india 2007: this is your captain speaking..

so i'm in india!  ack, it's interesting.  haven't been in 12 years.. things have changed - like the bathrooms!!  the "western" style bathrooms are slowly popping up everywhere.. even off highway stops.  so far, i've been able to avoid the traditional (hole in the ground) one *phew*

 

the flight was good.  each seat had a screen with a remote control/game controller.  i managed to freeze the screen and restart the system on my seat.. on both flights.  haha :)

mum: what's that steward's name?

me: kumal..

mum: oh.. he's probably punjabi *sigh*

only a mother would constantly be on a husband hunt for her daughter.. by the way, we won't tell her i checked him out as well (is it sad i have the same taste in guys as my mother?!)

 

mum, my aunt, and i flew into mumbai and met my dad at the airport.  since we arrived saturday at like 2am, we stayed in a hotel for the night, went to mum's uncle's house for lunch the next day, then flew to bangalore to see were dad's new digs.  on the flight to bangalore, one hour flight by the way, they served snacks.  snacks!  and not just a pack of pretzels.. noooo.  it was the equivalent to a proper meal.  sandwich, samosa, pakora, cake, oh my!  dad's apartment is nice, but it's only temporary.  he moved into a two bedroom flat because we were coming to visit.  he's looking for a decent place that's not near the centre of town.  because omigod, TRAFFIC!  so much traffic!  i really shouldn't complain about toronto traffic after this, but we all know i still will.  sunday we went to mysore for some sight-seeing.  the palace there was really pretty!  monday we paid a visit to dad's office - his office is HUGE!  got a tour, then went sari shopping :)  at night, we went to a "high class" restaurant for dinner in a ridiculously fancy hotel.  the cost of dinner for four?  less than $80CAD!  seriously..

 

today we fly back to mumbai, then head over to a city in gujarat.  not sure what the plans are from there, so we'll see.