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Nov 2

(Quickly) Exploring London

The total travel time from Delhi to the west coast takes a while – about 30 hours door-to-door.

When booking airfare for this trip to India – knowing that I would be connecting through London, I decided to build in a 24 hour layover into the return leg, rather than continue onwards straightaway with a connecting flight.  With sufficient time to break up my trip and still arrive home on Sunday, I had a good opportunity to leave the airport, grab a hotel in central London and spend time wandering around the city.

I’ve been to London a few times, but don’t know the city well.  Mainly, I wandered for hours with no real plan … exploring the central city with no specific purpose other than simply enjoying a walk before boarding a 12 hour flight back to the US.

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Oct 31

Smog and More Smog

The smog is thick in Delhi. Really thick.

Oct 30

Homeless

Stray dogs are commonplace in Delhi – across all my visits, I’ve probably seen hundreds.  Surprisingly, most seem quite calm, but as a precaution I never get too close, as I have no desire to visit an emergency room in a foreign country.

I spent most of today visiting a college campus, participating in student presentations and meeting with various staff and faculty.  However, at one point this afternoon I found myself with about half an hour of free-time, so I wandered outside to check email.

No sooner than I settled in, the dog pictured above decided to join me.  Seemingly self-conscious not to venture too close for my comfort, she sat quietly by my side until I retreated back indoors.

It pains me to see so many stray dogs wandering the streets here.  The dog owner/lover in me wants to bring them all back on the plane with me and give them a better life.

Oct 26

Earthquake

I’m spending the week abroad, working from my employer’s New Delhi office.  Today a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the region, which the U.S. Geological Survey reported as having an epicenter based in Afghanistan.

Despite being over 650 miles away from the epicenter, the tremors caused the 6 story office building I work in to shake for about 30 seconds … which felt like an eternity.  Immediately all building in the giant office complex were evacuated, flooding the streets with thousands of workers.

Reports are early, but I fear for those much closer to the damage.  Today was a humbling reminder that Mother Nature wields a powerful fist.

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