Have you ever been fascinated by a country and for years yearned to go and see for yourself just what it is like; to see, to touch, to smell and to taste the uniqueness of that country?
Well we’ve done that – all three of us (and all over 60!) learned about India at school and each of us held our own desire to discover the real India. Enough of reading the books and watching the documentaries; we had to do something about it - Enter Lyn McNaught Travel.
We had to get the most out of limited budgets and enjoy the best we could find – that was the challenge we put to them. AND Lyn and her exceptional team did just that!!
We visited the Golden Triangle – Delhi, Jaipur and Agra and Nepal. Every step of the way, we saw and had explained to us in depth, the intricate and diverse history of the most magnificent buildings we have ever seen.
From the very open and English designed official buildings of Delhi, to then enter Jaipur (the Pink City) and experience the cacophony life of Indian culture, bustling and jostling through the hectic streets, alive with color, was tantalizing enough. But that is the tip of the iceberg – historical Persian buildings and English forts and buildings woven into the current overflowing Indian living. How about a camel pulling a cart through the chaos of Delhi peak hour traffic, with the driver taking a nap in the cart? That’s India.
There really are no words to describe the Taj Mahal – REALLY!!! You HAVE to see it to believe it. After Agra, and the Taj Mahal, we went back to Delhi and on to Nepal to experience Kathmandu, tucked into the breathtaking Himalaya’s.
From Nepal we flew to Kolkata and took an overnight train to Sambalpur (in the state of Orissa) where a Shepparton Church supports an orphanage of 55 children. After spending a couple of days with the children and being invited into the home of local villagers for a meal, we again caught the overnight train to Kolkata to return home.
We were picked up and transported from Hotel to venue every day and our conscientious driver looked after us as though all 3 could have been his own grandmother. The people who we met were happy, very funny and friendly. You can’t explain the wonders of India, you actually feel it.
Thinking about going to Incredible India? Do it – just do it.
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