Yaaron, Main India Chala ...
After a lot of thinking and planning, finally I bought tickets for India trip ! I am going to India in Jan !! Yes ! I am so excited .. cant wait for January ...
But buying tickets for India trip is such a herculian task .. In last 4 years of US stay, I have been to India twice and everytime its the same story ... first you got to decide the timeframe .. and you have to do that well in advance ! at least 3 months beforehand you should know about it ... well if you have to get your H1 stamped before re-entering US, then you better know about it at least 4 - 6 months in advance .. You have to take online appointment for stamping either in India or in Canada ... its such a pain !! Well, the story doesnt end there ...in fact, its just started ! Now you have to look for the best deal keeping in mind the frequent flyer thing... so weigh your options, sometimes its better to pay some more money but get yourself some miles. Find yourself the best agent who can take all these troubles for you and will give you the best available deal ... once you get the tickets, then its the shopping time ! thats the phase I am gonna enter in now ...
For this trip, initially wanted to go there for Diwali like last year ... Believe me, Diwali is like the best time to be there ... its the biggest festival, goes on 5 days, everyone has holidays and its cold (at least being a 'mumbai'kar, this is a very important thing... I always hated the sweaty weather there :) ) ... But this years Diwali is like way early .. So it was kind of tough ..
So then the plans shifted to December- around Christmas, new year time ... but the tickets for December are soooo costly ! So finally January was decided as the timeframe ! and I am sooo excited ! Cant wait till January ... its still more than 2 months away and I am desparately waiting for it !
I wish someone develops a time travel thing and we can forward the time wheel so that Jan comes earlier ... that reminds me of the new movie 'click' ... I guess what better time to watch that movie than this one ! right ?
Off I go ...
But buying tickets for India trip is such a herculian task .. In last 4 years of US stay, I have been to India twice and everytime its the same story ... first you got to decide the timeframe .. and you have to do that well in advance ! at least 3 months beforehand you should know about it ... well if you have to get your H1 stamped before re-entering US, then you better know about it at least 4 - 6 months in advance .. You have to take online appointment for stamping either in India or in Canada ... its such a pain !! Well, the story doesnt end there ...in fact, its just started ! Now you have to look for the best deal keeping in mind the frequent flyer thing... so weigh your options, sometimes its better to pay some more money but get yourself some miles. Find yourself the best agent who can take all these troubles for you and will give you the best available deal ... once you get the tickets, then its the shopping time ! thats the phase I am gonna enter in now ...
For this trip, initially wanted to go there for Diwali like last year ... Believe me, Diwali is like the best time to be there ... its the biggest festival, goes on 5 days, everyone has holidays and its cold (at least being a 'mumbai'kar, this is a very important thing... I always hated the sweaty weather there :) ) ... But this years Diwali is like way early .. So it was kind of tough ..
So then the plans shifted to December- around Christmas, new year time ... but the tickets for December are soooo costly ! So finally January was decided as the timeframe ! and I am sooo excited ! Cant wait till January ... its still more than 2 months away and I am desparately waiting for it !
I wish someone develops a time travel thing and we can forward the time wheel so that Jan comes earlier ... that reminds me of the new movie 'click' ... I guess what better time to watch that movie than this one ! right ?
Off I go ...
Labels: Visits / Trips
posted by Aniruddhaat 10/10/2006 10:28:00 PM
5 Comments:
Enjoy and have fun :)
how much was your ticket?
@Jovi: Thanks buddy !
@Vasa: I wanted NWA for miles. I bought it online on their site(that was a better deal than all the agents) for $1350. Tickets are going up like crazy these days !
Dont do tht.. the trime travel thingy.. my bro is coming mid-dec.. lol
i have nt been blogging coz my GRE date is drawing near.. so i seem to be immersed in quant n verbal all day long. Plus net wasn't working. Happy Diwali to you too!! N a happy new year too!!
lol ..
Cool ! Good luck ! When is your GRE ?
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