Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai, India

Our home for 3 nights prior to boarding the Voyager. The hotel was built in 1913. The building next to it with the arch is called the Gateway to India. It is symbolic as the site where British soldiers marched through as they departed India in 1946 ending British rule.

Follow Us Starting October 29, 2009

There is not much to share at this point. We will start posting the night before we fly out of San Francisco. We have pulled out the suitcases, but no packing has begun. We have gotten the yellow fever shots required by India and Brazil and our passports are ready to pick up in San Francisco. We had an agency process our visas for India and Brazil. The trip is beginning to feel real and the excitement is building.