Archive for November 2008

Wrapping Things Up (Days 36-37)

Well, I made it back in one piece to St. Louis for Thanksgiving, so this will be one of the last “what I did” posts about India. I still want to write a bit about my more personal experiences living/working/traveling abroad, but that will come sometime later. Anyway, here’s how the last two days went: [...]

North Goa (Days 33-35)

Spent my last weekend in North Goa. Such a beautiful place – I wish I had more time to spend there. One thing I will say is that contrary to what I was told, the tourists there are not hot (the weather was, but that’s another story). In fact, the tourists I encountered were 50+ [...]

Firangi Paani (Day 32)

Headed to Firangi Paani in City Center on Thursday night to drink with coworkers. It was kind of crazy, as the pictures suggest. Things started off fine: From Hyderabad Then Vignesh gulps down a cuba libre: From Hyderabad And then it was downhill from there…not really sure what the common pose was here: From Hyderabad [...]

KFC (Day 31)

Holy smokes the KFC here is nice. Two stories – bumpin’ music – and an employee who opens the door when you walk in. They’ll even take away your trays and serve you food at your table if it’s not ready when you order. From Hyderabad Since a few of us squeezed into an auto-rickshaw [...]

Homestretch (Days 29-30)

Down to my final full week in the office, meaning I’m trying to work and play hard. At work it has been plenty of meetings and trainings to wrap things up before I head back to Mountain View. I’ve been trying to make the most of my evenings by going out to local restaurants. On [...]