Photos!

Well, I haven't had the energy to write anything about my trip to India, what with jetlag, a cold, etc., but go right ahead and click to see my photos!

My India Photo Album

A Final Pre-Trip Craft

As a final quick craft before taking off to India next week, I've knit up a quick cozy for my new Kindle! The plush, chunky yarn will keep it protected when it's in my bag and keep it from getting scratched. The top is secured with two crocheted bow ties. I made the whole thing in an evening. 

I won't be blogging from India, but thanks to the little bit of internet availability on the Kindle itself, I'll make some Twitter updates every now and then, and probably a few status updates on Facebook. I'll share some fun stories here when I return :-)

I wish everyone a lovely October! I'll probably miss a lot of the fall colors here, so if anyone sees anything spectacular, take a picture for me! See you in November!

Namaste

The journey of a 1,000 miles begins with a single step...

...but the journey of 9,041 miles won't take many steps, just a WHOLE lot of sitting and waiting! :-)

Red: total miles; Fuchsia: flight time; Blue: layover time

A nice short flight to JFK, where we will then park ourselves for just over 9 (!) hours. Next is the transatlantic flight to Dubai, which lasts 12 hours 45 minutes. We'll be there for a little over 6 hours, so maybe it would be possible to leave the airport and do some sightseeing? I hear they'll give you a short visa to do just that. Finally, we leave Dubai and arrive in Kolkata, India 4 hours 45 minutes later. Quite the trip! Definitely my longest. I think when Dad and I went to Korea a number of years back it was 21 hours or so, including a 3 hour layover in L.A. If this one didn't have such insane layovers, the flight time wouldn't be as long as that, but these layovers come close to doubling the time.

How do people keep from losing their minds on these kinds of trips? I plan on bringing lots of interesting books, my travel journal, maybe some knitting or crochet, sleeping mask and earplugs, neck pillow.... what else? Any good travel games or anything that two people can easily carry and play together? We leave in 3 weeks, so I'd better figure it out!