INDIA 2006

ROGER AGNESS is on a ten-week business trip for IBM, providing computer training to employees at client sites in Hyderbad and Mumbai (formerly Bombay) India.

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ATTENTION: Posts are in chronological order, with the newest messages first and the oldest messages last.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

"I'm leaving, on a jet plane. Don't know if I'll be back again..."

Good morning!

It is (oops) now 12:01 so I guess it is afternoon. I am sending in my hours for the last two weeks so I can get paid.

Now that that is done I will start packing. After that I will go downstairs and have lunch.

We are supposed to leave for the airport at 3:00 this afternoon. The plane isn't until 5:20 and the airport is only 15 minutes away. We get in to Mumbai around 7:00 something and the hotel is supposed to have a driver there to pick us up.

The J.W. Marriott is a verrrry nice hotel. Brian says it is right on the beach.

:)

It will be nice to visit a new city. They say Mumbai is not as developed as Hyderabad, and to be ready.

Brian and I went to a big museum yesterday. It was interesting, but after living in ThemePark World you get pretty jaded.

I got $100 in Indian Rupees from the ATM yesterday, courtesy of my Fireman's Fund credit union card, so I am set for an adventure.

Sunny day out. Today is "Holi" a special day for Hindus. People toss colored powder on your friends and family, and squirt you with colored water from squirt guns. There is a special one-day city law against doing it to passersby and people you don't know, but the hotel recommended we don't go for a walk today and only to take a hotel car if we need to go out.


Guess it's a good thing I'm not going jogging?

:)

I will miss Hyderabad. It is busy and the traffic is crazy, but it grows on you. How nice it is at home to have a car, and the freedom to drive anywhere at any time.

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