He was there at the airport, he was the one who recognised us, and we already understood that we had met someone special. In no time he had us swept up in the rhythm of Indian life, he really made us have fun – if he had been in Italy he would have been an entertainer at a holiday village. Who am I talking about? Why, our driver, Mahendra, a friendly, funny and very polite young man who guided us to discover places he had been to hundreds of times but always seemed to look at with fresh eyes. An eleven-day itinerary from Delhi via Jaipur, Pushkar, Udaipur, Orchha, Gwalior, Agra, Khajuraho and many other small places. Lovely hotels, a nice car (a 7-seater Toyota – there were three of us – very comfortable), very honest prices. Well done to Karni and thank you for
Itinerary:
ARRIVAL – 17 JANUARY 2013 [THURSDAY] 2013 AT 17:35 HRS ON 9W-902
17 January [Thursday] – Arrival and night in Delhi – Hotel Godwin Deluxe 18 January [Friday] – Delhi – Hotel Godwin Deluxe
19 January [Saturday] – Jaipur – Hotel Royal Orchid Central 20 January [Sunday] – Amber / Jaipur – Hotel Royal Orchid Central
21 January [Monday] – Udaipur – Hotel Swaroop Vilas 22 January [Tuesday] – Udaipur – Hotel Swaroop Vilas
23 January [Wednesday] – Chittaurgarh / Pushkar – Hotel Jagat Palace
24 January [Thursday] – Agra (Taj Mahal visit) – Hotel Utkarsh Vilas 25 January [Friday] – Gwalior / Orchha – Hotel Orchha Resort 26 January [Saturday] – Khajuraho – Hotel Clarks Khajuraho
27 January [Sunday] – Khajuraho to Satna by car and Satna to Varanasi by train – Kamayani Express 27 January [Sunday] – Varanasi – Hotel Rivatas By Ideal 28 January [Monday] – Varanasi – Hotel Rivatas By Ideal
29 January [Tuesday] – Bodhgaya – Hotel Royal Residency 30 January [Wednesday] – Bodhgaya – Hotel Royal Residency
31 January [Thursday] – Bodhgaya to Calcutta by train, overnight on the train – Doon Express 01 February [Friday] – Kolkata – Hotel VIP International 02 February [Saturday] – Kolkata – Hotel VIP International 03 February [Sunday] – Kolkata – Hotel VIP International 04 February [Monday] – Kolkata – Hotel VIP International 05 February [Tuesday] – Kolkata and departure
Written by the traveller and first published in Italian on our former Italian website. Translated from Italian.