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Oct 25

London Layover

London Heathrow (LHR) is a major international airport, and British Airways  practically owns Terminal 5, the largest free standing structure in the UK.  According to Wikipedia, Terminal 5 is designed to accommodate 35 million (yes, million) passengers annually – all of whom spend a few hours between here and there, killing time as they await a connecting flight.

Add me to that list … my connecting flight to New Delhi doesn’t depart for a few hours and in the meantime, I sit here killing time in the British Airways lounge.

Oct 15

Corner View

En route home from a quick trip to San Francisco, and I’m stuck scrounging around Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, looking for a decent place to wait before flying back to Durango.  I managed to find this corner nook with power and a “view” … somehow this feels like a win.

Layovers.

Apr 22

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Cultural Differences

I’m currently in New Delhi, India … and this being my fourth visit in nine months, I’m starting to notice trends and other subtle nuances.One thing which strikes me as being very different here versus the U.S. is the approach to public safety. Things I would very rarely see in the states can be very commonplace here. A simple case in point … this photo of a re-purposed storage room in my office. Because power is unreliable in New Delhi, most businesses – including my employer, maintain onsite back-up power source(s). For my company, the solution consists of a large bank of batteries, inverters, and chargers hard-wired into the building’s electrical system.

The lack of basic safety features with our set-up is hard for me to grasp. It’s worth mentioning that nothing about this space is illegal, in violation of code, or even uncommon. My sense is no one gives this room a second thought but me.

Still, every time I walk past this room without a door, I cannot help but worry. via Instagram

Apr 20

Back to New Delhi

Greeting me and countless others, this artwork spans a huge wall just above the Customs and Immigration counters, indicating we all have finally arrived to New Delhi. Getting here is a long, long journey. via Instagram
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