India, Nepal & Bhutan

Four am and we got up minutes before the alarm. The fireworks didn’t seem to go on as long last night as we were asleep by 10.

A travel day! We are busy packing and weighing our luggage and carry on. Weight limits of 15kg and 7kg. We are close but the cameras we carry are a cause for concern. Satisfied we locked everything up. Breakfast is brought to our room, down we go to meet our driver Hari.

There is lots to see driving through the streets of Jaipur at 5 in the morning. There are many decorations and lights for the last day of Diwali. You can hear the call to prayer over the loudspeakers. Random fires burning in on he streets, street vendors getting theirs carts; a few walking with purpose, cows randomly walking down the streets as they do. There is a surprising amount of traffic but for all intents and purpose Jaipur is asleep.

We arrive at the airport and say goodbye to our driver, Hari. He has taken good care of us and our stuff.
In we go, flight info in hand, first check stop ok, now X-ray check luggage and were tagged, now for the check in. Our turn bags on conveyer, tagged, boarding passes in hand. We are done! All the weighing and repacking worked! Piece of cake..now through security; men to the left, women to the right.

Waiting at the boarding gate in a corner now, we see our travel companions Liz and Alan arrive with their boxed breakfast in hand. It’s is good to see familiar faces, and we catch up on each other’s experiences.

So far we have had an easy time of it. Perfect Travels has provided us with a most excellent driver in using Hari Singh. Our welcome in Udaipur even though we were 5 hours late was well planned. We have been happy with our accommodations and our only complaint is our time in Jaipur. There was nobody to meet us at the hotel, and the following day tour, not as seamless as our previous experience. That said we give them 4 out of 5 stars. Pretty good.Læs mere