Cheers Gary. We have a driver lined up for the entire trip. All 23 days. About day 10 we drive from Agra back to Delhi and go straight to the airport for the flight to Amristar. The driver is going to drop us off and then drive to Amristar to meet up with us again the next morning. So Amristar airport to the Ramada is the only taxi we should need to negotiate.
We always buy sim cards in the country we're travelling in but in India they want 2 forms of ID (photocopies and sighted originals) plus a passport photo to buy each sim. These terror attacks have them on edge I guess.
I can't register on the train website either. Every time I try it takes $2 off my credit card but still says I need to pay. For a country with such a high level of computer skills it's hard to believe the rail authority has such dodgy software. We want to catch the toy train from Shimla to Kalka down the mountain towards the end of the trip. Again the driver will drop us at Shimla station and meet us in Kalka. I'll get the agent in Delhi to buy us those tickets before we arrive. It's like $6 each for a 5 hour trip but you have to book in advance, the rail network is overloaded.
We have also booked a jeep but that's in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve for a half day safari. I didn't think open top jeeps and tigers where a good mix.
