Ready to leave

Everything is packed and we are ready to leave. Will spend quite some time at the airport in Frankfurt, plane leaves at 10 pm.

My backpack is 13 kg total, that is still ok for carrying around I guess.

Goodbye Germany and a Happy New Year to everyone already!

A place to sleep in Delhi

Just booked a hotel room for the first night in New Delhi.

http://www.hotelwoodland.com/

It was an advice from the "Rough Guide" and seems like good value for the price.

Located directly north of Paharganj, within reach of the main Bazaar, and five minutes' walk from New Delhi railway station.

Paharganj main bazaar

Preparations

Only a bit over a week to go until my first trip to India.

4 weeks of time, my best friend, my backpack and curiosity are the most important things I have to bring.

A lot is prepared already, some is not and will be a bit stressy to sort within the short time (as usual hehe...)

Now let's just hope the flight will not be cancelled... Frankfurt airport is a bit messy at the moment.

The plane is scheduled to leave late evening of Dec 31st... spending New Year's Eve in a plane is something new to me :)

Will arrive in New Delhi. Plan so far is going south on the western side of India towards Cochin (Kerala), over Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ahmadabad, Mumbai, Goa.
Usually by train, sometimes bus, or car, or plane, or feet, or whatever comes up.

Nothing booked really, so will be flexible with the itinerary.