आditi

This is the trip on which we have spent the least time in planning and packing as compared to our earlier trips...thanks to the busy jobs and endless family functions to attend before we leave.  A trip of many firsts Ovee's first trip to the Himalayas and also the longest till date (almost 3 weeks). First trip that we are not taking our own vehicle, but hiring a self-drive car. Ovee's first air travel (We are flying to Delhi and starting the drive from there). First trip when we'll be staying at a King's palace. Not a palace-turned-hotel, but an actual palace of the current king of Askote . The itinerary We are covering only the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand in this trip and sticking by the rule of no religious places and no shopping. We start on May 7 and return on May 25 after visiting the following places: We are consciously  not vising touristy destinations -Nainital, Dehradun, and Mussorie Leaving out touristy places during our Rajasthan tri...

It is just a week before we hit the road. Packing looks like a perpetual process of this roadtrip. Before leaving, following is the list of things we will be carrying, other than the usual stuff -clothes, thermals, food items for Ovee etc etc Documents: Car documents + 2 sets of photocopies Copy of marriage certificate Original license and PAN cards Copy of Ovee's doctor file List of hospitals that are on cashless hospital panel supported by Tejas's insurance/ mediclaim List of emergency phone numbers of each city that we are visiting (This list is not just a copy-paste, but a result of hours of research on the net. Reviews of hospitals -general and pediatric, and proximity of hospitals and police stations to our hotels are the two criteria used for making this list) List of places that we will be visiting (including their timings, must see spots in the forts etc) Sticker-badges carrying Ovee's name, our names and contact numbers and Pune address that will be st...