India schedule

The proposed schedule for India, for the first three weeks of January 2012.

Week one sees us fly into Chennai (Madras) on New Year's Day,  (MH128 to KL, then MH9191) and then meander down the west coast of southern India, Tamil Nadu
Sunday, 1 January 2012 - Melbourne to Chennai, then to Pondicherry (2.5 hrs)
Monday, 2 - Exploring Pondicherry
Tuesday, 3 - Pondicherry to Tanjore (4.5 hrs) via Kumbakonam, Darasuram and Gangaikondacholapuram
Wednesday, 4 - Exploring Tanjore, then to Chettinad (2 hrs)
Thursday, 5 - Exploring Chettinad
Friday, 6 - Chettinad to Madurai via Karaikudi, including seeing the Bed Ceremony that evening
Saturday, 7 - Exploring Madurai

The second week has us making our way up through Kerala on the east coast of southern India.
Sunday, 8 January 2012 - Madurai to Munnar (4 hrs)
Monday, 9 - Munnar, incl tour to tea plantation
Tuesday, 10 - Munnar to Kothamangalam (2 hrs)
Wednesday, 11 - Kothamangalam incl tour of bird sactuary, then to Kanam (2.5 hrs)
Thursday, 12 - Kanam, incl day with Lakshmi the elephant
Friday, 13 - Kanam to Cochin (3 hrs)
Saturday, 14 - Exploring Cochin, including perfomance of Kathakali Dance Drama

For our third, and final, week, we go north to Rajasthan, before flying home via Delhi
Sunday, 15 January 2012 - Cochin to Delhi (fly), then to Jaipur (4 hrs)
Monday, 16 - Exploring Jaipur, including visit to Dera Amer
Tuesday, 17 - Jaipur to Jodhpur (6 hrs)
Wednesday, 18 - Exploring Jodhpur
Thursday, 19 - Jodhpur to Deogarh (3 hrs)
Friday, 20 - Deogarh to Udaipur (2.5 hrs), via Jain Temples at Ranakpur
Saturday, 21 - Exploring Udaipur

Sunday, 22 January 2012 - Udaipur to Delhi (fly)
Monday, 23 January 2012 -  Delhi to Melbourne, via Singapore (QF3954, QF 292)




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