Travel with Art

I will be covering my tour of India in 2 parts. Please enjoy! Part 1 - A: Delhi | B: Mandawa | C: Bikaner | D: Jaisalmer | E: Jodhpur | F: Mt Abu Part 2 - G: Udaipur | H: Pushkar | I: Jaipur | J: Agra | K: Varanasi | A: Delhi For a slideshow of my photos scroll to the bottom of this entry (you can click on the slideshow there to open in Picasa for a larger sized view) Delhi Air India is a pretty basic service with nothing to recommend its business class except for having front of the plane and larger seats. Service was mostly one of ignorance!  Anyway we did have wheelchair assist for Mom so were able to bypass the enormous immigrations queues and that was worth a great deal. Our driver and a tour company rep were waiting for us on arrival and then it was into Delhi traffic to go to the tour office to settle the balance and get the hotel and travel vouchers for the remainder of our tour. First hotel was Le Meridien (part of the Starwoods Group) and fulfilled its bil

6 days. Great weather. Full fledged resort. Large swimming pools. Private beach. We had a very nice time in Langkawi, Malaysia staying at the Westin Resort. As indicated in my 2013 itinerary I was supposed to be racing on Freewind. Unfortunately she experienced difficulties on the attempt to get her from Phuket to Langkawi so did not make it. Mom and I went anyway and used it to see more of the island that I had previously and simply rested as tourists.  A bit of shopping (especially with the very cheap booze prices). A day cruise around several Langkawi islands with a stop at a private beach for BBQ and swimming. Lazing and reading at the pools and out on the private beach. A rental car and drive around the island to the wonderful Bird Paradise, some of the waterfalls, and other more touristy beach towns. We felt for the sailors as the weather for us was perfect (almost no winds, hot and sunny) - which of course was not great for them. A slideshow for your amusement: