voyage to Bangalore, India:
left SF at 10pm, Wednesday night
SF to Hong Kong: 15.5 hours
layover Hong Kong airport: 3 hours
Hong Kong to Delhi: 6.5 hours (met Matthew here!)
Delhi to Bangalore: 2.5 hours
airport to hotel: 1 hour, arriving at 10pm, Friday night
48 hours later. subtract 12 hours we lost crossing the date line.
total travel time: 36 hours.
The kids were totally amazing. Such troopers during an incredibly long journey! And we all are adjusting to the time rapidly, although we find ourselves a bit tired and spacey still, and getting hungry at odd times.
Matthew: amazing, loving, has arranged for every possible detail for us, for our comfort, happiness, enjoyment.
Matthew's friends: humble, sweet, loving, kind, incredible hosts. drive us everywhere, spend time with us whatever we are doing, accepting every state that we are in, giving us gifts.
Bangalore:
smells like incense, flowers, garbage, exhaust. incredible amounts of traffic, motorcycles, auto rickshaws, people, shops. people are kind, sweet, patient, easy.
Ended our first day with an unbelievable concert: Jayanta Kumar Das (with Tabla player) played Gandharva Veda sitar concert for us, friends of Matthew, and the two important contact people at ComplianceOnline (David's sister company). It was completely beautiful.
Today we buy more Indian clothes, attend a luncheon hosted by Matthew's friend, and fly to our next destination.
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