travel times
Options for: far north north south

MonthDateTime     Event
Aug01MCT last day of work
02MCT get ready
0309:00*To Mysore, Karnataka: Mysore Palace (aka Amba Vilas)
12:00*At Mysore
0409:00*To Bandipur National Park
0509:00*To Padamanabhapuram Palace
0609:00*To Madurai, Tamil Nadu
0709:00*To Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple (aka Meenakshi Amman Temple), Madurai, Tamil Nadu
0809:00*To Srirangam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
0909:00*To Bangalore or Madras (Chenni)
10To Kolkata (fly)
1109:00*To Gaya, Bihar: Mahabodhi Temple. Marks the tree under which the Buddha gained enlightenment. 12-16 to Delhi.
16:00*At Gaya
1209:00*To Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Holy Hindu city on the Ganges River with temples all along the river. 13.5-19 to Delhi. 8-17 to Calcutta.
14:00*At Varanasi
13Tour Varanasi
14TLN last day of class
09:00*To Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. Home to many temples including the erotic Kandariya Mahadev Temple. 12-13.5 to Delhi.
23:30*At Khajuraho
15TLN fly to DEL
14:00*To Gwallior, Madhya Pradesh. A fort built on a cliff edge. 5.5-7 to Delhi.
18:30*At Gwallior
Go to fort, eat at top
Head to Delhi via Agra
16MCT and TLN get to DEL
17See Delhi
1806:30Fly to Leh (3100-3650m)
07:45at Leh (3100-3650m)
19Rest in Leh
20To Khalsi (aka Khalatse?) (near to Lamayuru (3800m) and Alchi)
21To Kargil (2650m) near by
2203:00**To Padum (aka Padam) (3550m)
15:00-17:00**At Padum; To Raru (I think that's Reru and not Ruru) (3500m)
2306:00Start hike seeing this
09:15-11:00Sandy Campsite
11:45-13:30Tsetan
13:15-17:30Purne (3950m) has guest houses
Hike about 2 hours, Reach Phugtal, (aka Phuktal)
24Rest at Phugtal
25Leave Phugtal, Hike
26Reach Raru
2705:00-06:00**To Kargil
18:00-20:00**At Kargil
28To Drass (Dras)
To Zoji La
To Sonamarg
To Srinagar
Sep29Rest in Srinagar
3015:25Fly to Amritsar (ATQ), Punjab
16:25Land in ATQ
31See the Golden Temple, a Sikh temple that offers free food and song.
0117:00To Delhi (train)
22:50At Delhi
02See Delhi
12:00*To Agra, Uttar Pradesh: Taj Mahal
14:00*At Agra
0309:00*To Jaipur, Rajasthan
16:00*At Jaipur
04Tour Jaipur
0509:00*To Dehli
16:00*At Dehli
06Fly home
07Get home
08MCT classes start
*Time is approximate. Transportation at that time might not exist.
**Make sure the buses are running on this day.