Dave Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Inspired by Mick's personal journal, i thought I'd add my own - please feel free to ignore this at will, everyone! Been a hell of a week at work as I've been asked to travel to India for the first two weeks of December, and needless to say I don't have a visa and my jabs are certainly not up to date. Well, at least they weren't. Jabs I had this morning and I've submitted a visa application. Not really the best time of year to be travelling so far away, but I'm started to get excited about the idea of going. Should be interesting, but I'm going to miss my toys at home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Welcome to the journals Dave. The India trip sounds interesting. I watched the tv programs documenting India's railways and found the whole thing fascinating. Will you be travelling on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 One wonders what appears in model train stores in India., hint hint hint hint.... HINT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 mick said: Will you be travelling on them? Unfortunately not. Apparantly we get assigned a driver for the duration of the visit, so I expect I'll just be doing some touristy stuff over the weekend I'll be there. The rest of the time will be working. I shall need to pick up some elephant-themes trinkets for our mothers for Christmas and some little bits for the kids. But I don't expect to be able to seek out a model rail shop or have time to travel to one of the excellent narrow gauge railways over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Bummer dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 traingeekboy said: Bummer dude Yeah, true. But its not like I'll be spending time over there when I could be playing with my outdoor railway at home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanerg6e Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 mick said: The India trip sounds interesting. I watched the tv programs documenting India's railways and found the whole thing fascinating. Will you be travelling on them? Traveling ON them IS interesting as in India as you have a choice of riding inside or on the roof. Did you know that only 2% of their railway budget is spent on safety? The railways in India are the life blood of the nation and an institution. In the UK I've heard you have two GREAT institutions: Indian curries and cars made in Belgium. hehe. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 cleanerg6e said: Did you know that only 2% of their railway budget is spent on safety? Well Roy, that only makes me feel fractionally better about a four hour journey on an Indian motorway! At least I won't be driving Anyway, just a quick note to say I'll be offline for a couple of weeks at least and I might not be able to be online again before Christmas. So if I'm not, I'd like to be one of the first to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and I hope everyone has fun with their model trains, even in the winter months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmalesis Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Cheers Dave, Wishing you and yours a great festive season as well. Have fun in India... Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Dave said: ...I'd like to be one of the first to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year... Thanks for that Dave. You are one of the first - we're already well on the way to filling up the top shelves of the wall unit in the living room with recently received Xmas cards! Hope the India trip goes well. All the best to you and your family over the festive season and look forward to hearing from you on your return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Good voyage, sounds interesting. Happy holidays to you as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanerg6e Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Have a good trip Dave and it's summer there now so it'll be nice hot and humid. Looking forward to hearing of your trip in the sub continent, and best wishes for Xmas. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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