Getting close

I'm making progress slowly but surely. 

• My bags are bought.  Now I need to put things in them!
• The contacts have arrived. (I will wear them, but am thinking the whitewater rafting isn't going to happen.  Every time I check the weather in Rishikesh, it's COLD - in the 40's.  I can't see myself putting on a bathing suit and getting in the water. 
• I have all my shots and prescriptions.  I was supposed to get TDaP and Polio shots.  (My HepA, HepB and typhoid are up to date.)  When I went to Kaiser, the nurse gave me Polio and Typhoid!  It wasn't his fault.  The travel nurse typed it up wrong and he told me he was giving me a typhoid shot, but I didn't catch the error until after he had given me.  So, I am super-immunized against typhoid.  I also got the DTaP shot just to be sure.
• I start taking the mefloquine tomorrow - 2 weeks before I leave.  That will protect me from malaria, but not from India's two other mosquito-borne illnesses:  Dengue Fever and Chikungunya.  For those, I need to be sure to use mosquito-repellent with 30% Deet.I got it at REI, my new favorite store.  I'll be sure to use them, but I do wonder who many mosquitoes will be flying around in such cool temperatures.
• Speaking of medical stuff, the company I'm going with, GAdventures, requires that you have emergency medical insurance.  If you get sick or injured overseas, it covers the medical expenses and the cost to fly you to the airport nearest your home.  I got it when I went to Mali, too.  There was just an article about it in the Washington Post Travel section.  It said that it's very cheap because it's rarely used and people who do need to use it say it was fabulous - takes away any worry.  This time I took the company that GAdventures offers.  I thought that this way, if I should need it, my GAdventures group leader will know how to contact them, etc.  
• I forgot to mention in my last post that I have my visa for India.
• I've been corresponding with Jami and she is fantastically helpful.  Also, I can tell that she is very happy there and loves India.  That makes me feel good about the trip.  Anyway, she is giving me guidance about what kind of clothing to pack (lots of layers for weather that will be cold sometimes and warm others.)  We are planning to meet for dinner my first evening there.  Jami will also give me suggestions on what to see in Delhi the next morning, since my group doesn't meet up until 2 pm.
• I know what I need to bring for charging my computer and camera (guidance from Jami on plugs.)  I do need to talk to Verizon about my phone, but I am pretty much planning on not having a phone and using my IPhone only for email when there is wireless available.  That should be enough since I'll be with a group.
• So, here are the biggest issues I'm left with: (1) shoes to pack - ones that don't take up too much space, but are comfortable and look okay.  (2) clothes to pack - basically same issue as shoes and (3) figuring out whether I need to buy extra memory for my camera.