Preparations.

Here I am in gloomy, grey, cold Holland. Sitting at my desk at work. I probably should be working right now, but there is no work to be done right now. So I took this oppertunity to tell you about the preparations that I've done so far for India!

First of all, when you go to India you need shots. India is not the most hygenic country, so you should protect yourself against scary diseases and make sure you eat only good food. Good food in this context is cooked food. It kills the bacteria in them and for as drinks, you should only buy bottles that are sealed with a cap. I've also been warned about waiters serving your drinks with their fingers inside of the glass. Since I work at a company which makes vaccinations, I got the shots for free! I needed three of them and I got three different pills to take when I'm in India. Bad side of shots was that I had sore arms for three days afterwards...

Second of all; you need a visa. To be honest, we are still working on that. I had to fill out two forms with my information and what I was going to do in India and hopefully that will be sufficiant to get a visa.

Third of all is to book your first hotel in India. I got the news that Kaylee's mother booked a hotel in Dehli for us for three days! A shuttle will pick us up from the airport, which is really handy because we arrive in Dehli at one in the evening! I hope Eva didn't forget to thank her, I'm really gratefull!

It's really surreal to think that I will be in India in 18 days... many people already warned us about a heavy culture shock, esspecially about the beggars everywhere that won't leave you alone no matter what you do. I'm curious; I can't imagine travelling arround India with beggars EVERYWHERE you go. That would be annoying.

But I guess we'll see. Our plans for so far are to be spending several days in Dehli, than make our way to Rajasthan where we will be riding camels, after that to some kind of temple at a sacred lake and to going to visit Mumbai. We don't have anything confirmed so far! That means that we will be planning our trip along the way. Adventurous huh? Haha, we'll be fine though, I'm sure!

Ok folks, I have to get back to work! I'll keep you updated!