Here's a look at the planning process that has brought us to this trip. Anyone who has done this type of international trip before can skip this post.
August 2010: we decide that India is our destination
November 2010: Brian contacts Ashish, the travel agent in India
Email exchange between Brian and Ashish continues for several months, we get the first draft of the itinerary in March. After three revisions, we agreed on our trip plans.
March 2011: apply for passports for everyone
April 2011: apply for travel visas to India, our new passports are in the application materials
May 2011: make a deposit on the travel itinerary from Ashish, purchase our plan tickets, and get our booster shots updated and receive the typhoid vaccination (ouch).
June 2011: receive helpful travel advice from friends and colleagues, start reading the travel guides
July 2011: fill prescriptions for malaria prevention meds and antibiotics, compile a list of essential items to take to India (next post), wake up at wee hours of the night hoping that this trip is a good idea, continue to answer the question "Why India?", figure out how to get to and from JFK airport, start a travel blog, enjoy the last few days of pre-India summer.
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