Day 27 - the return journey - where is the taxi?

Greetings!

More of a tweet than a blog on this one as there are a couple of stopping points along the way - currently in Qatar and Doha airport (see pics) - the crossing point - 10.45am here, 7.45am in London and 1.15pm in India. Have been up since 3.30am Indian time!

Confused...?!

Only real hiccup of the whole trip was this morning when the taxi to take me from the hotel to the airport at 4am didn't arrive!

:(

Waited until 4.15am and then grabbed another taxi that happened to be standing outside the hotel (as you would).

Probably more for me (and you if interested - if not, skip to the bottom), but at the end of a holiday, myself and Julian do the "best and worst of the holiday", so here's mine.

Best Room - the Pal Haveli in Jodhpur - truly palatial.

Best Hotel - Hotel Lytton in Kolkata - just 5* hotel service from everybody from start to finish.

Best Meal - still remains with the Royal Teal at Udaipur - every mouthful a memory with my first Rajasthani Thali.

Best place to stay - interestingly, Delhi for it's vast variety of life all existing frenetically together.

Favourite place to stay - Kolkata - felt like home from home.

Most amazing place - Varanasi - just incredible.

Best sight / experience - numerous: Taj Mahal / Ganges at dawn in Varanasi / camel ride in Jaisalmer / Pink city observatory in Jaipur / Mother Teresa's tomb in Kolkata.

Biggest Surprise - observatory at Jaipur.

Worst Room - Dekeling hotel in Darjeeling - cold and soooo noisy outside. over promised / under delivered.

Worst Hotel - Dera Rawatser in Jaipur - noisy outside and inside.

Worst Meal - Jodhpur - second rajasthani thali - just cheap and nasty.

Worst Place to stay - Darjeeling - too much store set on it's views, which given the regular cloud and mist is a ticket to days of tedium.

Least favourite place to stay - Pushkar

Worst Sight - Pushkar and Kolkata's trunkless banyan tree.

Worst Surprise - Udaipur's pushy shopkeepers, Agra's negative undertones and Kolkata's trunkless banyan tree.


Have I had a great time in India? Absolutely.

Would I recommend India to others? Absolutely - depending on what they're looking for.

Would I come back to India?

Absolutely.

More later....

Later.

All flights on time and a lovely reunion at Heathrow with my other half!

Safely home.

Thanks for sharing and being alongside me on the journey. More appreciated than you could know.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Lots of love

Mike xx