Well here I am in India, having spent plenty of time on aircraft, flying through space and time to arrive in Daramshala today. But first let me re-wind to departure whilst I can still recall events!!
Left Melbourne on Tuesday morning, to the airport by the very acceptable Sky Bus!! What a surprise that was - peak hour traffic but left Spencer Street Station (sorry Southern Cross Station) at 8.10 am and arrived Tullamarine at 8.40!! An $18.00 bargain.
Long, long queues to check in - nothing new there. John, Pete, Lianne and me are finally on our way.
Some 7 hours later - we arrive in Singapore and have to do a very hasty transfer to another terminal to connect with our flight to Delhi. Oh, oh nooooo - Pete has mislaid his Passport as we are about to board the transfer train. Much throwing stuff out of bags, looking, searching. Panic, panic and a bit more panic sets in. Pete returns to the arrival lounge (which is quite a distance if any of you know Changi Airport) while the 3 of us board the train to Terminal 3 and then running, running to the departure gate. As we are trying to explain what has happened, miraculously Pete turns up - passport in hand. Whew. He'd left it in the seat pocket - Grrrrrrr
Left Melbourne on Tuesday morning, to the airport by the very acceptable Sky Bus!! What a surprise that was - peak hour traffic but left Spencer Street Station (sorry Southern Cross Station) at 8.10 am and arrived Tullamarine at 8.40!! An $18.00 bargain.
Long, long queues to check in - nothing new there. John, Pete, Lianne and me are finally on our way.
Some 7 hours later - we arrive in Singapore and have to do a very hasty transfer to another terminal to connect with our flight to Delhi. Oh, oh nooooo - Pete has mislaid his Passport as we are about to board the transfer train. Much throwing stuff out of bags, looking, searching. Panic, panic and a bit more panic sets in. Pete returns to the arrival lounge (which is quite a distance if any of you know Changi Airport) while the 3 of us board the train to Terminal 3 and then running, running to the departure gate. As we are trying to explain what has happened, miraculously Pete turns up - passport in hand. Whew. He'd left it in the seat pocket - Grrrrrrr
Lianne and John at Melbourne airport, doing that thing everyone does.
Singapore to Delhi - another 5 and a half hours - and then to the hotel - in bed at last.
Wednesday 28th - up early for breakfast and then we are off to the Lotus Flower Temple which is a bit like a folded Sydney Opera House
No shoes either - also very strict about this
And this is Lianne's adopted Family - also strangely we seem to have the same little girl in our families!!
Oh well - it's nice to share.
Ahh - The colours of India
And then it's off to Swaminarayan Akshardham - a huge Temple complex set in a 100 acre site, dedicated to Bhagwan Swaminarayan. It's very hard to describe this place - a mixture of kitsch and wonder. A "River Caves" ride is included - complete with amazingly real statues depicting the History of India. The building you see below is reminiscent of the domes you might see in Italy - intricate carvings all over. The base of the building is surrounded by fantastic elephant carvings
Lianne taking a "selfie".
Sadly- my phone seemed to have died at this point
But do check out the website - www.akshardham.com
And if you ever visit Delhi - come here!
So today we flew to Dharmsala on a prop jet - (iphones are everywhere here too)
Ah yes - And more later.
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