Friday, December 15, 2006

India Trip: Delhi and Jammu

We spent a few more days in DDun before heading back to Delhi to meet up with Shveta's dad. On the way to Delhi we stopped over in Meerut to visit some more family, and stayed with Mintu, her husband, and her HUGE dog. Mintu runs a small preschool in her house, so we got to see some more really cute kids. One of them was so excited to see the camera and stuff he quietly let out a, "balle, balle!". :)

We were only in Delhi a couple nights, then met up with Shveta's dad to fly to Vaishno Devi, a temple built to honor Mata Vaishnavi. Our original plan was to go to Devlali and visit with Sunny, Nikki, and the kids, but unfortunately there were riots going on in Mumbai, so we changed our plans last minute to go to Vaishno Devi instead.

We caught an afternoon flight to Jammu from Delhi,and went through the tightest airport security I've ever seen. We were screened at least 4 times before we got on board the plane and had to go outside to identify our baggage. During the flight we got some views of the Himalayas which looked spectacular.

When we landed in Jammu, you could see the heavy military presence everywhere you looked. We took a cab to our hotel for the evening. In the distance you could see the mountain where Vaishno Devi was located.

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