We flew from Aurangabad to Delhi that afternoon so we could fly to Kathmandu the next day. I have to say we were disappointed with our hotel in Delhi. Someone had really not paid attention to the housekeeping details in our room. The sheets were dirty (had many dark chocolate stains), we didn't have enough towels or a bath mat in the bathroom. To top it all, there was a badly designed shoe storage area below the suitcase stand which kept falling down. At one point, it fell on my leg, my feet started swelling and I couldn't walk. This was [View Full Entry]

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When we told Rindi that some friends of ours had trekked the Himalayas, she was very excited. The trek was going to be the highlight of her visit to India and Nepal. She had a lot of ground to cover in India. So our trek was just 3 days. It was a wonderful experience and I highly recommend it. We reached a maximum height of 2100 meters. Our route: Nayapul, Ghandrung, Landruk, Devrali and Phedi. We saw Annapurna south, Hinchuli and Fish tail on our trek. BTW, Rindi is ecstatic because she has discovered the secret after 62 years. Men in [View Full Entry]

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Ajanta Rindi arrived on 4th October and we left on 5th October to Aurangabad, Maharastra. This was the first stop on our trip. We were delayed (about 80% of all flights on our trip were delayed) and we missed our connection to Aurangabad. We had to spend one night in Mumbai at Hotel Airport International. I ordered American Chop Suey here which was the worst decision I made regarding food during the entire trip. Rindi made the comment that I should not order anything in the future that is twice removed from it's origin. She is wise! Eve [View Full Entry]

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One of the things Sunjay wanted to do while in India was to go to Australia. We decided to take advantage of Maya's long Christmas break to do this. We left on Dec 30th, were in Hong Kong on Dec 31st and in Australia on New Year's Day. So we completely missed ringing in the New Year. We got back on Jan 10th. Sunjay's friend Dan and his girlfriend Kim were in Australia around the same time. Here is a link to their blog: Dan and Kim's blog . One of the highlights of the trip was having din [View Full Entry]

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Both Sunjay and I wanted to see the places we read about in the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. It is also Durga Puja time in Kolkota. Since Maya had a week off for Navaratri, we decided to take a trip to Kolkata, India's second largest city. We left on Saturday Oct 4th and got back on Tuesday Oct 10th. The text will be a bit long in this blog. This is mostly for me. Many of India's great heroes during the Renaissance period and freedom movement were from Kolkata. There must be something in the water here that makes them great [View Full Entry]

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