Back in the Saddle

Well, Aruba was fantastic. We were able to "stick a pin" in our India trip and just focus on relaxing with friends.

Before we left for Aruba, we went in for inoculations. They turned out to be very expensive (around $800--just for me). I suggest that you go at least two months in advance (these shots are good for life) and try to go to your regular physician. I think this travel clinic we chose might have been overpriced.

We were given a prescription for Doxycycline as an anti-malarial drug. There are three you can choose from, and we went with the cheapest. All have slight differences as far as how long and often you have to take them. One had a side effect of "nervousness" (yeah, like we need another helping of that right now).

We have finally figured out what we are going to do for hotel rooms. I have all these Hilton points that I had planned to use for this trip, but it turns out that the Hilton Mumbai is being sold as of April 1st, so I can only stay on my points for two of the total 16 nights. We are staying at a hotel called the Executive Enclave for five nights. The Enclave is located very close to the clinic and is recommended by the clinic and a friend. We are planning on going to Pune for three nights (Bob's company has an office there that he'd like to visit). And finally, a friend of ours has graciously offered us their Starwood points for one of the weeks, so we are going to stay at the Maratha (ooh-la-la) for the week of retrieval. (I am really happy about this. When it comes to cycling, I am pretty consistently easy, but retrievals are always painful for me. To be staying somewhere comfortable is really important.)

I also found out that Rotunda offers free wireless internet, so we can bring our laptop to our appointments and email home while we wait!

Well, we are off to take photos for our visas!!