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1 March 2026
Above: World class Hyderabad Airport’s departure area. I fly out to Malaysia after midnight tonight (technically tomorrow morning) and have the day to kill. I have paid to use the room till 1930 today. After breakfast, I took the metro one stop north, with the intention to visit a big pharmacy where I hope to […]
28 February 2026
Hotel hassles I told the hotel to hold the idli for breakfast this morning and just give me the thosai; otherwise, it would be too much. After breakfast, I sorted out my stay for tomorrow night when I had a booking made through trip.com for the purpose of a late check-out. The hotel told me […]
27 February 2026
Charminar and Makkah Mosque The hotel breakfast, starting at 0700, consisted of the very South Indian thosai and idli, plus accompaniments. I headed out by auto-rickshaw to the Charminar (literally four minarets) in the centre of town where I caught, by pure chance, not one celebration but two! The Charminar monument has become the symbol […]
25 February 2026
Panam Nagar I repeated yesterday’s awesome breakfast before meeting Nur at 0915 on the ground floor of the hotel. We walked to a tea shack where tea was being sold, despite Ramadhan, but hidden behind canvas so that no one would then be drinking in public. That’s like Indonesia, but not Malaysia where one could […]
24 February 2026
Arriving in Dhaka I could smell the pollution even before the cabin doors opened as we arrived at 0130. It took 10 mins and USD50 to get my visa-on-arrival. The first officer said a Letter of Invitation was required (which I didn’t have) but when I said I was a tourist, a second officer said […]
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, […]