It was a 5.15 departure from the hotel this morning, 7.25 flight from Mumbai and checked in at the Radisson Blu Hotel Guwahati, by midday. We are now in the state of Assam and if you go on the Wikipedia page it states that Asian elephants, pythons, Tigers and rhinoceros are part of the wildlife up here! The opening game of the India Super League 3 season is between North East United and visitors Kerala Blasters FC. Kerala Blasters, co- owned by Sachin Tendulkar and managed by my old England team mate Steve Coppell, have someone even more dangerous than the wildlife with them,,,Wally Downes ex Wimbledon Crazy Gang FC etc and it didn't take him long to let me know he was there, climbing all over me in reception as they returned, all sweaty, from a training session in the 85 degree heat. Wally is a great character and a fabulous football coach and the players will need to be on there toes at all times, on the training ground and everywhere else,,,with Wally around things are never dull!! Maybe we should all be on the new Foster's Lager for a 'Go Sober October'. Somebody asked me how you manage to live out of a suitcase for 86 days, traveling by air to eight different cities continuously, with a change of hotel every 3 days on average? Well,,,,, this is all my gear. Clothes vacuum bagged, medicals in one small toilet bag, toiletries in another. iPad phone keyboard and spare phone ( on Indian SIM card) in canvas folding briefcase.
Mid sized bag carries a bit of heavier gear, shoes and Handycam, but goes on board along with the canvas briefcase. Vacuum bags give you plenty of room to work with but all the gear still weighs the same obviously. The two smaller bags can fit in the big one on the flight home where the weight allowance in around 30kg. We are limited to 15kg of hold luggage per internal flight, which is pretty tight, and I can only just clear that by loading some extra gear in the hand luggage bags. At every hotel we have a daily laundry allowance so the best practise is to use it for a little bit a gear every time you check in to a different hotel therefore giving them at least 24 hours to return it before moving on again. Simple hey!
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AuthorRussell Osman is a former England & Ipswich Footballer, 4 Handicap Golfer and Father of 3. Archives
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