Day 1: Our journey to get to India was quiet the long one! After a 5-hour drive, we arrived in New Jersey at 2am on Thanksgiving day. Our Thanksgiving meal was rushed as we were still scrambling to get our itinerary completed for a trip.... a little last minute, I know. After stuffing ourselves with a delicious meal, we headed to the airport to start our trip: EWR > Munich > Delhi > Cochin. On our plane from Munich to Delhi, we met a really nice gentleman named Arun. He was an Indian now living in Germany. He had so much knowledge and was really well traveled. We talked to him the entire 8-hour journey. He warned us that ATMs hardly work or have money inside them (due to corruption and changing of currency). This was probably the best advice ever! Because, as soon as we got to Delhi, I had a really hard time finding an ATM that took my card. I tried all of the ATMs in the airport and I had no luck. I even called the Chase "free" 800-number on the back on my card. Well, in India, there is so no such thing as a collect call. It cost be $5. Boy, I wish that I had known how hard it would be to get cash out as I would have brought dollars. After we said our goodbyes to Arun, we really wished we had exchanged numbers. He was fun to talk to and would have been a great contact. We arrrived at our resort around 2:00PM. Although we said we would refuse to go to sleep, we passed out. We woke for dinner and then went back to sleep.
Good night, India.
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8/24/2023 12:18:35 pm
Munnar's weather is the perfect antidote to summer heat. A cool, refreshing retreat where you can unwind and rejuvenate.
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