Departure

I was scheduled to leave from BWI at 5 pm on the 24^th of May. The flight was delayed over an hour and a half because the New Jersey airport had bad weather. Luckily we were able to make the connecting flight to India. The flight to Delhi was fourteen hours. Flight path was north over Canada, across the Atlantic Ocean, over London, Berlin, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Over the Baku Sea, then Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and then finally arrived at the Delhi Indira Gandhi International airport. Total Mileage from Jersey to Delhi was 7,850 miles. Flight was long but not actually that bad. Watched a lot of movies and slept.  We arrived in India at about 8 pm.  We had a connecting flight into Kulu but it would be at 6 am the following morning. Had a 10 hour layover that was spent sleeping on the floor of the Delhi airport. I slept about an hour that night in the airport because I afraid of someone steeling my passport, luggage and money. Went through customs and security which was an interesting experience. The man checking my passport did not greet me, look at me, or even talk to me. When going through security they had different lines for men and women. Men were checked how they typically are in the United States but women are taken into a small room and patted down inside out view from anyone. I think this is probably a cultural thing where women are never to expose themselves.  Flew into Manali the following day on probably the smallest plane I have ever been on. The propeller or the plane was right outside my window, slightly terrifying. Flight was about 2 hours. Manali is small town in Indian that is surrounded by mountains. The view was unbelievable!!!!