Add airport bus to the list !

Good Morning all, we have safely arrived in Delhi after a fantastic last morning at Sangam and today we are off to the Taj Mahal.


Today was the last day at Sangam, we all packed the night before and were almost ready in the morning. We had breakfast (it was a buffet) then made our way to do flag, made our sign and got the word of the day! 

Then we did laughing yoga but the thing is it wasn’t really yoga!? We had to go round the room laughing in all kinds of ways, which was hilarious. We had half an hour to finish off packing, making sure we didn’t  forget anything. We made our way back to the hall for our leaving ceremony which we all knew was going to be emotional 😢

We were all presented with a Sangam badge and certificate. Mari (an intern at Sangam) put together a video of our time at Sangam and it was amazing to see how much we did in such little time -  Helen and Edda cried.  We then all sang the Sangam song and came together in a circle. We were all hungry so we made our way over to lunch;  there were lots of curries to try and the food was really nice.

When we realised we only had about an hour left but it went too quickly. The coach had arrived we packed all our bags onto it and it was time to say goodbye, I think nearly everyone cried that day as it was so sad to be leaving all the staff and leaving Sangam  altogether. We hugged all the staff and our new friends Elizabeth and Lorra and said goodbye. (It’s so amazing the bond we had with them), we had 6 days and it was more than amazing to realise what we actually had done. The staff said that they had one more surprise (we were all confused as we had to go catch a flight very soon 😂. They came onto the bus with us and sang us a leaving song ( we were all crying at that point as it was sad to be leaving ( Katherine  and Millie even discussed about where to hide to stay in Sangam so we wouldn’t leave 😢😂)  the coach was moving and we were off to the airport! It was only 10 minutes away, once we had gone through security and checked our bags in we walked over to the plane and got settled down. Some of us slept the whole way back and some read but the flight was very … bumpy! We had arrived, we got off the plane and got onto a bus which would take us to get our bags. We walked over to the coach which would take us the our hotel. It was only a 10-15 minute journey to the hotel but when we arrived w e. w e r e.  h a p p y. The hotel looked huge it was so lovely -, after going through security we just stood and looked taking it in. We checked in and went straight to dinner. There was a huge buffet(and we could go back for seconds 😁. The food was so nice and we even had room for dessert. Helen gave us our room keys and we got our cases and walked very quickly over to the lifts. We ran to our rooms and jumped onto our beds. It was soooooooooo comfy. After  relaxing  and getting ready for bed we watched Titanic and went to sleep ( as we had to wake up at 5:30-6:00 😳) Overall  today was a emotional happy exciting day!

By Katherine 

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Laughter Yoga



Arriving at our swanky new hotel.

Receiving our special Sangam badges. 



Exciting new hotel decor !

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  1. GreenfieldApril 15, 2019 at 12:48 AM

    Wishing you a very Happy Birthday
    Papa & Dasher

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  2. GreenfieldApril 15, 2019 at 3:56 AM

    Many Happy returns of the Day - Rebecca
    love from the 2 de V's

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