November 1, 2009 So the adventure begins . . . I am off to Hong Kong to present and teach at the Reebok Asian Pacific regional meeting. Unfortunately, Reebok lost my original seat on a direct flight out of NYC, so my new American was from Newark to LA and then Cathay Pacific to HK. This is where the trouble begins. With Air Force One on the same path as my plane, the first leg of my flight is delayed by about 2 hours. Once in the air it almost looks like I might make it with some time, but upon [View Full Entry]

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I ended up catching an early flight out to Chennai. The Reebok trainers in Mumbai could see how tired I was from my jet lag finally setting in, and they helped arrange an earlier flight out to Chennai. It only cost about 500 Rupees, which equals around $10-12. If only it cost that much to make a flight change in the U.S.! I don't think I've touched on this yet, but security in the Indian airports is quite a process. You need a copy of your itinerary before even entering the building. Outside of the airport there are kiosks for each [View Full Entry]

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I arrived in Mumbai for my last night in India. I stayed at the Gordon House right downtown. It was a four-star hotel, (a step down from the five-stars RBK had put me up in), but it was pristine and elegant - only the rooms were smaller with two twin beds. I ordered some tea and repacked my bags. My flight home was at two in the morning, so I wanted everything ready to go. After breakfast in the morning, I took a cab over to the gym where Vinata, theRBK Master Trainer and Global Instructor, taught class. I was reprimanded [View Full Entry]

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Saturday, November 22, 2008 You know those stories you hear from people and you ask yourself, “How does that even happen? How dumb can you be?” Well, after yesterday, I will no longer be asking myself that. It happens . . . Sean and I are supposed to be on a cruise ship right now approaching Haiti, and instead we are currently at Newark Airport waiting for our flight to the Dominican Republic - yes, in order to catch up to our cruise ship. The good news - we are currently laughing about it and believe it or not, there were [View Full Entry]

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Saturday was the big mall event in Delhi . . . essentially something that is done in the U.S. all the time - a big promotional event with a host on the microphone while performances and games occur. This was a new concept for India, so the Indian instructors were very skeptical about it. I told them it actually does works in the U.S. - people will stop, watch for a while and hopefully become interested enough to check out the product. The event was set up right outside the RBK store. The mall was huge - reminded me of Woodfield [View Full Entry]

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I decided to take a taxi to Connaught Place (back to the spiral of roundabouts), where the main street markets of shopping New Delhi are located. The taxi dropped me off and waited for me between shops so that I wasn’t attacked my locals and beggars. I didn’t buy very much as I was quickly annoyed by the haggling. Without Charu with me, I was followed around the shop with things being thrown at me “How about this, miss?” and “this” and “this.” I really just wanted to window shop, which I don’t’ think is possible in Delhi. I ended [View Full Entry]

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The past couple of days in New Delhi have been a whirlwind. As soon as I got here I found out the other Reebok Global Instructor representing Europe would not be coming, so I met with one of the Indian Reebok Master Trainers here in India to discuss options for Reebok Resolution (the workshop I was to present at). We decided my classes would all be extended by a ½ hour each and it would pretty much become “The Haley Show.” Needless to say, I was a little nervous about this but would could I do but go with the flow? [View Full Entry]

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My first travel blog . . . how exciting! I cannot believe I am on the other side of the world from everyone I love! I was quite emotional leaving Sean (surprise, surprise). I wish he could have come with me. To go so far and see so much without him just doesn't seem fair. Surprisingly, the flight was better than any flight I've ever been on. Reebok flew me in Business class. The first half of my flight was to Brussels (Belgium). I had my own sleeper chair with TV, blanket, pillow - basically you name it I could have [View Full Entry]

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