seen for so long, I was 16 then, much older now and much wiser (I think). On the other hand I have been grumpy too as my wife and kids cannot make the wedding as kids are at school and they have strict guidelines for pulling them out.
So it’s going to be a 7 day trip, 4 days of that the wedding, 1 day in travelling and hopefully 2 days off to rest/sight-see.
The last I was there, toilet rolls had still not surfaced the ground, I hear India has changed a little since then?
7 things I learnt about my visit to Shankin, Isle of Wight
Greetings folks, I spent the Bank holiday weekend (+ a few more days) visiting the Isle of Wight (IOW), staying in a village called Shanklin. With the IOW being such a small Island, we actively ventured to different towns while making the most of where we were staying. So with small notepad and pencil in hand, I made a short of things I learnt about my visit.
View from our hotel
