Yeah, I am back home in great city of New York. The flight from Bangalore, India was good. Well, it’s usually good when you travel business. The flight took about 20 hours. We flew to Frankfurt, Germany first then after a few hours of overlay we boarded the plane to Newark liberty airport. I was [...]
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Today was a wonderful day. After a great and healthy breakfast we visited the Queen Victoria Memorial, which was a very beautiful museum and one of the top tourist attractions today. The Victoria Memorial is a memorial of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom who was also an Empress of India.
After the memorial we went [...]
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The flight to Kolkata was at 9:00am and it took 2 hours and 30 minutes from Bangalore. We took a taxi from Kolkata airport to the hotel we were staying at. The taxis in Kolkata are very old and they are from 1960s. Everything in Kolkata is very old. The ITC Sonar Luxury Collection Hotel [...]
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I want baklava that Argie makes. And I want it now. I woke up today with Argie’s baklava on my mind. Actually I have been waking up many times with food on my mind especially cakes or pastries like baklava. My mom makes good baklava; however, Argie’s one is the best so far. Anyway, let [...]
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Today I organized a little team event for my teams here in Bangalore. Since everyone was working very hard and putting long hours every day, we thought it would be nice to take a break from work and do something different. We chose paintball as the main team event for today. I personally never played [...]
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We extended our trip in Mumbai by another day. Even though it was raining a lot today as well as all the other days, there were lots of people outside on the streets. I guess the absence of the sun is no reason not to have fun. We went to South of Mumbai, an area [...]
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Since this is Monsoon Season it rains in Mumbai (Bombay) every single day. So there were not so many options for us to do but to rest and rest little bit more. We went to the spa again at the ITC Grand Central Luxurious Collection Hotel where we are staying and we got anti-stress massage, [...]
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Mumbai, previously known as Bombay, is gateway to this beguiling sub-continent. Today was sightseeing day and exploring Mumbai. We received a complementary 4 hours city tour from the Hotel we are staying at. Apparently if you stay in Junior Suite then hotel complements you with a city tour trip. Very nice of them. There was [...]
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Spectacular. Excellent opening ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, China. It was such a great idea to combine over 5,000 years of China’s history with modern fireworks. And the lighting of the Olympic cauldron with the Olympic flame was phenomenal. This was my favorite part. Congratulations Beijing. I think that this was the [...]
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Today my friend and I went to Mumbai. The flight was very short, just one hour and a half from Bangalore International Airport. We made the reservation at the ITC Grand Central Hotel, 5 star hotel located in south Mumbai. At the airport the hotel car was waiting for us. The hotel was very nice [...]
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