Archive for the ‘India’ Category

Escape from Darjeeling

These signs and colors (green/white/yellow) were everywhere from Bagdagra to Darjeeling. After spending two weeks relatively untouched by the surrounding protests and demonstrations for the creation of Telangana in Hyderabad, I found myself smack-dab in the center of an aggressive campaign for statehood in West Bengal. Or more appropriately – trying to avoid getting caught [...]

Jai Telangana!

Never a dull moment in India, that’s for sure. It’s been 7 days since I’ve touched down and the time has flown by. The days have been packed with work and last night I had meetings from 11PM to 12:30AM. Even then, I’ve had a chance to do a few fun things: – Sunday brunch [...]

Guesthouse Fail

This is the second time I’ve gotten this message. About 30 minutes later, it goes away. I seriously hope that the Guest House Manager is not paying once per day for Internet: From Hyderabad Dec

India Part III

It’s been 4 days since I landed in Hyderabad. The fact that this is also my third visit in a year means I’m coming out every 4 months! Really? Not sure I can keep this up. Getting to India is pretty easy these days – you can take a 16 hour flight from SFO to [...]

November Recap

I didn’t have enough time to write individual posts about things I did in November after going crab fishing, so, I’m mushing it all together in this post. I’m currently jetlagged in India, so I’ll use that as an excuse if details are fuzzy. Paramore: This concert was originally scheduled October, but was postponed since [...]