Travel route and accomodations
20th dec
departing Stockholm and heading towards Delhi via London Heathrow.
21st dec
Arriving in Delhi around 10 in the morning. We’ll be staying at a place called Bajaj Indian Home Stay, which is situated in an area of Delhi that’s called Karol Bagh.
22nd dec
Checking out from Bajaj and heading to the train station to catch an over night train that’ll take us to Jaisalmer.
23rd dec
Arriving in Jaisalmer around lunch time. Here we’re gonna stay at a place called Shahi Pallace, which is situated pretty close to the old fort.
Nothing special planned for our stay in Jaislamer apart from trying to celebrate Christmas in some odd way and making an over night trip to a place called Sam Sand dunes, where we’ll be staying in the desert in so called swiss tents… some kind of camel safari is also included.
26th dec
Leaving Jaisalmer and once again heading to a train station to catch an over night train to Jaipur.
27th dec
Arriving in Jaipur early morning (around 5 AM!). Staying at a place called Umaid Mahal. Apart from exploring the city, which seem to have quite a lot of interesting sights, we’ll be doing a trip outside of town to a place called Amber Fort.
30th dec
Departing Jaipur with train (this time only a 2 hour journey) heading to Sawai Madhopur where we’ll be picked up and transferred to our fancy (?!) Ranthambore Forest Resort where we’ll stay two nights exploring the Ranthambore National Park, going for jeep safaris and hopefully spotting some cool wild animals such as the Indian tiger! We’re also booked for a new years eve gala dinner :)
1st jan
Leaving directly from the New Years celebration (headaches likely included) we head to a train station once again to catch the 5.15 train to Agra. It’s only a 3,5 hours ride and we’re supposed to get a sleeper “cabin”, which sure will come in handy :) (cabin is used in the loosest sense possible)
In Agra we’ll be staying at a place called Taj Plaza, which’ll be our cheapest stay this trip, so it’ll definitely be interesting to see what it has (or don't have) to offer!
departing Stockholm and heading towards Delhi via London Heathrow.
21st dec
Arriving in Delhi around 10 in the morning. We’ll be staying at a place called Bajaj Indian Home Stay, which is situated in an area of Delhi that’s called Karol Bagh.
22nd dec
Checking out from Bajaj and heading to the train station to catch an over night train that’ll take us to Jaisalmer.
23rd dec
Arriving in Jaisalmer around lunch time. Here we’re gonna stay at a place called Shahi Pallace, which is situated pretty close to the old fort.
Nothing special planned for our stay in Jaislamer apart from trying to celebrate Christmas in some odd way and making an over night trip to a place called Sam Sand dunes, where we’ll be staying in the desert in so called swiss tents… some kind of camel safari is also included.
26th dec
Leaving Jaisalmer and once again heading to a train station to catch an over night train to Jaipur.
27th dec
Arriving in Jaipur early morning (around 5 AM!). Staying at a place called Umaid Mahal. Apart from exploring the city, which seem to have quite a lot of interesting sights, we’ll be doing a trip outside of town to a place called Amber Fort.
30th dec
Departing Jaipur with train (this time only a 2 hour journey) heading to Sawai Madhopur where we’ll be picked up and transferred to our fancy (?!) Ranthambore Forest Resort where we’ll stay two nights exploring the Ranthambore National Park, going for jeep safaris and hopefully spotting some cool wild animals such as the Indian tiger! We’re also booked for a new years eve gala dinner :)
1st jan
Leaving directly from the New Years celebration (headaches likely included) we head to a train station once again to catch the 5.15 train to Agra. It’s only a 3,5 hours ride and we’re supposed to get a sleeper “cabin”, which sure will come in handy :) (cabin is used in the loosest sense possible)
In Agra we’ll be staying at a place called Taj Plaza, which’ll be our cheapest stay this trip, so it’ll definitely be interesting to see what it has (or don't have) to offer!
Most likely our newly bought deluxe 45 kr flip flops will have to be used when showering...
2nd jan
Heading to Taj Mahal for the sunrise, spending the rest of the day exploring Agra.
Late evening we take the train to Varanasi.
2nd jan
Heading to Taj Mahal for the sunrise, spending the rest of the day exploring Agra.
Late evening we take the train to Varanasi.
3rd jan
Arriving in Varanasi at 9.30 in the morning, directly heading to our hotel called Rashmi Guest House/A Palace on the river. This place is right on the bank of the river and it has a roof top restaurant (which nearly all of our stays on this trip have!)
4th jan
Up early to catch the sunrise on a boat trip on the Ganges river. The rest of the day will be spent exploring Varanasi and probably chilling out on the rooftop of the hotel.
The train that’ll take us back to Delhi leaves at 7pm.
5th jan
Back in Delhi agina, arriving early morning. This time we’ll stay at another hotel, but in the same area of the city. It’s called Ananda Hotel.
6th jan
Exploring Delhi before heading to the airport to catch the plane that’ll take us on a long, time consuming, journey to Male in the Maldives!!!
We’re flying from Delhi to Mumbai, from Mumbai to Colombo (Sri Lanka) and from there to Male.
7th jan
In Male we’ll take a little seaplane that’ll take us to our resort called Kuredu! On this beautiful little atoll we’ll spend 6 nights doing nothing else but indulging in the all inclusive food and drinks, staying on the beach doing some snorkeling and probably also doing some island hopping to a nearby resort called Komandoo.
If India makes us loose weight, we are sure to gain it again once in Kuredu!
13th jan
Leaving Kuredu in the afternoon, spending a few hours in Male before taking the plane back to Delhi at 8pm.
Male – Colombo – Mumbai – Delhi
14th jan
Arriving in Delhi at 8.30 in the morning, changing flights for the 12.30 flight back home to Stockholm (via London)
Arriving Stockholm 23:40!!
Arriving in Varanasi at 9.30 in the morning, directly heading to our hotel called Rashmi Guest House/A Palace on the river. This place is right on the bank of the river and it has a roof top restaurant (which nearly all of our stays on this trip have!)
4th jan
Up early to catch the sunrise on a boat trip on the Ganges river. The rest of the day will be spent exploring Varanasi and probably chilling out on the rooftop of the hotel.
The train that’ll take us back to Delhi leaves at 7pm.
5th jan
Back in Delhi agina, arriving early morning. This time we’ll stay at another hotel, but in the same area of the city. It’s called Ananda Hotel.
6th jan
Exploring Delhi before heading to the airport to catch the plane that’ll take us on a long, time consuming, journey to Male in the Maldives!!!
(If you want so search for pictures of Male on google, it is advised to add "+Maldives" after typing Male... )
We’re flying from Delhi to Mumbai, from Mumbai to Colombo (Sri Lanka) and from there to Male.
7th jan
In Male we’ll take a little seaplane that’ll take us to our resort called Kuredu! On this beautiful little atoll we’ll spend 6 nights doing nothing else but indulging in the all inclusive food and drinks, staying on the beach doing some snorkeling and probably also doing some island hopping to a nearby resort called Komandoo.
If India makes us loose weight, we are sure to gain it again once in Kuredu!
13th jan
Leaving Kuredu in the afternoon, spending a few hours in Male before taking the plane back to Delhi at 8pm.
Male – Colombo – Mumbai – Delhi
14th jan
Arriving in Delhi at 8.30 in the morning, changing flights for the 12.30 flight back home to Stockholm (via London)
Arriving Stockholm 23:40!!
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