Editing Travel plans/Winter 2017 India (section)

= General =
* ~10% tips at restaurants. Housekeeping staff did not take any of the tips we left on bed.
* Didn't get a terrible stomach bug but our friend did. I didn't try as much street food as Mako. We both had guava (cut by the vendor) and coconut juice. Mako had other cut fruits. 
* Drink bottled water. Use 
* Many toilets don't have toilet paper, so bring some. Almost many toilet seats are wet because people use bidet. 
* I felt like more places (though reluctantly) took 500Rps but we tried to get smaller change whenever possible.
* For flying, we had to show tickets and passports a lot. For example, there were 3-4 check points at the gate.
* I left my backpack on Emirates; at Trivandum, I talked to the airport manager, who contacted appropriate staff, who guided me through the airport to retrieve the back from the airport's lost and found.
* Emirates often introduced how many countries their crew represented as well as the number of languages they spoke. 
* All the flights were full during this trip. 
* Some seats at the back of Emirates flights were 2 seaters.
* IndiGo had a female pilot.
* Both Emirates and Spicejet changed the itinerary; Emirates flight back from Dubai became 1 hour earlier; Spicejet changed the departure time and connection city.
* Getting seats and meals on these flights were fairly cheap.
* Emirates flew over Greenland on the way to Dubai and over North Pole on the back from Dubai. Seattle-Dubai: bumpy around PNW and around jet stream near Greenland/Norway. Dubai-Seattle: bumpty near Turkmenistan over mountain ranges and around PNW.
* Separate (more or less) security check for men and women at airports, museums etc.
* 350Rps for premium seats at the museum theater in Trivandrum. Reclining comfy seat - the seats do not recline until after the anthem is over.
* No shoes at temples. Often there's an area for keeping shoes and you pay ~20 rps/pair to a person.