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Montgomery College: India
December 29, 2011 – January 10th, 2012
11 Nights/12 Days
Day 0: Thursday, December 29, 2011
Day 1: Friday, December 30, 2011
- Arrive to New Delhi where you will meet your guide & depart for hotel
- Tour around the spice & flower markets of Old Delhi; admission to the Red Fort; Visit Raj Ghat – cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi
- Welcome dinner & dance performance (cost included)
- Return to hotel
Day 2: Saturday, December 31, 2011
- Breakfast at hotel, check out & store luggage
- Make our way to Jantar Mantar Observatory; admission to the National Museum
- Return to hotel, retrieve luggage and depart for Agra
- Arrive to Mehtab Bagh Park across the Yamuna River from the Taj Mahal & enjoy the sunset
- Check into hotel & get dressed for dinner
- Enjoy a New Years eve dinner followed by traditional live music (cost included)
Day 3: Sunday, January 1, 2012
- Admission to the Taj Mahal; admission to Agra Fort; Fatehpur Sikri; visit a local studio and learn about the ancient tradition of marble inlaying, a technique used to create the Taj Mahal
- Dinner at local restaurant (cost not included)
- Board overnight sleeper train to Varnasi
Day 4: Monday, January 2nd, 2012
- Arrive to Varanasi train station & depart for hotel
- Visit Panchganga – the point where five of the holiest rivers in Hindu mythology merge together; admission to the Chunnar Fort; admission to the enchanting Golden Temple home to Lord Shiva; free time to shop along the banks of the Ganges; make our way to Dashashwamed Ghat, board a traditional boat for a sunset boat ride (cost not included)
- Dinner at local Restaurant (cost not included)
- Return to Guesthouse
Day 5: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
- Enjoy breakfast at hotel, check out & store luggage
- Yoga class at an ashram (cost not included)
- Depart for Sarnath; admission to Sarnath Complex & Museum
- Return to hotel & board transfer vehicle & depart for the airport
- Board plane to Hyderabad; arrive to Hyderabad, board transfer vehicle & depart for Hotel
- Dinner at hotel (cost not included)
Day 6: Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Morning
- Breakfast at hotel
- Depart for Charminar via public transportation (cost not included)
- Visit Mecca Masjid; admission to Falaknuma Palace; free time to explore the General Bazaar pearl market; admission to Secunderabad Club; admission to Ravindra Bhrati National Theater
- Dinner at local restaurant – experience the Hyderabadi Biryani (cost not included)
Day 7: Thursday, January 5th, 2012
- Breakfast at hotel
- Visit traditional village of Brahminpalli; admission to Golconda Fort
- Dinner at a local restaurant (cost not included)
- Admission to the Golconda Fort's light & sound show
- Return to hotel, free evening
Day 8: Friday, January 6th, 2012
- Breakfast at hotel, check out & store luggage
- Depart for Hi-Tech City; tour of IBM India; your of the ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute)
- Return to hotel load luggage onto transfer vehicle and depart for airport
- Fly to Chennai
- Arrive to Chennai, board transfer bus & depart for hotel
- Dinner at a local restaurant (cost not included)
Day 9: Saturday, January 7th, 2012
- Breakfast at hotel
- Take a dip in the Bay of Bengal as we spend the morning relaxing on Chennai's Marina Beach (2nd longest beach in the world); drive down the coast to Mamallapuram; visit The Arjuna`s Penance (A giant open-air relief carved of the a monolithic rock); visit Monuments of Five Rathas; visit the famous Shore Temple; traditional dinner served on a Banana leaf (cost not included)
- Depart for Chengalpattu train Station
- Board overnight sleeper train to Kodaikanal
Day 10: Sunday, January 8th, 2012
- Arrive to Kodaikanal train station
- Board bus and depart for Kodaikanal Hill Station
- Community Service project at Kodia School, Dolmen Circle - prehistoric burial sites, Berijam Lake - free time for optional boating, bike riding or horse back riding (cost not included, Fairy Falls – free time to swim on the foot of these magnificent falls, Kukkal Cave – once inhabited by cavemen, Kodai Golf Course to see the 7000 cliff view plains & Pillar Rocks, and Green Valley
- Enjoy dinner at local restaurant (cost not included)
- Return to hotel, free evening
Day 11: Monday, January 9th 2012
- Breakfast at hotel
- Meet bus & depart for Maduri; visit Minakshi Temple
- Board plane and depart for Bangalore
- Arrive to Bangalore, board transfer bus & check into hotel
- Farewell dinner at a local restaurant (cost included)
- Free evening to explore Bangalore
Day 12: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
- Breakfast at hotel
- Depart for Bangalore International Airport
- Board plane and depart for home
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