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Africa – Kenya & Tanzania (July 29 th – August 7 th , 2012) Extraordinarily ‘Wild’ Time: First a big ‘Thank you’ to all those who assisted with itinerary planning – Shruti Mittal, Aiman Merchant, Gaurav Jain, Pooja Hada, Vasudha Mittal, Tushar Chandra, Nandini & Paresh Kapashi amongst others. Without your insights the trip would not have been so terrific! Pre-holiday- Lots of confusion about which places to visit in a week’s time. Main dilemma was whether we see Kenya only or combine 2 countries. Visiting Tanzania entailed 2 flights and a 4-5 hour road journey all packed into 1 day, making it a rather tedious. At the same time, combing a visit to a neighboring country and seeing something different is always tempting. Finally, after lots of deliberation and blog/website browsing we decided on both Kenya and Tanzania. We chose Masai Mara as our main safari destination given the density and variety of animals we could see. Also, 1 st August is when the

Just 3 more days before we board our flight to Chandigarh enroute to Leh! It all started with a Facebook message from Jungleore, a company that plans adventure travels, describing their upcoming tour to Ladhak. I forwarded the email to some close friends, one of whom was as interested and flexible with dates and then we began planning… I spoke to several people about their trips and chatted with many agencies to finally configure our route. Would like to thank Kaustabh at Junglore, Neha at Country wide travels, Shehzaad, Nishreen Aunty, Juzer, Rakesh, Gaurav, Hasnain, Aditya, Devangi, Amanjyot, Aiman, Namrata Kothari, the several agents in Leh and Delhi and the myriad travel blogs and websites that helped us plan our trip. I had no idea so many of my friends had been to Ladhak! From the various itineraries available online we could figure out the key destinations in Ladhak, but were confused about our access to Leh. Should we drive from Manali or Srinagar or fly directly. The ultimate