http://wackytravels.com/wordpress Here Heather and I can document our travels abroad Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:36:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We took the 14 hour flight out of SFO last night in style, 1st class! The flight was great, we slept the majority of it and relaxed the rest of it. We landed around 6:30AM in Sydney and then found our way over to the domestic terminal to hop up ... http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/08/17/were-in-australia/ I'm back in Bangalore. It was my idea; but the project (different from when I was here last time) needed it. So here I am. I bought tickets on Friday and flew on the following Tuesday. After burning a few miles for an upgrade I got to experience United's new ... http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/07/19/back-in-bangalore/ Today was my last day in the office here in Bangalore. I finished the year off with a phone conference in the morning, 4 interviews, the debrief from the interviews, an exit interview of sorts with the boss, a going away celebration and final chats with 3 of my colleagues. ... http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/05/23/were-like-done/ Step 1: Flush toilet Step 2: Insert mop into toilet Step 3: Flush toilet so as to rinse off the mop Step 4: Mop the floor I couldn't make this up. The guy that's out there mopping the floors right now here in the building is using this technique. +2 points for efficiency. http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/04/18/howto-mop-without-using-a-bucket/ There are a few more pictures from these buried in blog posts, but these are all of the image galleries I've posted since I've been here. Enjoy. Kumarakom, Kerala, India Mysore, Karnataka, India Sweden and Ireland Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India Tokyo, Japan Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India South Indian Hindu Wedding, Bangalore, Karanata, India Favorite pictures from throughout Ukraine http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/04/15/pictures/ It seems that every few weeks some organization is going on strike. The auto rickshaw drivers went on strike so that they could raise their prices. The truck drivers (and then they got support from taxi drivers too) went on strike to protest the details (mostly who pays for them) ... http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/03/31/protesting-in-india/ Our original expat assignment was to be from Feb 12, 2007 to May 22 in Ukraine and then from June 12, 2007 to June 12, 2008 in India. As you surely know, it's now March, 2008. For the past ~6 weeks there have been talks of us extending our assignment ... http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/03/07/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/ On a whim we've decided that we're going to Glasgow, Scotland on April 19 to see KT Tunstall perform. Crazy talk. We'd love it if some of our old pals met us out there for the show. By my travel standards it's a pretty quick flight out there from CA. ... http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/02/14/join-us-in-glasgow/ There's a new link at the top of the site labeled "Pictures." Clicking that shows links to all of the little slideshows I've posted on here so far. I think. So have fun and happy picture looking. http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/02/11/find-the-pictures-you-laughed-at-a-little-bit-easier/ There are a few more pictures from these buried in blog posts, but these are all of the image galleries I've posted since I've been here. Enjoy. Kumarakom, Kerala, India Mysore, Karnataka, India Sweden and Ireland Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India Tokyo, Japan Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India South Indian Hindu Wedding, Bangalore, Karanata, India Favorite pictures from throughout Ukraine http://wackytravels.com/wordpress/2008/02/11/pictures/