Travel plans from Christmas

It's Christmas day! We celebrated Christmas at the Hindustani Church, bilingual service, with the Hindi youth choir singing -- we could follow along in each other's language, via the Book of Common Worship (of the Church of North India).

We plan to catch the afternoon train from DehraDun to New Delhi, and stay at the YWCA IGH (International Guest House) for a couple of nights, then stay with a colleague in Noida a couple of nights. Then we'll catch the train to Agra, plan to get a taxi to take us to Fatehpur Sikri, tour the ruins there, and go on to Bharatpur, to stay at the Falcon Guest House for 2 nights.

Keoladeo National Park is the main attraction in Bharatpur, to see the many migrating birds there. A train back to Agra, and our bit of luxury, some Hilton points getting us a few nights there, including New Year's Eve. We plan to see the Taj Mahal, and Agra Fort, and Itm-ad-Duallah (the so-called "baby Taj").

January 3rd a train back to Delhi, an overnight at the Y again; then the train to Mumbai (Bombay), overnight. Two nights in Bombay at the Methodist Hostel (the Y is full), and the day-train to Goa/Madgaon. Our friends the Smiths are booking us accomodation at Tanzy's Guest House, where they're staying also. Lots of Woodstockers are in various places in Benaulim, Goa.

We're ticketed on the express sleeper from Goa to Delhi on January 20th, and thence to Delhi on the 24th.
All these plans may shift a day or so, here or there. But we're looking forward to it. And when we get a chance at an internet cafe, we'll update the blog -- watch this space!