I am very, incredibly, totally secured.  This morning we left early for the airport in Pokhara for out first flight, back to Kathmandu.  Other than the hotel giving away the taxi we reserved, everything went surprisingly smoothly.  We got checked in, went through security, and soon we were on our flight. The flight had some …

Today was much like yesterday.  I got up, went downstairs and told the concierge where I wanted to go, and soon I was off! My first stop was Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple.  No, I don’t know how to pronounce it, either.  This temple opened in 2005, making it the newest I have visited by many hundreds …

On Thursday and Friday, Greg had meetings in Bangalore, meaning I was on my own to travel around New Delhi and see the sights.  No worries, however, as the hotel has a very helpful concierge service.  I decided that on Thursday I wanted to see Qutb Minar, the Lotus Temple, and Humayun’s Tomb.  Shortly after …

After fourteen long hours, my flight finally landed in New Delhi.  I was impressed by the airport terminal, which just opened last year.  Everything was very nice, and one thing that struck me was that everything was either labeled only in English, or in English primarily and Hindi secondarily.  There were lots of people in …

Note: This post was written in-flight and was published later. Today is one of the shortest days of my short life.  I got up at 4:15a this morning to catch the 5am shuttle back to the airport.  At the airport, security was much busier than RDU, but moved quickly.  Luckily, my boarding pass from yesterday …