Visas are a MASSIVE hassle. Confusing, unclear hassle. Slightly bricking it that we'd left it too late to post everything off and get it back in time we headed up to the Application Centre in Victoria yesterday at stupid o'clock to get it done. And have to go back in a couple of days to collect them. Hassle. (we didn't know that you couldn't get them on the same day, nothing is made clear to you vis a vis Visa hassle) Also hassley is that we need special permits to go to places we really want to go to. Ie Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim (Dharamsala, Shimla and Darjeeling pour example) Which Tom's miserable nit-picking lady told him was unlikely to happen because they're really tight on letting you in to these places without knowing your exact route, address while there, dates etc. Which obviously we don't because we know nothing. Hassle. Also unlikely to happen according to Mrs Cheeryface is being able to go to Nepal and then back into India, apparently you can't re-enter within two months of leaving. Which is not how we understood it. So maybe no Nepal. Massive hassle.
So you see, Indian Visas are a massive hassle.
But, after our little early morning jaunt we then had a whole day of fun (shopping) Having got to the Visa Centre just after 8 (opens at 8.30) we were out and done and dusted by 9. Shop-central. My card took a right old hammering, there'll be no money left for India at this rate.
Now added to my kit list:
- Lovely denim shorts
- Bikini (and a very nice one too. Expensive though)
- Some more scarves (total: 3)
- Some more shorts
- A top (white) (probs a v bad idea)
Still missing from kit list:
- Pretty much everything else of any importance/necessity
13 days to go!
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