Less than a week to go...

Last week of work, and I've officially given up. What I sould be doing right now is cross checking the references on 1000 pages of writing with a list of approved references (yawn) - what I'm actually doing is trying to arrange the first month or so of my trip online.
Yesterday it actually dawned on me that I'm going to India soon, alone, and that I didn't have a clue what I'm letting myself in for!
But... I've just discovered just how much you can do online these days - it's aamazing!
So far:

• Booked accomodation in Mumbai for the first night and arranged airport pick-up
• Booked a dodgy internal flight for about £30 pounds from Mumbai to Delhi (air deccan)
• Printed off an indepth guide to catching trains in India (found on theIndiaTree forum - genious place). Read it. Very scared!
• Chose an ashram in Rishikesh - can't book it, darn - it was going sooo well
• Booked a guided tour of northern india - that way I will meet new people + have moral support when visiting crazy tourist places like the Taj Mahal (Intrepid Travellor - cheapest I could find, seems ok)
• Booked a months stay in ashram in Kerala starting on the day of my birthday - bliss

Phew, still have to work out how the heck I'm going to get from Kolkata to Thiruvananthapuram (phew - mouthful) in time for my Kerala bit - I do not want to spend my birthday stuck on a train/plane!

And the rest... I'm going to worry about another time!

Next up, I will try to work out how to fit my entire wardrobe into a 35ltr backpack.