Trip to India
INDIA 2012
PART 1
Incredible India beckoned when I received an unexpected email more than a year ago from two classmates from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana. They were organizing a class reunion in a year’s time and wanted us to attend. I agreed as I had not been to India in all these years. Something which was organized seemed to be perfect for me. I emailed friends in USA and Germany and asked them to join in as well. Seng Hee said that as long as he was alive, he would be there. Karnail too agreed so that made all of us in Malaysia agreeing to the reunion.
I started praying about the trip to India right from the start. I prayed for the various aspects of the trip – flights, accommodation, food, transport and friends and of course for good health for Choon and me. This was truly a trip bathed in prayer as it was planned 14 months in advance as compared to the usual vacations. As we told other friends about our proposed trip, two others – Teoh and Bangga, who had studied in the Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, wanted to join in. They too had studied at around the same time and had not visited LDH since then. Soon a few other friends wanted to join in and so had a happy band of a dozen friends all eager to go to India. A few had never been to India and this would be their first trip.
If Choon and I had gone on our own, we would have had an ad hoc itinerary. But with a dozen of us, we had to plan our travel in order to have a smooth vacation. I had decided on the places we would visit and all the friends readily agreed. Our trip would take us to Delhi, Srinagar, Ludhiana, Shimla, Jaipur and Agra. After numerous discussions with Teoh, we finalized the plans.
As time went by, we received the detailed plan for the CMC reunion. Excitement was building up. Air flights were booked, hotels decided on and we waited with bated breath for the day of departure. Many things went wrong as the day approached. Our refrigerator broke down, Choon’s
PART 1
Incredible India beckoned when I received an unexpected email more than a year ago from two classmates from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana. They were organizing a class reunion in a year’s time and wanted us to attend. I agreed as I had not been to India in all these years. Something which was organized seemed to be perfect for me. I emailed friends in USA and Germany and asked them to join in as well. Seng Hee said that as long as he was alive, he would be there. Karnail too agreed so that made all of us in Malaysia agreeing to the reunion.
I started praying about the trip to India right from the start. I prayed for the various aspects of the trip – flights, accommodation, food, transport and friends and of course for good health for Choon and me. This was truly a trip bathed in prayer as it was planned 14 months in advance as compared to the usual vacations. As we told other friends about our proposed trip, two others – Teoh and Bangga, who had studied in the Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, wanted to join in. They too had studied at around the same time and had not visited LDH since then. Soon a few other friends wanted to join in and so had a happy band of a dozen friends all eager to go to India. A few had never been to India and this would be their first trip.
If Choon and I had gone on our own, we would have had an ad hoc itinerary. But with a dozen of us, we had to plan our travel in order to have a smooth vacation. I had decided on the places we would visit and all the friends readily agreed. Our trip would take us to Delhi, Srinagar, Ludhiana, Shimla, Jaipur and Agra. After numerous discussions with Teoh, we finalized the plans.
As time went by, we received the detailed plan for the CMC reunion. Excitement was building up. Air flights were booked, hotels decided on and we waited with bated breath for the day of departure. Many things went wrong as the day approached. Our refrigerator broke down, Choon’s