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September, 2007:

Back in Hyderabad

Sep 11th, 2007
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I made it back to Hyderabad Monday evening.

The weekend trip to Munnar was awesome. We saw beautiful hills full of tea plants, huge waterfalls, wild elephants and monkeys.

We flew out of Hyderabad south 1.5 hours to Kochi, in the state of Kerala. From there, we took a taxi 4 hours up into the hills until we made it to our final destination, the High Range Club.

It’s still the monsoon season(until October), so we got our fair share of rain. It started pouring about an hour away from the club. The next morning it was sunny and clear, making for a great day trip through the local sight-seeing destinations. It began to rain again around 3 or 4 pm, at which point we grabbed some food in the village and headed back to the club.

I’ve posted pictures online:

http://picasaweb.google.com/nathan.johns/India

I took some small videos too. Once I figure out the best way to get them online, I’ll post those as well.

weekend trip

Sep 7th, 2007
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I’m heading south to a place called Munnar for the weekend, returning Monday evening. It’s supposed to be a really cool place, very green and with lots of wild animals. I guess they make a lot of tea there, too. I’ll give a full report when I return.

I’m in India

Sep 6th, 2007
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I’ll be in Hyderabad, India for the next three weeks for work. I just flew in about 24 hours ago. Looks like I’m fighting jet lag; I woke up at 1 a.m. local time after four hours of sleep. The time zone here is almost exactly opposite of Pacific Standard, so just reverse the a.m. for p.m. and vice versa, and that’s what time it is for me.

The flights and layover to get here were pretty exhausting. I flew out of San Francisco to Seoul, South Korea, which took about 13 hours. We stopped there briefly to pick up/drop off a few people, then headed to Singapore, which took another 6 hours. Once I was there, I had to wait 17 hours for my flight to Hyderabad, which took 4 hours. That totals up to about 40 hours, which doesn’t include the time I spent before leaving the San Francisco airport, and the time it took to get through customs and get my bags when I arrived in Hyderabad.

The Singapore airport was really cool. Out of all the airports to be stuck in, it certainly could be worse. They have high def plasmas everywhere with sports, etc, they’ve got free Xbox 360 stations and free internet access stations all over the place. There’s also a very large mall right in the middle of the airport. So I kept myself busy. And I slept.

Last night I had my first Indian meal. We(me and 5 other expats) went to a place called “Our Place”. It’s one of the best places to go for Indian food in Hyderabad. I really enjoyed the food. Here’s a review online for more info.

I might be going on a weekend trip this weekend, but I’m not sure yet. I’ll find out tomorrow and keep you posted.

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