Three more days ...

We're off on Wednesday evening. I'd like to say that this weekend has been a riot of preparation, but unless you count popping into the local outdoorsy shop to try on hip sunglasses and then run away from our reflections, it has mostly been lazing about. Oh, and I did a list of what I should throw into my rucsac on Wednesday morning.

You can see a bit of the shape of our journey by looking at the links on the left. These are the four places we've booked so far. Delhi Bed and Breakfast, which we chose because it seems engagingly quirky and will throw us straight into an Indian family home, is apparently run by one of the best gossips in Delhi. The website certainly suggests that he has limitless energy! Then it's on to luxuriate in an elegant room at the 14th century Hill Fort in Kesroli. After that, we've left it open for the next 10 days to allow us to be flexible/be ripped off/worry ourself senseless about accommodation (delete as applicable). We'll go via Jaipur and end up in Udaipur, where we will stay in Jagat Niwas Palace on the lake. The day before our flight to London, we'll fly back to Delhi and stay outside the city at the wonderfully named Tikli Bottom, run by a retired British naval officer and his wife. There we plan to do some more serious luxuriating. Katya has already planned her reflexology and massage sessions.