Off to India, travelling 2.0
Tomorrow, we take off on a three-week holiday over Xmas and New Year’s. This time we’re bound for India, a country neither of us have ever been to before. We fly in to Mumbai, which will probably have a peculiar vibe in the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks. From then on we don’t have many plans other than heading north and likely passing through Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Agra, Corbett, Delhi and Varanasi. But regardless of where we end up going, we will submerge ourselves in the culture and hopefully have some awesome experiences.
Other than reading about potential destinations and talking to Indian friends, I have prepared for the trip by following tweets of people currently travelling in Rajasthan. A couple of weeks ago I started searching for tweets mentioning places we have thought of visiting which has lead me to quite a few travellers currently in the area. It’s been very inspiring to follow those. With lots of photos coming through live I’ve really been getting in the mood and can’t wait to go.
For someone like me that ultimately believes that I shouldn’t own much apart from what can be stored on a remote server somewhere, packing for such a trip is an easy exercise. I basically never travel with checked luggage. And the few times I’ve done that many years ago, the airline has ususally lost it anyway. I’ll be taking an average-sized daypack and it’s actually amazing how much you can fit once you leave out all the stuff you never end up using anyway. All my travel documents are securely stored in the cloud and accessible from anywhere, just in case. Needless to say that travelling becomes much easier that way.
Along the way, I will endavour to keep family, friends and others updated via photos and notes on Facebook and I will regularly publish my current location via BrightKite. And in the interwoven mishmash of web 2.0 apps the updates will even pass through Twitter. Let that be our Christmas card for the year. Happy Xmas!
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