Electrical equipment
If you have any electrical items like cameras, iPod, DVD player etc that you choose to carry with you, make sure that you carry all the batteries and cords that may be needed. It can take a ridiculously long time to track down spare batteries and wires for models of electronic products that are not in wide circulation in India.
Voltage in India is 240V. Consider a voltage converter if your equipment is for 140V.
Register your travel You can choose to register your travel with the State Department so that you may be contacted if need be, whether because of a family emergency in the U.S. , or because of a crisis in the area in which you are traveling. Travel registration is a free service provided by the State Department, and is easily accomplished online at https://travelregistration.state.gov. (In accordance with the Privacy Act, the Department of State may not release information on your welfare or whereabouts to inquirers without your express written authorization.)
Getting There
With the scorching growth of the Indian economy, most major international airlines now fly to India. If you are flying from the east coast in the US, several airlines even have direct flights to India. To take an example, for flying into New Delhi, the Continental flight from Newark is extremely convenient. It takes off at night, dinner is served on board and then you should be able to fall asleep if you are on US east coast time. You sleep a couple of hours, wake up, eat breakfast, watch a movie or read a book and you are there in India. The total flying time is approximately 14 hours but by flying direct, you bypass the hours of jet lagged time that you would have spent at a European airport were you to fly with a connection in Europe.
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