Santorini is relatively small so we rented a small four wheel ATV so we could see it all. We had heard that Oia was the most beautiful part of the island, and that was true. But we decided to stay in Fira since it has a greater selection of the best restaurants, activities, and night life. The people-watching was better in Fira and Oia seemed a bit sleepy for us. We took a day tour sailing on the Mediterranean. The sailing tour included a guide who took us into the center of the volcano that originally formed the island of Santorini. (http://www.greeka.com/cyclades/santorini/santorini-volcano.htm). The guide also said that an excavation on Santorini has uncovered a civilization that was present at the time of the eruption (3600 years ago). The excavation has shown that the civilization had plumbing ... read more

It was 108 degrees today, but we went out anyway to see Humayun's tomb. Humayun's tomb is of Mughal architecture and is located in New Delhi about 20 minutes from our house. The tomb was built by Emperor Humayun's widow starting in 1562. It was built before the Taj Mahal and you will see the influences. You can read more about the tomb on Wikipedia at the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humayun's_Tomb You can read about the life of Emperor Humayun at the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humayun ... read more

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." Helen Keller "It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had." Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Singapore is a country all within a beautiful Island. Singapore has several ethnic neighborhoods, including Chinatown and Little India. We stayed in Chinatown at the Scarlett Hotel, and then five nights in the Phoenix Hotel in the Orchard Road District. We loved the Scarlett Hotel. The Singapore Subway is very organized and clean, so we had no trouble finding our way comfortably around Singapore. One day we visited Sentosa Island which included ... read more

Kim and I spent the first weekend of May in the Punjab region of India, in a town called Amritsar. Our friend Sagar, who is a designer of Indian Wedding dresses, invited us there to attend his Nieces’ wedding. We were able to visit the Golden Temple which is in the town of Amritsar. Here is a link about the temple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Temple We took the train to Amritsar early Saturday morning and flew back early Monday morning. The wedding started on Saturday Night at 9pm and ended early Sunday morning at 4am. The wedding ceremony ended after the Bride and Groom finished the Jaimala ceremony (walk around the fire seven times). Later, our driver in New Delhi who is from Punjab, said that the seven circles around the fire represent the couple’s promise to be married ... read more

I added more pictures of various friends we have made while in New Delhi and various events we have attended. Marine Ball 2007, Diwali 2007, Halloween 2007, New Years 2008, etc. ______________ Kim and I are both first world, city people, in the true sense. We both enjoy fine dinning, Starbucks, drycleaners, nightlife, hot showers, Sunday brunch, live entertainment, dancing, clubbing, socializing, and meeting interesting people. We love people watching and observing human behavior. We feared that living in New Delhi would provide certain challenges and isolation from some of these activities. But that has not been the case. There is fairly good food in New Delhi. The food in New Delhi is not as good as Portland, Oregon. But, the food in Portland is as good as, and often better than any other city in ... read more