Sea Day - Mar 10 - Itinerary for India

Sea Day - Mar 10

2019 photos https://photos.app.goo.gl/qqYdKbFP2QVLCagu9

Yeah, you know our usual routine. Thought I would give you our itinerary for our overland to India. We have already been to the Taj Mahal, so we opted to go to Jaipur and Varanasi.

We will have a short tour before going to the airport to see a few places we missed last time.

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Fri Mar 11: Sri Lankan Personal Drivers

Jami Ul-Alfar Masjid (Red Mosque) (30 minutes)

Pettah Floating Market

Gangaramaya Temple (1 hour) 

Varanasi Magic:

Sat March 11 - Fly Colombo to Jaipur via Delhi

Sri Lankan Airways UL 195 Depart Colombo 2:00p - Arrive Delhi Arrive 5:35p
Indigo 6E 2208 – 6E 2042 Depart Delhi 8:30p to Jaipur - Arrive 9:25p 

OVERNIGHT JAIPUR AT SAMODE HAVELI 

Sun March 12 - Jaipur sightseeing and Elefantastic

Amer Fort and surrounds guided tour https://jaipurmagic.com/historic-walk-amer.html

Afternoon visit with Elefantastic https://elefantastic.in/sanctuary/ This is a 3hr visit. (will need change of clothes as we will get wet)

OVERNIGHT JAIPUR AT SAMODE HAVELI 

Mon March 13 - Jaipur sightseeing and fly to Varanasi

Pink city tour with rickshaw ride https://jaipurmagic.com/rickshaw-ride-heritage-walk.html, fly Jaipur to Varanasi
Indigo 6E 2205 Depart Jaipur 2:25p Arrive Delhi 3:25p
Indigo 6E 2414 Depart Delhi 6:30p Arrive Varanasi 7:55p
Layover 3hrs 05mins in Delhi

OVERNIGHT VARANASI AT Best Hotels in Varanasi | Amritara Suryauday Haveli Varanasi | Resorts in Varanasi | Banaras Haveli Hotel

Tue March 14 - Varanasi sightseeing

Dawn Boat Ride and Old City Walk. https://varanasimagic.com/dawn-boat-ride.html Return to hotel for breakfast and rest.
Visit Sarnath https://varanasimagic.com/buddhist-trail-sarnath.html. Evening short bazaar walk and Ganga Arati https://varanasimagic.com/evening-bazaar.html

OVERNIGHT VARANASI AT Best Hotels in Varanasi | Amritara Suryauday Haveli Varanasi | Resorts in Varanasi | Banaras Haveli Hotel

Wed March 15 - Fly Varanasi to Dubai
Indigo 6E 6544 Depart Varanasi 11:25a arrive Mumbai 1:55p
4hrs 40 min layover

Indigo 6E 61 depart Mumbai 6:35p arrive Dubai 8:25p

Overnight - Hotel in Dubai - 4 Points by Sheraton in Dubai.  

We are arriving the night before the ship arrives in Dubai to insure, we make it. Our driver will pick us up and take us to the ship to pick up 4 people for our day tour to Al-Ain. After that the rest of the group doing the city tour of Dubai will meet us for the Evening Desert tour. 

I will not be able to update the blog until we return so don’t worry, everything is alright with us, just busy.

Tomorrow, we leave for India!