I'm having a pretty hard time booking train tickets on the Indian Rail Authority's website. It's declined my credit card a couple of times, but CITI says that there's no record of a charge even being attempted... Here's hoping this gets figured out soon because I want to have my tickets lined up in the next couple of days. One thing I did manage to do today, however, is buy travel insurance. So now I'm set if I get sick or robbed! Cheerful thought, right? And it's good for the next year, so anywhere I go outside of Singapore I'm considered "on vacation" and am totally covered, baby.
I spent a ton of time looking at train schedules today and think I have a clear idea of how much ground I can reasonably cover on this trip. I've rearranged my itinerary a lot, and just today I cut out 3 side trips I had planned and allotted the time to other cities. I do NOT want to feel rushed in Rishikesh and now have a day set aside for yoga classes and meditation. It sounds heavenly.
I can even stay overnight in Amritsar now and do a few seriously cool things: watch the Indian/Pakistani border closing ceremony, sleep with the Sikh pilgrims in a gurudwara, see the sun come up over the Golden Temple and take a quick trip into Pakistan, to Lahore. And don't worry, I'll be there all of 5 hours; I'll be fine. Even with all of that I still managed to add a day to my time in Varanasi and still have an empty day floating around waiting to be used at Jaipur or Bharatpur. Sweeeeet.
On Thursday I go get my travel Visa and another big piece of the puzzle falls into place. I've got a few small things to buy and I'll do a practice pack this weekend so things are looking good!
I AM SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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