February 2011
9 posts
Santiago C.
6-2
Good Bye India!!!
Now I am in my hometown in Mexico. This trip was amazing and I will never forget it! My favorite spot were the Himalaya Mountains. I remember that the view was very incredible and it was very exciting! My most difficult part of my trip was to trying to understand the Indian people language. I didn’t understanded anything! But for luck some of them spoke English. I wouldn’t recommend...
The Western Ghats
The next day I went to the Western Ghats in a place called Mangalore. This placed looked like a videogame scene. There was a lot of temples and old buildings, with very big mountains, and huge forests where you could easily get lost. There were some people living in there. There was a guide too but not very much tourists like in the other places I went. It was a tour through all the little village...
The Deccan Plateu
The next day after the Himalayas I went to the Karnataka Falls on the Deccan Plateu. There were a bunch of tourists like the Himalayas. This time, there was some jeeps in there. So all the tourists get in and a guide drove the car. I get into one. All of the tourists took pictures of the fall and the nature in there. There was a lot of birds singing and bathing in the fall. The guide drove the...
The Himalaya Mountains
The other day I went to the Himalaya Mountains in Himachal Pradesh. A cab took me to there. When I arrived there were more other tourists like me, all watching the enormous range of mountains. They were taking photos to them. A tourist guide call all of us out to come and do a walk around some of the mountains. The guide was talking about some info of the Himalaya Mountains. He said that the...
The Ganges River!!!
The next first day morning I woke up and got a shower. After that I dress up in my clothes and saw my day plan. ”So I need to go to the Ganges River” I said. Then I got prepared and rush out of my room. I call a cab on the main office and on about 8 minutes the cab met me outside the hotel. I told the driver to take me to the Ganges River. We drove like 20 minutes to get there but it...
Taj Ganges Hotel
The airplane landed on Varanasi, India’s airport. I went to the loggage pick up and grab all my staff. Then I went to the customs so they could check my passport. After that I went to see if a cab could take me to my hotel. Yes, there was one cab available, so I enter the cab and told the driver to take me to the Taj Ganges hotel. When I was in the hotel I went to the main office so they...
Flights an Hotel Prices
My flight to Varanasi, India cost: $1880 from Guadalajara and my hotel’s cost was $54 per night in the hotel: Taj Ganges.
Day by Day Plan
Day 1 (July 23 2011): Arrive in Varanasi, India
Day 2 (July 24 2011): Make a walk through Varanasi
Day 3 (July 25 2011): Go to the Ganges River
Day 4 (July 26 2011): Go to the Himalaya (Rohtang Pass in Himachai Pradesh, India)
Day 5 (July 27 2011): Visit the Taj Mahal in Agra
Day 6 (July 28 2011): Go to Hogenakal Falls, Karnataka on the Deccan Plateau
Day 7...
