Wish us luck!

We had a fun adventure with Beth through Madhya Pradesh, from Delhi to Khajuraho. It was supposed to be a train journey, but, well, fog in Delhi delayed trains upwards of six hours and with our limited time we ended up just hiring a car and driver. More pricey, yes, but we're talking India prices, thankfully.

I was slightly disappointed by lack of train rides ... which is perhaps why Greg and I decided not to cancel our weekend excursion this weekend. It originally started out as a big group trip - 14 people! Then some international visitors had their flights change, so three people dropped out. Then another couple decided to take the four day weekend (Mahashivaratri + President's Day. Hooray for double holidays!) to fly north to Amritsar and Dharamsala. Then others got spooked by the (real) rail roko potential (i.e., protesters camping out on the tracks) because of the Telangana unrest. So we were down to six -- us four plus another couple.

Tuesday, one person of the couple got sick. It unfortunately happens in India with some regularity, but the timing was quite unfortunate! Especially since between their trip back to the US in Feb-March, and ours in March-April, and our impending departure at the end of the year, the chance to take this trip together was essentially shot.

Not seeing another good weekend, Greg and I opted to just go it alone, so to speak. We will be taking an overnight train to Hampi and back again. We have absolutely no idea what to expect of the train (our only India train experience being the Shatabdi Express - and on this trip will be in 2nd AC class, the best this train has) and we have absolutely no idea what to expect from the two boys. The next three days are a black hole, but hopefully we'll emerge safe, sound, and happy!