Route

Here's my planned route so far:

Dec 31 Leave Toronto on Emirates Air 9: 40 pm, 7 hr stopover in Dubai

Jan 2   Colombo Sri Lanka - arrive  8: 30 am pick up from airport by Pearl City Hotel

Jan 6   Train to Batticaloa 10 am to 6:30 pm stay at Subaraj Inn
Jan 7   Meet Uday and his family

Jan 8   Train back to Colombo

Jan 9   fly to Chennai, India- arrive 4:30 pm airport pick up from Hotel Ashoka

Jan 12 leave for Vellore

Mysore

Ooty

Coimbatore

Kochi/Ernakulam

Madurai

North to Aurangabad or Mumbai

Ahmedabad

Udaipur

Mt. Abu

Jodhupur

Jaisalmer

Bikaner

Jaipur

Fatepur Sikri

Agra

Shimla to the north or Varansi to the east if I have time.