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12 December 2024
My flight arrived about 10 mins later than the scheduled time of 0940. Auckland Airport, sometimes known for its awful queues at arrival due to biosecurity screening was a breeze today. Our flight had been selected for an express arrival trial. With nothing to declare and no luggage to collect from the carousel, I was […]
10 December 2024
Technical failure I have an evening flight to Auckland today. With the time difference back in India, I woke up early and had a snack before killing time and packing. Mid-morning, I went out to grab brunch but my preferred meal (cha siew rice) to finish all my HKD wasn’t yet available. So, I settled […]
10 December 2024
Arriving in Hong Kong My flight landed in Hong Kong at 0600. One set of immigration queues were closed, leaving the remaining one backed up. Despite that, I was outside in about 45 mins waiting at the pick-up area. Alice picked me up and took me to her nearby apartment about 10 mins away […]
9 December 2024
Flying to Delhi Today’s a long day for me with an early start in Nashik, flying to Delhi for a nearly 12h self-connect to Hong Kong, with the second flight being on standby. I left the hotel around 0640 by autorickshaw, summoned on Uber. It was colder than I had thought and I had to […]
8 December 2024
Today’s my last day in Nashik. I’ve done everything I wanted to do here apart from visiting Sula winery outside of town. Roshan and Andrew had planned on going there for dinner, so I spent most of the day indoors catching up on online chores. I had been very far behind! Unfortunately, it was dark […]
7 December 2024
With the wedding over, I was finally free to explore the old area of Nashik city. Jen was flying in the evening and had the day to kill, so he joined me by meeting at the Panchavati Ghat area around 0900. There were many people praying and bathing in the waters of the Godavari River. […]
6 December 2024
Note: As I consider a wedding to be a private occasion, I have not included many photos of the hosts or guests. Wedding ceremony Today’s the big day of the actual wedding. I turned up at the wedding venue (rather than the apartment) for a change around 0920. After about an hour, the bride was […]
5 December 2024
Note: As I consider a wedding to be a private occasion, I have not included many photos of the hosts or guests. With the wedding tomorrow, the bride and groom go through the turmeric ceremony this afternoon. While there wasn’t anything formally going on in the morning, I was invited to the family’s apartment for […]
4 December 2024
Note: As I consider a wedding to be a private occasion, I have not included many photos of the hosts or guests. Two more days till the wedding but the ceremonies have begun in earnest (in addition to the small bits yesterday). I turned up at Roshan’s apartment around 0900 and about half hour later, […]
3 December 2024
Flying to Nashik With the aid of some medication, I slept from 2100 till 0300 this morning, then got ready for my 0345 taxi to Delhi airport where I’m flying to an Indian wedding in Nashik. Free from checked-in baggage, I was able to head airside straight away after going through the strict security checkpoint, […]