All the President's Men
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Fri 9 Dec 2016 12:00
My next Ganges stop is Allahabad but there is no direct flight there from Dehadrun and I still don't have an official permit yet to make online train reservations. The trains are almost always fully booked weeks in advance and I don't think I've got the immune system for an unreserved sleeper compartment in Untouchables class.
It's a bit off route but I've returned to Delhi by air for an overnight.
While I was waiting at Dehadrun Airport, the President of India landed in his Airforce One plane to check up on how my trip was going. Which was nice. He had to quickly leave again by helicopter before we could chat properly as he had an appointment or something. Bon voyage Mr Mukherjee and thanks for not delaying my flight too much.