Friday, June 30, 2006

Summer Vacation

This August, we get a week's holiday for O-Bon (Festival of the Dead, or so my trusty "Lonely Planet" guide tells me). I managed to squeeze two extra work days out of the deal - thanks to my co-workers who will pick up the slack for me, and our amazing manager Satomi - and decided to take a long vacation. This week I purchased my ticket and in a little over a month's time, I will be flying to India.

INDIA!!!! (insert Bollywood music here, enter several dancing girls. Or maybe open www.zombo.com in another window and pretent he's saying "Welcome to India. This is India." - really, try it.)

I started getting my Hep A/B shots and am now looking for some medicine so I don't get Delhi-belly (a.k.a. traveler's diarrhea). In addition, I have to get a re-entry Visa so they will let me back in to Japan, and a Visa for visiting the country. What is my itinerary, you may ask? (Or, you may not ask, but nevertheless I will tell you):
-August 6: Arrive in the early evening in Delhi
-August 7: Train to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal
-August 8: Back in Delhi, exploring the Red Fort
-August 9: Mumbai (Bombay)
-August 10-14: Goa or Kerala
-August 15: Mumbai
-August 16: Back home in the U.S. of J. (well, they're prefectures, but you get the idea)

I can't wait to see this:

4 comments:

Shan said...

INDIA?!?!? That's awesome! Will you buy me a pet elephant while you're there? That'd be awefully sweet of you.

Jean. said...

Hello. I'm jealous. ...and I want an elephant too.

Enter Simpsons quote:

Bart: Awww, I wish I had a pet elephant.

Lisa: You did. His name was Stampy. You loved him.

christina said...

Matty:

SO. JEALOUS.

I realize typing with a bunch of caps, periods, and one-word sentences is lame, but how else to best express my insane pangs of envy?

Seriously. Have an amazing time and should you find anything as excellent as the "Bad Habits" poster take a picture for me.

Six months until you're back! Or thereabouts! Can't wait.

Anonymous said...

Well, I hope it's clear to you that your blogging audience is expecting a long and picture-filled post when you get back.

Don't deprive us of the opportunity to live vicariously through you, dammit!