India Tour
February 1-16, 2009
14 days / 15 nights - $1,360

Dear Adventure Seekers:

In November 2002, I journeyed to India, arriving in Delhi with only a promise that someone would pick me at 2am, deliver me to a hotel and that we could discuss a solo tour that following afternoon. I met Viney Tyagi in his office, www.unicrystalholidays.com, and in two hours, he had arranged a two-week tour, with a driver and private car to see the highlights of Northern India's Rajasthan area, the "Golden Triangle".

The cost was less than $900, and I can remember every exciting day like it was yesterday. The sights, mostly of every day life, are truly fascinating. Since I didn't have a tour guide, I missed many of the special experiences one gets from visiting the palaces, tombs, forts and museums that so enhances a group tour experience.

At the urging of Sandi and the Unifem group that visited Guatemala with me last month, I contacted Viney in Delhi to inquire about an adventure in 2009. He responded with a ten-page itinerary within 24 hours, and answers to 15 additional questions from me the next day. Obviously, I am as impressed now as I was six years ago about his ability to arrange a 14-day tour($1027) for special friends who'd like to join us in mid-January. Weatherwise, it is the best time to travel, and the price of $1360, plus airfare(around $1300) is extremely affordable, compared to the commercial tour companies. That includes a $300 tax-deductible donation per person to Light the Way Foundation, www.light-the-way.org, along with a $33 fee for expenses Sandi and I will incur for pre and post tour potlucks here in Irvine, books, copies, etc. Any overage will be donated to the foundation as well. We are limiting the group to 14 participants, most of whom you have traveled with.

If you'd like me to send the ten-page itinerary, with all the hotels (and their websites) listed, along with the 15 questions regarding deposits, meals, shuttles, etc. please let me know. Once I get a feel for who wants to join us, I can work on the dates and arrangements I need to make for this very special adventure. Of course, if we don't get the needed number of participants, I can open it up to a number of mutual friends.

I sincerely hope you can join us.

Richard


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