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Hello from Allan.
The final part of the journey through India covers a lot of places and a lot of attractions. When I first wrote this, I just included the names of some of the places. I was more interested in completing the story rather than building in lots of detail. Later, we decided that more detail might make it seem that the story had been written by someone who had actually been there, so I reworked the story, adding more attractions and more detail on many of the places mentioned.
More recently, we had a friend over for dinner who had been travelling through this area, and of course, Shandra had been there as well, so I have been able to include some ideas I got from them. Some of the places were dropped as it was too much to get done in such a short trip. So we added more detail to the places we kept.
Note that this story underwent another major rewrite in the first few days of 2026.
More recently, we had a friend over for dinner who had been travelling through this area, and of course, Shandra had been there as well, so I have been able to include some ideas I got from them. Some of the places were dropped as it was too much to get done in such a short trip. So we added more detail to the places we kept.
Note that this story underwent another major rewrite in the first few days of 2026.
When I started writing, there was nothing to base this story on except that they were in Ooty and they had to meet their flight in New Delhi, with a visit to the Taj Mahal to be included along the way. Since I was left with such an open brief, pretty much everything I wrote had to be invented as I went along. One guideline I did have was that the final arrangements for the trip were made by Sarvesh.
Sarvesh was a wealthy businessman who had travelled a lot, both throughout India and overseas. The idea of him organising the touring was that he would come up with something completely different to your normal organised package tour. This is why we choose places like the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the Kerala Backwaters and Ooty. I also found some interesting attractions I would love to visit, such as the Jantar Mantar, a collection of fourteen major architectural astronomical instruments set up as an observatory. That would be an amazing place to see.
The story ends when the group splits up in Delhi, with the Indian group returning to South India and the New Zealand group flying out to Singapore.
Sarvesh was a wealthy businessman who had travelled a lot, both throughout India and overseas. The idea of him organising the touring was that he would come up with something completely different to your normal organised package tour. This is why we choose places like the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the Kerala Backwaters and Ooty. I also found some interesting attractions I would love to visit, such as the Jantar Mantar, a collection of fourteen major architectural astronomical instruments set up as an observatory. That would be an amazing place to see.
The story ends when the group splits up in Delhi, with the Indian group returning to South India and the New Zealand group flying out to Singapore.
We did manage to add in a little bit of sexy adventure with another partner-swapping night. We were intending to build this into another story or even a set of stories, but this never happened. Later, when we came up with the idea of the whole group meeting again at an adult resort, we came back and added in the final lunch together, where Sarvesh made a toast and proposal to arrange another holiday together.
Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
Be safe - Be strong.
Allan and Anne.
Be safe - Be strong.
Allan and Anne.
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