Friday 4 December 2015
A long awaited holiday – a second visit to India, this time to visit the southern areas of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa; including a trip on the Ooty railway, a night’s cruise on a houseboat and a week on the beach (or close by) in Kerala – early morning call as we have to leave the house before 6 am.
Only we are in bed well beyond that time as a call yesterday from the travel company brought bad news. Chennai airport is closed, there is serious flooding in the area, there have been power cuts and it is still raining.
So on Thursday evening we sat down and hammered the tablets and looked at possibilities. Jackie got very close to booking a couple of weeks in Mexico; but we held off.
This morning we hear back from Trailfinders who have sorted flights via Abu Dhabi on Etihad to Thailand – two weeks in Phuket and Kao Lahk (one week each), leaving next Wednesday and on the final leg we come back on a Dreamliner; arriving back in the UK on December 25 (that date rings a bell).
So if any of you wondered when notes on India would start appearing you will have to wait until 2017 as we are taking our 2017 holiday now. Thailand updates will start appearing once we are on our way!