Planes, Trains and Buses
So far we have been on 11 plane fights, logged countless hours on bus trips, and ridden to the shopping markets in taxis, motor rickshaws, bicycle rickshaws and even handpulled rickshaws. A few of us floated down the Hoogly River in Kalkota on a river barge. Some have ridden on camels and in Jaipur we climbed up the side of the Amber Fort on an elephant. It is interesting to have to move the masses of people who live in India. We are fortunate to be able to experience travel in so many unique ways.
India by Air
Every time we travel to a new city it has been by plane. Jet Blue, Kingfisher and Indi-go Airlines are extremely modern and efficient. We pull up to the airport in our bus, it is unloaded for us and we make our way through the maze of security checks. Security is tight but we go through quickly. Every flight has been on time and we always get a meal. We arrive at our destination, walk off the plane, and a few minutes later our luggage arrives. The U.S. could take a lesson from Indian airlines.
Bouncing Through the Clouds
Our flight between Bangalore and Pune was pretty exciting. It was a mere twenty-minute flight. Monsoon season has started and it was raining. Because we never got above the cloud line we were in the thick of the storm. We bounced around quite a bit. Many of us were white-knuckled as the plane did a lot of roller coaster moves. We finally touched down to a huge round of applause. We weren’t too excited about having to get on a plane an hour later.
So far we have been on 11 plane fights, logged countless hours on bus trips, and ridden to the shopping markets in taxis, motor rickshaws, bicycle rickshaws and even handpulled rickshaws. A few of us floated down the Hoogly River in Kalkota on a river barge. Some have ridden on camels and in Jaipur we climbed up the side of the Amber Fort on an elephant. It is interesting to have to move the masses of people who live in India. We are fortunate to be able to experience travel in so many unique ways.
India by Air
Every time we travel to a new city it has been by plane. Jet Blue, Kingfisher and Indi-go Airlines are extremely modern and efficient. We pull up to the airport in our bus, it is unloaded for us and we make our way through the maze of security checks. Security is tight but we go through quickly. Every flight has been on time and we always get a meal. We arrive at our destination, walk off the plane, and a few minutes later our luggage arrives. The U.S. could take a lesson from Indian airlines.
Bouncing Through the Clouds
Our flight between Bangalore and Pune was pretty exciting. It was a mere twenty-minute flight. Monsoon season has started and it was raining. Because we never got above the cloud line we were in the thick of the storm. We bounced around quite a bit. Many of us were white-knuckled as the plane did a lot of roller coaster moves. We finally touched down to a huge round of applause. We weren’t too excited about having to get on a plane an hour later.
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