All the Right Moves (?)

I set out tomorrow for the next part of my Indian odyssey with my driver, V. I met him last week, and think he is going to be great. He always addresses me very formally as “Sir”, although he could almost be my father. But it’s nice. Very professional. I stopped by the Apple Center (thank merciful Jesus!) and bought a device whereby we can listen to my ipod in the SUV. Gonna be fun.

Below, you can see an overview of where i’ll be stopping (you can click on the maps to enlarge them):

The itinerary, piece by piece:

State of Tamil Nadu

Mudulai National Park (jungle retreat)

Ooty Hill Station (in the Nilgiri Hills)

State of Kerala

Cochin (V. will drop me there and then head home)

Backwaters (overnight boat trip? tbd)

Periyar Nature Reserve (maybe I’ll be lucky enough to catch a tiger by the tail?)

Verkala (chillout beach time)

Then a flight on up to Mumbai (Bombay) for 4 nights. Bright lights, Big Bollywood city.

And on to meet R. in Delhi (and boy, will I be happy to see him!) for the “Golden Triangle” of Delhi –> Agra (Taj Mahal) –> Jaipur (to celebrate the Hindu holiday of Diwali).