As I post this we are now at 16 days, 16 hours and 16 minutes until our plan leaves Tucson and we are getting very close to ready I think. The Visas are done and the passports are now back. I've gotten some money and travelers cheques (an antiquated spelling for an antiquated product)
We have arranged for a guy w/ a sign that will pick us up in Delhi to take us to the Hilton where we have a quick overnight. The Hilton lady said we could rent a car w/ driver the next day to do a few laps around Delhi.
Luggage is a minor controversy. We fly American to Delhi and then switch to Jet Airways for the flight the next day and found out that the 8 (!) 50# suitcases we are checking can be left with Jet Airways the night before once we clear customs. I was worried about having to haul them to the hotel and back along with all our carry-ons but there is happily a system in place for this. On the topic of 8 suitcases, we are trying to do the family a solid and volunteered to bring some stuff over. Tina's pop has taken the opportunity to claim 3 of our 8 bags. We are still in negotiations on this point. To do some planning I had J and T do a prospective clothing dump so I could weigh it out. 50# is the max I get free for each bag (thanks for the status AA) and we plan to use it all. J's clothes weighed in at 22#, Sophia's a bit less and Tina's and mine at just under 50# each. This doesn't include gifts or toiletries which aren't heavy but take up tons of room. The net of it is I'm projecting 3.5 suitcases for clothes, 2 for toiletries + gifts and 2 for the family tax with a bit of leftover. So far her pops has delivered 1 full suitcase plus odds/ends and promises 2 more full boxes. I keep telling him '2 boxes totalling 100#s', we'll see.
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