I forgot to post something when I returned from India and Japan, so this is a better-late-than-never kind of thing. Neena and I spent the month of August in India and Japan on business and pleasure. Both countries were amazing! I’ve never left the continental US before, so the long flight and the stories I had heard made me a bit nervous. The flight was awesome, business class ROCKS! I have to say, I’m sooo not going to want to go economy next time…The flight attendants were teasing each other about how it must suck to be back in coach with ‘those common people’. Anyways, I woke up more rested than usual from the trip. It was excellent. Kudos to Continental.

 The trip itself took us to New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Bengaluru (Bangalore), back to New Delhi and then to Tokyo. Every city in India was so different. We were in top-notch hotels (http://www.tajhotels.com) and that didn’t hurt.

The chaos of Indian traffic can’t be described in words. I loved it, but it’s tough to know exactly when to leave for an appointment. Sometimes it could take as much as 2.5 hours to go 6km(~4mi)! By contrast, Japan was extreme in the other direction, everything is ontime, dependable, predictable. All rules followed. Extremely crowded, moreso than India actually, especially at rush hour, but really cool as well. More to follow.