We have been trying to get some contacts in various countries we will be visiting through our friends here in Ottawa. We've recently had some success.
A friend of ours has a brother near Beijing, and we just got his e-mail address. We have some other friends from the Beijing area who have said they can see what they can do to set us up with an appartment. I'm not sure if that will work out, but if it does, it would be great. The travel agent is also looking at sme options for us.
We made contact with a fellow from Nonthaburi (just north of Bangkok) who is an active Baha'i in the area. We've been e-mailing with him and have an offer to stay with his family until we can find a place there. I also have another friend who is good friends with a couple who just moved back to Canada from Thailand. We are planning a visit with them to get ideas on what to see and I'm hoping they can provide us some contacts as well.
We've also finally got in touch with some Baha'is in India. We don't have an e-mail address yet, but we do have a cell phone number which Nadim plans to try in the near future. Nadim remembers a Baha'i center in Mysore that had sleeping quarters. If worse comes to worse we figure we could crash there until we find a place.
For the last leg of the journey, we have a friend whose family is still in Croatia. They have offered us a place to stay, but we have to get more details. Another friend is from Romania and thinks he may be able to help us with renting a chalet through a friend.
It's starting to feel like we have a bit of a safety net.
CM
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