Hopping planes and cities

Abey you coming here again? Thrice in a week!!! -- Ankur & Kanti

Yeah that's been my story over the fortnight. I flew from Dubai to Jaipur, took a bus to Gurgaon and then flew to Bangkok returned back to Gurgaon, then by bus to Jaipur and flew back to Dubai to process my china visa. again flew to Jaipur, took bus to Gurgaon and flew to Shanghai via Hong Kong. and then came to Dubai direct today.

Shanghai airport: Looks wise it is good otherwise it is the pathetic airport. No ATM's work, you cannot exchange INR/THB/AED wtf. minimum feed is 50RMB as if all the flying Chinese are millionaires and people who come to china are also millionaires. you don't get much to eat. Burger King takes only cash no credit card. I had to run around all the airport to get 20RMB but I couldnt get from any proper source. I exchanged INR with RMB from an Indian traveler from Kolkata. The other worst part is it is 55Km from the main city. so for a 0715 flight I started at 0400 and reached by 0520. This is when there was no traffic. In terms of architecture etc it is amazing much better than Dubai and other airports.

Delhi Airport: Cute airport. I love Indian airports usually you could be through will all the process of checking in, Immigration etc in 15-20min**. I did it twice in delhi :). since it is small so very compact therefore walking time is less. But the usual practice of highlighting the presence is there. I think we could be much better and improve our airports on security checks. May be installing the better X ray machines.
Also the other thing which needs attention is the taxi service. you should use dedicated airport taxi and run it on meter I think many more will use it, if the fare becomes "legal". Prepaid is not good.
Other good thing which we could do is the "chaffeur" service as in you handover you luggage to be checked in at the flight gate and you will get it back as soon as you get off the plane. No waiting nothing. Easy beasy yupp and easy!!!

** Mumbai was good I use to start from home 2 hs before flight and everything was on JIT basis. I miss those days here and everywhere.

rest airports are ok or not worth the special comments. May be I dont remember now.

Hanover was amazing. Thanks to Nitesh I enjoyed the place. VERY BEAUTIFUL, cool, calm. and has two Indian restaurants. It is inexpensive as well. Picturesque now i could say that the windows desktop photographs are real. actual color changing of the leaves. Though it had just started but still I could see. I visited school, did some house work for Nitesh & gang. I did my best to screw up the school visit thanks to Nitesh I could improvise and do something better. Cameroon was hot. attended a panel discussion on the financial crisis, was surprised to see how they were commenting on Paulson and Bernanke the ease with which they were taking their name.

Met Sandeep Sharma aka Saand in MIT just by sheer luck. I was waiting outside Stata Building for Varun and then I see somebody rushing down the stairs and looking at me (Since I was the onely giy dressed in suit so I didnt took much notice) after sometime I made out from the voice that it is Sandeep. Good to see him but both had to rush so it was hi & bye only. I was at my careless best at MIT or may be I was having NBD to catch the flight to Dubai. I dont know forgot my camera, left the door unlocked, left the session without taking lunch.

Also I ran into Harshad Kasture, my hostel junior, at a supermarket. Then we had a party together, myself, Karthik (host) Varun and Harshad. I made the tadka for Daal and rice & vegetable were cooked by Karthik. Varun got the red wine for just $3.00.

Actually many a things to write on my travelogue. I think I will write tomorrow.

I said NO, but they said something about getting along. What I say is a phone call doesnt take much time howsoever busy you are orany strange things happen to you? We are talking something serious, its not a joke or something proposed by others. But the good thing is chapter closed and I love this. another deja vu. another parallel with him.

I am tired, just finished two applications thinking of next two will start on them by tomorrow.

Cheers
~Tyson