Twenty one days to go...

The unfortunate thing about having booked flights so as to allow maximum travel time in India, is that both Andrew and I will be working right up until the day before we fly out! This means that every weekend from now up until the day we leave is precious time indeed, with so many things left to do.

This weekend we will try to get our Hepatitis A shots done (though one of my colleagues who is also going overseas shortly just had a really bad reaction to this vaccination) and we will also start trying to cross off some things from our list of things to buy (e.g. mosquito net).

We will be taking off at 8:15am on Thursday December 7th and arriving in Chennai (Madras) at 10:00pm that same night. I have been diligently making my way through the Lonely Planet India guide to get an idea of where to go and what to see...Chennai itself doesn't sound that interesting, so we will probably just hole up there for a couple of days to orient ourselves and get used to the noise and smell before venturing any further.

A typical Chennai street scene

This will be mine and Andrew's first trip overseas together...I am really looking forward to sharing some of my heritage with him through our experiences in India. I may be a fake Indian really, but I can pretend when it counts!!!