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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, […]
2 December 2024
Above: View in the morning from the hotel in Sharjah. Flying to Delhi I woke to an awesome view of Nur Island and Sharjah in the Hotel 72 Waterfront. Awesome isn’t a word I use lightly or frequently, but it truly was! Around 0800, I took a buffet breakfast with E and Kevin. Being hosted […]
6 December 2018
With a 1520 flight from Imphal to Kolkata and then onward to Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne, the 1200 check-out was near perfect. I delayed breakfast till around 0900; the hefty buffet at the hotel would mean that I can skip lunch. I lazed till checkout and killed 30 minutes in the lobby before taking a […]
5 December 2018
I woke around 0300, which was a couple of hours earlier than I would have expected. Fortunately, after a snack, I managed to sleep again till around 0730. Maintaining that first wake-up time would have been good adjustment for Melbourne coming up, but not very good for my night flight departing Kolkata at 0105 on […]
3 December 2018
Getting the ticket (or not) Today I travel by bus from Kohima to Imphal. This had been a concern because there was rumour of road blocks by insurgents. With the bus departing at 0730, I had been told to get the tickets around 0600 to 0630. It seemed like an overkill to be there 1h30 […]