Still determined to go....

So if you've watched the news at all in the last few weeks since around Thanksgiving then you will know about the terror attacks in Mumbai. If for some reason you've had your head in a hole then you can read about it extensively here. The general consensus seems to be that these attacks were initiated by some group in Pakistan and it seems to have to do with a territory conflict.

While I don't deny that it is pretty scary ( I did look at the pictures) and I've had many people urging me not to go ( some very persistently), I do intend on going ahead with the trip. I've been keeping up to date and also reading what other people who are over there have to say and I feel like it should be ok. Of course anything could happen, but as we have seen, things happen here too. I've changed my flight plans so I don't have to go through Mumbai anymore and instead can go directly from London to Hyderabad. Hyderabad is to the south and east whereas Mumbai is further north and west. Since the plane ride from Mumbai to Hyderabad was supposed to be about an hour I am assuming that puts the cities at a good 5-6 hours away from each other. Hyderabad is also a smaller airport and is not one of the ones recently threatened.

My flights are also much better now that I don't have to sit around Mumbai for seven hours although I was looking forward to testing out the well lauded Jet Airways and now I'm on British Airways. My flight is arriving from JFK to Heathrow at 10:25 and leave at 13:40 which is wayyyyyyy better!

So now I just get to finish up finals week then get everything I still need for my trip like skirts! Maybe at LHR I can tap into some free internets but we shall see. Until later kids...