Shopping in India

Today was all about shopping.  Hima has quite a lot of errands that need to be done in advance of the wedding, and much of it is/was shopping. So off to Bordoli, we went (with six people in a five seater vehicle… seems to be a trend for this trip!).  This is where Hima actually […]

Arriving in India

Another long travel day – 7 hours in the air to get to Mumbai and another five hours by car to get to the Surat area where Hima’s family lives. We arrived at Hima’s grandparents house around 7am, where we were promptly fed and then brought to where we are sleeping (about a block away […]

Day 2 Hong Kong: The Big Buddha

Day two was much slower paced (thank goodness, cause we are still fighting some jetlag). Today’s main attraction was Po Lin Monastery.  You can get there driving or by public transportation, but it would take an hour or hour and a half.  Instead, we paid to take the cable car over the water and through […]