India: Travel Reflections

As with all my travels, I’ve never traveled for the purpose of relaxation with the exception of home to Hawaii for the holidays. For some people, when you’re raised in a kind of heavenly tropical climate and gentle culture of relaxation, beach resorts and tropical getaways tend to be the last places that enter your mind as ultimate destinations. Snow and ice, monsoons and challenging locales, etc… are often more intriguing.

You’d wonder how I would want to return to India after some of the things i’ve written about the culture shocks i’ve experienced. Part of me wonders the same and yet, there’s something in it that attracts me there just as New York does (undoubtedly, its the Degree of Difficulty!) Maybe Sandeep is right when he said that India has a bit of (more…)

Luxury and Air India

They say the differences between the rich and poor is extreme.
My friend, Sandeep is picking me up from one of the markets i’m at to go to dinner before catching my flight. Today, he is not driving his car because he has his driver! We take dinner at a restaurant in his neighborhood and drive by his 3 story house…no, mansion! He comes from the sector where growing up w/ servants, a cook and a driver is normal. As he says “Everyone has them- cooks and drivers and such… This is normal, right?” Well, maybe drivers are common in (more…)

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