10th November 2016
Six ladies and Fr Noel are going to India.
Here are Joan and Noel, then Joan and me in front of a pre-Christmas tree at Brisbane airport.
Our Singapore Airlines flight included Singapore Slings in the complimentary drinks list. Somehow, having it presented in a plastic cup didn’t have quite the ambience of the Long Bar at Raffles.
Changi Airport however is still a winner with me, with its orchids, gardens, waterfalls and butterfly house:
Joan admiring the orchids.
Travelling between terminals.
Two days before we left, the Prime Minister of India declared the 1,000 and 500 rupee notes to be invalid, in an effort to deal with some corruption issues. This threw the whole country, and us, into some turmoil. As well as Indian currency (now worthless) we had purchased travel cards in Australian dollars for withdrawing Indian currency from ATMs (now with limited cash and all-India queues). Oh dear.
There was a delay at Delhi Airport as our minibus tried to obtain cash to leave the carpark.
We were welcomed to our Delhi hotel with a marigold wreath and a red dot on our foreheads, which took some days to wash off. We had arrived.
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