{"id":2974,"date":"2009-05-06T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.wend.ca\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2019-02-02T20:02:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T01:02:22","slug":"india-border-crossing06-may-2009-1200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974","title":{"rendered":"India Border Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the India border I&#8217;ll be crossing in a couple of days. I&#8217;m being sent to TWU as a trainer. My Indian visa came back faster than expected&#8230; so fast (a few days) that the first word that popped into my head was <em>baksheesh<\/em> when I received the call that it was ready.<\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t matter&#8230; everything and everyone is ready to go except me. I&#8217;m in the midst of a &#8220;repurposing&#8221; project, writing the first draft of a paper for publication, and packing in a house that looks like a bomb hit it (construction).<\/p>\n<p>I need to breathe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIt&#8217;s the India border I&#8217;ll be crossing in a couple of days.&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;India Border Crossing&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[306,627,25,628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-delhi","category-india","category-new-delhi","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sharlene\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"9GIQJxtNvuKl9FuNIm-Ucd1u4FnWHFRhucz8zbO5hRU\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"p:domain_verify\" content=\"ff15355799da6c012025d39bb93de3c4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Travel Geek | Explore. Be Curious.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India Border Crossing\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-05-06T18:00:15+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-03T01:02:22+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"India Border Crossing\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#article\",\"name\":\"India Border Crossing\",\"headline\":\"India Border Crossing\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/med-iStock_000005164183.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533},\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-06T12:00:15-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-02T20:02:22-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Asia, Delhi, India, New Delhi\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=306#listItem\",\"name\":\"Asia\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=306#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Asia\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=306\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=25#listItem\",\"name\":\"India\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=25#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"India\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=25\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=627#listItem\",\"name\":\"Delhi\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=306#listItem\",\"name\":\"Asia\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=627#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Delhi\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=627\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=628#listItem\",\"name\":\"New Delhi\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=25#listItem\",\"name\":\"India\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=628#listItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"New Delhi\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=628\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#listItem\",\"name\":\"India Border Crossing\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=627#listItem\",\"name\":\"Delhi\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#listItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"India Border Crossing\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?cat=628#listItem\",\"name\":\"New Delhi\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Travel Geek\",\"description\":\"Explore. Be Curious.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"#author\",\"name\":\"sharlene\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974\",\"name\":\"India Border Crossing\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#breadcrumblist\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/med-iStock_000005164183.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/?p=2974#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-06T12:00:15-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-02T20:02:22-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Travel Geek\",\"description\":\"Explore. Be Curious.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wend.ca\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"India Border Crossing","description":"","canonical_url":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"9GIQJxtNvuKl9FuNIm-Ucd1u4FnWHFRhucz8zbO5hRU","p:domain_verify":"ff15355799da6c012025d39bb93de3c4","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#article","name":"India Border Crossing","headline":"India Border Crossing","author":{"@id":"#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/med-iStock_000005164183.jpg","width":800,"height":533},"datePublished":"2009-05-06T12:00:15-04:00","dateModified":"2019-02-02T20:02:22-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#webpage"},"articleSection":"Asia, Delhi, India, New Delhi"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wend.ca","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=306#listItem","name":"Asia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=306#listItem","position":2,"name":"Asia","item":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=306","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=25#listItem","name":"India"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=25#listItem","position":3,"name":"India","item":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=25","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=627#listItem","name":"Delhi"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=306#listItem","name":"Asia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=627#listItem","position":4,"name":"Delhi","item":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=627","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=628#listItem","name":"New Delhi"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=25#listItem","name":"India"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=628#listItem","position":5,"name":"New Delhi","item":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=628","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#listItem","name":"India Border Crossing"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=627#listItem","name":"Delhi"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#listItem","position":6,"name":"India Border Crossing","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=628#listItem","name":"New Delhi"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/#organization","name":"The Travel Geek","description":"Explore. Be Curious.","url":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"#author","name":"sharlene"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#webpage","url":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974","name":"India Border Crossing","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#breadcrumblist"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/med-iStock_000005164183.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974\/#mainImage","width":800,"height":533},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2009-05-06T12:00:15-04:00","dateModified":"2019-02-02T20:02:22-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/","name":"The Travel Geek","description":"Explore. Be Curious.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"The Travel Geek | Explore. Be Curious.","og:type":"article","og:title":"India Border Crossing","og:url":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974","article:published_time":"2009-05-06T18:00:15+00:00","article:modified_time":"2019-02-03T01:02:22+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"India Border Crossing"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"2974","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-20 23:38:33","updated":"2022-10-17 14:18:19","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=306\" title=\"Asia\">Asia<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=25\" title=\"India\">India<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=627\" title=\"Delhi\">Delhi<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=628\" title=\"New Delhi\">New Delhi<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tIndia Border Crossing\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca"},{"label":"Asia","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=306"},{"label":"India","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=25"},{"label":"Delhi","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=627"},{"label":"New Delhi","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?cat=628"},{"label":"India Border Crossing","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2974"}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2974"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87361,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions\/87361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}