Hi all,

Things have been hectic, but it was worth it. We made it to the Taj Mahal yesterday morning. We're in Delhi now. Many of our fellow travelers left last night or early this morning. Our flight is shortly and we have the room until 4 PM. Our transfer to the airport leaves at PM. We plan to chill out today and take advantage of the beautiful amenities at this hotel--the Taj Palace--including the pool, which we see from our room.

Regent has handles the post cruise to the Taj terrifically, especially when you remember that they had about 500 people going from the ship, involving three cities with multiple hotels to handle the large numbers. Our guide for the three days in Jaipur, Agra, and Delhi, Anil was fantastic--one of the best we've ever encountered. If anyone is going to Northern India, Ngaire will have his contact information.

We just had breakfast with Ngaire and Ken; they're off later this morning for the flights to Mumbai and later Hyderabad. Ralph joined as. He is leaving about the same time we are tonight. June left in the wee hours this morning with Ken and Sheila Simpson for flights to Down Under and NZ.

We're finishing up some reallocation of luggage contents as some of our luggage was transported directly from the Voyager to Delhi, while other luggage went with us on the post-cruise. The successful logistics of all this have been impressive (I hope that I don't hex us). We understand that some returning home are being affected by the Lufthansa strike.

This has been one of the best cruises and overall trips ever.

Time to put our swim suits on.

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Eugene (and Gail)

Don't forget our insect repellant while your in the line to get into the Taj before it opens in the morning at sunrise, which was 5:53 AM yesterday. We had very nice weather there at that time and have been very lucky throughout "weather wise ."




Photo by Ken H