Travelling with Pets

India is not a very travel-friendly place if you're planning to do so with your pets. First, of all, if you have a dog with you - no matter how well trained or obedient - you will not find hotel accommodation easily. We knew that but still decided to take a holiday in Goa with our 2 dogs! some experience that was! First of all, we travelled from Delhi to Goa by first class coupe in the Rajdhani Express train (24 hours+ journey). While the house owners from whom we had rented the accommodation welcomed our pets (Baloo and Oona), we realised, we could hardly ever venture to the beaches with our dogs because of the stray dogs that roam around freely over there. They are very fierce and will fight to preserve their turf. So our pets had to stay back at the cottage while we roamed the beaches...luckily the cottage where we stayed had a huge backyard and open green spaces where they ran around and played and chased buffaloes all day long!