When you thought that somebody else will plan a trip for you and realize two weeks before, that the probability that this will happen is quite small… you start planning.

So did we!

But how do you plan a trip in a country you barely know something about, in a part of the world you also barely know something about… you better not say “I will figure it out when I get there”. Luckily we have friends, and we’re having friends in many parts of the world and we know that they have friends too and maybe the best part of having international friends is that they are either from that country where you plan to go (so you can also visit them), or they definitely know somebody there.

So, my first step was… write on Facebook: “What would you recommend to do in India (around the west coast) in December and January?” And I found out, I do not have friends from India on Facebook.
But I do have friends who have friends who know things…
So, less than one hour later a message appeared in my feed: “I have a friend, @Carmen Mureșan who is asking the following: “What would you recommend to do in India (around the west coast) in December and January?” If anyone from my Indian friends would be able to answer it would be appreciated Cheers.”

And here we go!

Juhu beach, the New Year bash, Jan kite festival, Gujarat, Mount Abu, Jaipur, Goa … all recommendations from Eve’s Indian friends, Samar and Prashan. We’re very thankful for this

Later that day, luckily my friend Robert stepped into my office and surprised Vera and me planning our trip. And Robert is friend with Supreeth from Bangalore, who is friend with Abel from Goa, who both sent me some amazing eMails with descriptions of very many wonderful places to visit as well as practical suggestions about how to find our way in India. They kindly wrote about the famous Ajanta caves from the ancient Buddhist time, the Ellora rock temple, the old southern capital of Mughals – Aurangabad, the beaches of Goa – Palolem beach, Colva, Betalbatim, Benaulim beach and many others, the flea market near Anjuna beach, the Dudhsagar waterfall, the Nethravali waterfalls, the oldest church – St. Francais Xavier, and the capital Panaji – the Portuguese colonies of old Goa.

And of course not to forget is the “Blog of Everything” by Markus & Anneli, who traveled for one year, I guess, across India, Indonesia and China. Beautiful stories worth to read and beautiful places worth to experience… we get there, don’t worry!

I think we have a good starting position and all the rest, we will figure out when we get there :p

By the way, we’re on our way to India…. like