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A Travel Story - Dan Bell and Kim Gibson

This is a story of the travels of Dan Bell and Kim Gibson. They are two Americans living in New Delhi for 3 years. They have every 7th week off to travel, and Delhi is their jumping off point to see the world.

Dan Bell is a US Patent Attorney living in India and teaching Indian engineers how to perform patent litigation and patent prosecution services for US and European patent lawyers (i.e., (in)validity claim charts, specification maps, (non)infringement claim charts, patent offensive and defensive reviews, prosecution history reviews, patent landscapes and taxonomies, draft office action responses, patent portfolio analysis, Rule 56 fraud, IDS patent family management, the MPEP, and 35 U.S.C. 101, 112, 102, 103, and 271, etc). Dan teaches, tests, and certifies patent engineers to be subject matter experts (SMEs) on these various topics for CPA Global (formerly known as Intellevate). Dan teaches engineers who perform services for several Fortune 500 companies (patent analysis outsourcing to India).

Kim does charity work in Delhi for Habitat for Humanity and Mother Teresa's Orphanage. Kim also organizes events for NGO employees and volunteers from around the world who are living in New Delhi.

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Dan and Kim moved to New Delhi from Portland, Oregon, USA, in February, 2007. Kim is from Texas and has lived in 7 US states, and Dan is from California but has lived in 4 US states. If you want to receive an automatic email whenever they add a travel update to this blog, please click on "subscribe" below and insert your email address. Thanks for stopping by.

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November 3rd 2009

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

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We stayed in the historic center of Salvador known as the Pelourinho (Pel). In English, "Pelourinho" means whipping-post. It was named as such because it is where Africans were sold into slavery upon arriving in Salvador. Most of the buildings in the Pel were built while Brazil was a Portuguese colony. Brazil was the seat of the Portuguese Monarch during the period that Napoleon's Army possessed Portugal. The King of Portugal moved to Brazil until Europe was able to push the French back into France. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Portugal_(1777%E2%80%931834). Salvador lived [View Full Entry]

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October 30th 2009

Machu Picchu South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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Machu Picchu We are on the airplane flying from Peru to Salvador, Brazil. We were in Machu Picchu yesterday. Tomorrow is Halloween at home in the USA. Halloween has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember. Kim and I both love dressing up and staying in character for the evening. One of my first memories was dressing up as the Riddler, one of Batman's enemies. I think I was in the first grade. My mom made the costume and I wore it to school. The costume was all green spandex with a large question mark on the [View Full Entry]

By A Travel Story
October 26th 2009

Visting Dharma and Ananthy in Peru South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores

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We have been at Dharma’s and Ananthy’s house in Lima, Peru since Saturday. They live in a very nice area called Miraflores just a few blocks from the Ocean. We met Ananthy and Dharma in Delhi a few years ago. They are both from the USA. Dharma is an English teacher and he was working at the American School in Delhi before moving to the American School in Peru this summer. Ananthy works for the World Bank creating HIV social responsibility programs for corporate debtors. Talking with these two about moving to Peru reminded us of what it was like moving [View Full Entry]

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October 23rd 2009

Swimming the Amazon South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus

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We have been in the Brazilian Jungle about 3 hours from Manaus for the last three days. It took two boat rides and two vehicle rides to get here. There is no cell signal or Internet. The only electricity is by generator. We found a guy named Vincente Thomas through Lonely Planet (he was listed under Manaus jungle trekking) and he met us at the airport in Manaus. He delivered us to a floating lodge in the Amazon Jungle. It is low tide season so the Amazon is full of fish and dolphins. They are easy to spot. We went sunset [View Full Entry]

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October 16th 2009

Loving Buenos Aires South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

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We are in a neighborhood called Palermo Viejo in a studio condo ($300 USD/week--found it on Craigslist.com). Think Hawthorne District (Portland, Oregon) but older and edgier. It is a ridiculously charming city, in the European sense. Visually, it is like mixing San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), and Madrid, Spain, but it is cheaper to be here. A four course dinner for two with drinks costs $50 USD. The food is amazing and diverse--Argentine, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Indian, and Italian. The produce is fresh and alive and your taste buds will jump for joy as if the fruits and veggies were p [View Full Entry]

By A Travel Story
October 12th 2009

Cruising Iguazu Falls, Brazil South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu

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Last night we got off a plane in Iguaçu Falls in Brazil after 33 hours of traveling from Delhi. We are in a town called Foz do Iguaçu in the Brazilian state of Paraná, and tomorrow we will be on the Argentine side of the falls in a town called Puerto Iguazú. After checking in at our hotel, we walked three blocks where we found a strip of restaurants. They were all watching the soccer match between Brazil and Bolivia on large screen TVs. It is a very small town servicing tourists viewing the falls. Everyone was sitting outside cafe style [View Full Entry]

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October 8th 2009

Heading off to South America. Any tips? South America

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Kim and I are heading to Brazil, Argentina, and Peru. If you have any 'must sees' please let us know. Here is our schedule so far: 2 Days in Iguazu Falls, 6 Days in Buenos Aires, we got a condo in Palermo, 5 Days in the Amazon jungle with 4 days trekking departing Manau, 3 Days in Lima Peru and 2 Days at Machu Picchu, 5 Days in Salvador Brazil, 10 Days in Rio de Janeiro Brazil staying in a condo at Ipanema. What are your favorite excursions, day trips, restaurants, historical sites, and nightlife areas? We leave Saturday Oct 10th, [View Full Entry]

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September 29th 2009

Visting Tina in Mumbai Asia » India » Maharashtra » Mumbai

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Our friend Tina from Chicago who we met in Delhi moved to Mumbai about a month ago. We had a three day weekend from work, so we headed over there to see her and Mumbai. It was our first visit to Mumbai. We loved the place. [View Full Entry]

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September 20th 2009

Well Hello Dalai Lama Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Mcleod Ganj

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Hello Dalai Lama, Well Hello, Dalai Lama, It's so nice to have you here while China's doing wrong, You're looking swell, Dalai Lama, We can tell, Dalai Lama, You're still glowin', you're still crowin' You're still goin' strong. We feel the World swayin' While your Monks are sayin, One of your old fav'rite songs from 'way back when, .... Can you picture a Mel Brook's musical? Karita, Kim, Farah, James, and I headed off to Dalai Lama’s exiled home this weekend. We had Monday off because Delhi is celebrating Eid this weekend. According to Wikipedia, “Eid ul-Fitr [View Full Entry]

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August 13th 2009

You probably aren't cooking them right. Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest » Pest

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I am not sure what to say about Budapest. It is so many places all at once. It reminded us a bit of Prague in terms of the ornate nature of its architecture but it seemed a magnitude in size bigger and the old buildings were generally in poorer condition. We walked for hours looking at what could be some of the most beautiful buildings if anyone was willing to restore them. Clearly this city was once one of the most beautiful places in the world, but years of war and economic hardship including years of communism took much of the [View Full Entry]

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