INDIA OR BUST!

Unbelievable, we are on sched ( well Dianne’s sched) we made it to Calgary airport almost intact (May have forgotten a couple of things)
We have checked in, easy peasy, and are now relaxing having a bite to eat.
Our adventure really started last night. I had just opened the shoe polish as Dianne insisted on having nice shoes, when the phone rang. It was Liz, part of the Liz and Alan who make up our travel partners. They are leaving a day before us, and we plan to meet in Jaipur in about a week. Liz asked to speak to Dianne, and I was sure I heard stress in her voice. She asked if we had our Indian e-visa with our picture on it. We did not. It was posing a problem for them at the BA check in as it was essential for travel. We started to bum out immediately as we were not sure where to get that particular paper. We had documents that clearly stated our e-visa was granted with reference numbers and all, but nothing with a picture.

When I answered the phone, I left the shoe polish on top of the washing machine. It was now in the floor pounding spin cycle and the shoe polish is on the floor. I feel like my hair is on fire with everything that’s gong on, and I can only imagine how Liz and Alan feel with the flight departure deadline. Dianne is now logged on with the Indian Consulate and is slowly making some headway. I’m supervising by this time which isn’t helping much but it does add some urgency to Dianne. After about 40 minutes we have two e-visas complete with pictures of ourselves. Dianne tries to send the step by step of how to do it to Liz.

I clean up the shoe polish and around 9:30 pm Dianne gets another call from Liz. They have jumped through hoops of fire, but they have e-visas with pictures as well. The are on their way. I wonder why Liz didn’t want to talk to me.

Anyway, we show up today well prepared with our pictured visas and they don’t even ask for them. I ask if she needs to see it and our check in girl says it is all on the information she gets from our passport....Leggi altro