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Chennai, India
Depart 14:10 from LHR on BA035
Arrive 05:45 at MAA on 4/1/24
Friends: Punita and family
To do:
- Saravana Bhavan (to eat!!)
- Government Museum (9:30am-5pm Sat-Thurs)
- Kapaleeshwarar Temple (6am-12pm, 4-9:30pm)
- Kalakshetra Foundation - dancing and craft
- Variety of churches
Day trips:
- Mahabalipuram
- Tiruvannamalai/Gingee Fort
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Mahabalipuram, India
Matt
Looks good, surfing, beaches, chill
Aish
Part of mum and dad's tour. "World famous Mahabalipuram shore temple complex"
and "full-moon rise over the horizon over the Bay of Bengal"
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Auroville, India
Day trip to Puducherry
Maybe: Day trip to Chidambaram for temple
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Puducherry, India
To do
- Mooching around French quarter/seafront/cathedrals
- Surfing?
Mum and dad went to/ stayed here (looks quite cool): https://solitude.farm/
[https://solitude.farm/]
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Thanjavur, India
To do:
- Brihadishwara Temple (go twice - morning and evening?)
- Royal Palace
Aish
Agreed. Comment from mum and dad's tour: "world-famous Brahadeeshwara temple,
the epitome of Rajaraja Cholan a.k.a Arulmozhi Varman era architecture and
achievement"
Maybe also worth visiting the Saraswathi Mahal library...
Maybe Srirangam temple (day trip)
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Tiruchirappalli, India
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Karaikudi, India
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Madurai, India
Festival: 15-18 Jan, Pongal; https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pongal+2024&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
definitely should go here
Float festival with deities from temple paraded around town - 25 Jan
To do:
- Meenakshi Amman Temple
- Ghandi Memorial Museum
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Kanyakumari, India
just to say we've been?
To do:
- Padmanabhapuram Palace
Could just be a stopover?
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Thiruvananthapuram, India
To do:
- space centre
- museums - history and heritage, others
Doesn't seem like there is actually much to do here - maybe one night unless we want to rest up/do laundry etc.
Can Fly (Varkala)
Monroe Island Cruise (Kollam)
Temple and palace
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Alappuzha, India
To do:
- RKK Memorial Museum
- Backwaters Tour
- stay on houseboat?
BACKWATERS!
Periyar National Park night trek could be good, but not if we are doing similar
things later on
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Kochi, India
To do:
- Ernakulathappan Ulsavam 2024 from January 16 to January 23, 2024 - eight days of festivities that peak with music, fireworks and elephant parades.
- Day or two to explore the main sights
athirapally falls (jungle hotel)
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Mysuru, India
Friends: Dev and Shivani
who will sort out a car for us for Kodagu etc etc.!!!
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Kodagu, India
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Bengaluru, India
Family: Grandparents
Day trip @ Tirupati, depart 9pm on 28th, return 29th
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Ballari, India
Family: Grandma
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Hampi, India
daytrip from Bellari
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Goa, India
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Mumbai, India
Family: cousins
Day trips:
- Caves
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Udaipur, India
To do:
- City Palace and Museum
- Lake Pichola boat trip and picnic on island
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Jodhpur, India
To do:
- Mehrangarh Fort, Museum
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Jaisalmer, India
To do:
- Fort, Palace
- Jain temples including Patwa-ki-Haveli
- Thar desert camel trek - can do a few days if we want
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Bikaner, India
To do:
- Fort Junagarh
- Bhandasar Temple
- Karni Mata Rat temple (half day trip)
- Possible alternative camel safari
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Pushkar, India
interesting - may think about how long to spend - is there much to do?
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Jaipur, India
Maybe 3 nights is sufficient?
To do:
- Pink (Old) City: City Palace, Jantar Mantar (astronomy observatory, get a guide), Hawa Mahal (another palace)
- Madhavanand Girls College - 6-7am free yoga class every day
- Leopard Safari in forest reserve near city?
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Ranthambhore Fort, India
Tigers?!
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Orchha, India
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Alipura, India
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Khajuraho, India
Kama sutra
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Varanasi, India
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Delhi, India
Friends: Girish and family
Day trip to Agra and Fatipur Sikri
Depart 19/3/24 at 09:55 on QR571, QR001 via DOH
Arrive LHR at 17:25