Into the Heart of India - Shivpuri and Gwalior
Day 1 Day 1: Gurgaon - Mathura (200km) - Agra (250km) - Gwalior (350km) - Shivpuri (450km, 9 hours) Madhav National Park Shivpuri Guest House You know that if you change jobs, from the time you hang one pair of boots and put on another, you will usually get some time of your own to expend. Some people get a couple of weeks. Some lucky punks get even a month. I got three days. Yeah, that's right. Three whole days. Nevertheless, that did not deter the wandering spirit and the northern wind that especially gets strong around this time of the year did its job yet again. I took the opportunity and on the very first day at the break of dawn, we set sail (drive off into oblivion). That the break of dawn actually happened to be 10:30am, late in the morning, is a testimony of the fact that it takes far more time to get ready and get out for a whole family - complete with a tiny infant, a new mother, a bumbling father, and a reluctant grand father - than you can possibly imagin...