Delhi was an intersting place...I actually stayed in a suburb called Gurgaon but I was completely taken aback by the amount of people! It is simply teeming with people - there are cars, bikes, pedestrians, scooters, etc, everywhere. I had two nights in Delhi but I didn't go out of the hotel on the first day, however I did get a good tour round in the daytime. ON the night we headed to Delhi airport and flew Jet Airways to Ahmedabad...
I'd organised a work trip round Asia for the end of November / start of December. I'd a couple of fixed dates within this period - I had to be in Singapore for the 4th of December to give a presentation and I also had to take in India and China - all in 2 weeks! The agenda was a nightmare but here it is:
Thurs 26th Nov - Return from Miami
Saturday 28th Nov - Fly to New Delhi
Sunday 29th Nov - Freed Day in New Delhi
Monday 30th Nov - Visits in Delhi, fly to Ahmedabad
Tuesday 1st Dec - Visits in Baroda, fly to Mumbai
Wednesday 2nd Dec - Visits in Mumbai, fly to Kuala Lumpur
Thursday 3rd Dec - Visits in Kuala Lumpur, fly to Singapore
Friday 4th Dec - Presentation in Singapore, stay overnight in Singapore
Saturday 5th Dec - Fly to Beijing
Sunday 6th Dec - Free Day in Beijing
Monday 7th Dec - Visits in Beijing, fly to Shanghai
Tuesday - Visits in Shanghai, stay overnight in Shanghai
Wednesday - Visits in Shanghai, stay overnight in Shanghai
Thursday - Fly to Heathrow
My carbon footprint must have been huge! At least I managed to get Exec Club Silver status with BA!
We've just returned from 10 days in South Beach, Miami! We booked it a few months ago and used some of the points I've accumulated from my travels. We stayed in the Z-Ocean right on Ocean Drive and the hotel was fantastic - we couldn't have asked for a better location. I must say though that Miami is expensive! we couldn't eat out for less than $100 and that was just in athe local restaurants. We did eat in some nice places though - Prime 112, Nobu, A fish called Avalon and (probably the best of all) Tony's Sushi.
We also found Miami Ink, although its moved from where it was filmed during the show. Its now at 1360 Washington Avenue, rather than 1344. We both had a tattoo, SJ a rose and myself a wolf's head. I must admit that the whole Miami Ink experience was amazing - at first, a little imposing, however once they realise you are genuinely interested in a tattoo, then the service becomes excellent.
We did the whole celebrity spotting round Fisher & Star Island but basically we did as little as possible for 10 days...the perfect holiday...
Today was SJ's birthday...and what a weekend. We went to the Red Lion in Rugeley for a meal on the Friday, then headed back down to London so SJ could attend a job interview. It was in a really nice location just outside Paddington station. As it happens the interiew probably wasn't worth it, however it was a good weekend all the same.
We spent most of the day in London today - and that traditionally means Selfridges and Sushi...yum!
This weekend we're back up in Rugeley. We got up here about dinnertime and I've just been to see my Grandad. He was pretty good today actually...quite with it. Tonight we've got some friends coming over for a Mexican and then we're going to watch a horror film...I hate horror films...!
A bit of a dreary day today...light drizzle and grey. Still quite warm though...taking the mutts this morning for a walk it was quite an effort.
