2005 - November/December - Uttaranchal
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Almora - where I stayed over 3 weeks at Masi’s place, to see if I would enjoy living on my own and working in a place like this (I DID :-))
www.ylog.org/deodars - Richard Wheeler handed me the text, and I did this simple website for his Deodars guest house, where Arnt and Trish stayed, and where I had many terrific meals.
Ramgarh - Spent a couple of days with the Mukherjees (Masi’s friends from when they lived in Almora) who were very hospitable and we all took a drive to see the fantastic views from Mukteshwar.
2005 - July - New York City
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www.ylog.org/nyc2005
2005 - July - Germany
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www.ylog.org/bavaria - spent about a week with Arnt and Trish in Munich, which was wonderful. Loved their apt and the food at their place. Spent a couple of days biking around the bavarian alps, and even managed a train ride to the highest point in Germany.
www.ylog.org/heidelberg - Spent a weekend with my cousin Neeraj and his wife and kids. Had not met Fabian and Florian before but got along great with them, as you can see from the pictures :-)
2005 - June - Almora and Chaukori
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Baba and I had a little jaunt in the hills. We stayed with Masi in Almora (www.ylog.org/almora), and then drove on to Chaukori (www.ylog.org/chaukori) for some amazing close up views of the Himalayas.
2005 - January - India, through the eyes of an American
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Linda’s travelogue says it all. Wish the rest of the lab could have come too as we had planned initially.
2004 - August - Hong Kong
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On my way back from China, I spent a few days in Hong Kong. Despite a lousy flu (which I took great care to hide from the immigration authorities in case they thought it was SARS and locked me up), I loved wandering around this chaotic, always awake, expensive city.
Pictures and Travelogue - Hong Kong 2004
2004 - July/August - China
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Linda’s travelogue says it best.
2004 - May/June - Thailand
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As I was writing up my Masters thesis in March and April, I was simultaneously trying to figure out which part of the world I could visit on my journey back to Delhi in May 2004. I got a good flight via Bangkok, so Thailand it was.
Travelogues and Pictures:
www.ylog.org/bangkok1 - (yes, there is a bangkok2 as well but I still haven’t gotten around to it!). I loved bangkok - the food, the sights, shopping for crazy things, wandering through crowded markets, riding the ferry…
www.ylog.org/chiangmai - spent half of my 10 days in Thailand in hilly Chiang Mai.
www.ylog.org/cmcricket - Chiang Mai was terrific, thanks mainly to Eric Little, an Australian expat triathlete, who teaches Thai third-graders how to play cricket.
2003 - December - Turkey
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Another winter. Another trip from the US to India. Another stopover. This time at Istanbul - ‘the crossroads of the world’. Pictures and Travelogue - Turkey
2003 - February - France
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On my way back to Kolkata from UIUC in February 2003 (for my cousin’s wedding - which was GREAT fun because the entire family was there), I took a stopover in Paris. Saw that city for the first time, went skiing in the French Alps (at La Clusaz), and met up with Kim and Linda who were vacationing there at the same time. Pictures - France 2003.