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Previous India Tours Included Dehradun and Vandana Shiva
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, embark on a full day visit to the Navdanya Farm (Dr. Vandana Shiva Center) See also: Video – Bill Moyers talks with Dr. Shiva Navdanya means “nine seeds” (symbolizing protection of biological and cultural diversity) and also the “new gift” (for seed as commons, based on the right to save and share seeds. In today’s context of biological and ecological destruction, seed savers are the true givers of seed. This gift or “dana” of Navadhanyas (nine seeds) is the ultimate gift – it is a gift of life, of heritage and continuity. Conserving seed is conserving biodiversity, conserving knowledge of the seed and its...
Read MoreJanuary 16: New Delhi and Gandhi Smriti
Delhi, the Empress of Indian cities has a fascinating history and a stimulating present. She has often been sacked and desolate. But she could not be despoiled of the incomparable situation that marks her for the metropolis of a Great Empire. The capital of India, Delhi has been the seat of power of a number of dynasties – the Rajputs, the Afghans, the Turks and the Mughals who continued their imperial line until the British. Scattered over are surviving ruins, remnants of mighty edifices, tombs of warriors and saints, which in an impressive sense of magnificence are memorials not of a single city but of supplanted nations. After breakfast, visit the Raj Ghat with Arun...
Read MoreJanuary 17: New Delhi (Tour Ends)
Day free to explore on your own or shopping around. Lunch will be at the local restaurant near the hotel. From there, the participant will be transferred to the Delhi International Airport to board the flight back home. The check-in time at the international airport in India is at least 3 hours before. Buffet breakfast at the hotel and lunch at the local restaurant. Those traveling to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal should book their return flights for early morning January 18, 2019, i.e. 1:00 a.m. Share us on:ShareTweet Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)...
Read MoreJanuary 17 : Optional Trip to Agra
Travel participants who are NOT taking the Agra Option | Jan 17th includes – Buffet breakfast, lunch no dinner. Day free to explore on your own. Tour Ends. Travel participants who are taking the Agra Trip option will prepare for a morning departure to Agra. We will travel by bus (approx 4 hrs drive, one way) Buffet breakfast at the hotel, lunch along the way to Agra and dinner at the hotel. Agra Hotel Four Points by Sheraton Taj Mahal, India – http://www.airpano.ru/files/Taj-Mahal-India/2-3 Weather: Agra January temperature varies from -2°C or 28.4 F to 31°C or 87.8 F. January is the average coolest month. The subzero temperature levels are common...
Read MoreJanuary 18: Agra and the Taj Mahal
In summary, after early breakfast at the hotel, the group will leave for and proceed to the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. Lunch will be at the local restaurant. Later, the group will drive to Delhi International Airport to board the flight to back home. No dinner this evening. For those who are joining Agra Trip: International tickets should be booked from New Delhi for January 18, 2019, after 11:30 p.m. Visit the Taj Mahal. With its incredible lacy white grandeur, the Taj Mahal is perhaps the most perfect architectural monument in the world. To the poet Tagore, it was a `tear on the face of eternity’. In memory of his wife the great Mughal emperor, Shah Jehan...
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