planning

We're pretty on top of the administrative/logistical part of planning for our trip to India. Plane tickets... check, visas... check, vaccinations... check, meds... check, mental preparation for the extreme heat, getting gawked at and scammed... check (ok, probably not). As for the traveling itself, we're kinda planning not to plan. We have ideas of what parts we want to visit and things we want to do, but we haven't actually booked much. We want to have some flexibility because our travel itinerary will likely be affected by the monsoons and heat. Plus, as our Lonely Planet says "Expect the unexpected -- India rewards those who go with the flow."

Our itinerary so far is:
May 31 - departure
June 1 - arrive in Delhi
June 1 to 5 - acclimatize, buy clothes, tour Delhi, Agra, etc. We'll most likely be staying with Auntie Lala (Anil's paternal Aunt)
June 6 a.m. - internal flight to Mumbai. We'll be greeted at the airport by Anil's cousin (Mother's side) Gaurav
June 6 p.m. - travel by train with Gaurav and Tanvi (bother and sister) down the West coast to Goa.
June 7 to ? - Goa

From Goa our plan is to travel the South. We'll spend the month of June touring the South, move up through central India and visit parts of the East coast the month of July and travel the North the month of August.