Friday 2 September 2011

Delhi airport

>So how does one visit India twice on a single entry tourist visa? You overnight at the Airport! Easy, not exactly. Thankfully the virgin staff weren't that busy today so they were able to get our luggage checked through to Kathmandu and get jet airlines to give us our boarding pass for the next day...so we will have been at the airport for 25 hours, with no luggage. Note to self,when you suggest to your boyfriend to pack an extra change of clothes in the carry on take your own advice and do the same. So my hand washing skills in the shower came into play. Ah yes, the shower, there is a transit hotel where we have rented a room for the night. So no sleeping on the chairs in the departure lounge. Woohoo! The adventure continues!

As I type this some Bollywood music has come on, and gorgeous George aka Ric has decided to jump around. Yes we may lose it before the 25 hours is up!

Now we have to learn how to upload pics to the blog from this iPad which is not as user friendly as one might think!!!!!

Off to brush my teeth with bottled water.
Ais

FYI
A friend asked a valid question, why are we in the airport for so long? Conditions for entering India as a tourist states that one can not visit more than once within a 2 month period. Our tour brings us back overland from Nepal through to Varansi in 8 days time eventually flying out of Delhi on the 19th September hence our need to stay in transit so we
don't waste our visa. This has been achieved through many emails to 2 Indian high Commissions as Well as a visit to the visa attaché while in London as well as talking to virgin staff and jet airways as well as the staff here at the transit hotel. But we have been able to make it happen thankfully. It helped to do a lot of Research prior and use the right names.

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