India

India
Intinerary Map
Itinerary:

May 15 - 26: Hyderabad, India with the Wharton School of Business. We stayed at the India School of Business Executive Center. Everyday we immersed ourself in the Indian business world and culture through company visits, guest lectures, city tours and networking events with Indian MBA students.
May 26 - 28: Goa, where I stayed with a good friend who works in the real estate industry.
May 28 - June 1: Jaipur - Stayed with a friend's grandmother and two servants.
June 1 - 4: Delhi - I visited a friend from school and stayed with her family in what I would consider a Palace with services fit for a royal family.
June 6 - 9: Leh (in Ladakh, Northern India near Pakistan) - stayed in the Siala Guest House
June 10, 11: Hiking into the Hemis High Altitude Park to Rumbak to stay with a Ladakhi family in the mountains
June 12: Back to Leh
June 13: Fly from Leh to Delhi
June 14: Depart Leh at 2 am - headed for Firenze (Florence), Italia

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Travel Update

First, I would encourage people to leave comments at the end of postings if you feel inclined. I would appreciate feedback and questions if anyone wants to hear something particular about India, share their own personal insight or ask me to take a particular photo.I leave ISB and Hyderabad tomorrow around noon. The rest of the Wharton students leave today at 8 pm. Therefore, I have nowhere to formally stay tonight. That said, the great part is I have been invited by several of my new Indian friends to crash at their apartments here on Campus. I doubt we'll be sleeping much. There is a big party on campus tonight like last weekend so it should be a great night.I'm sad to leave all the friends I have made. ISB has been an eye-opening. Not to be corny and sentimental but the people has made this experience truly gratifying. I've really made some great connections. And the best part is, my friendships are really genuine. I feel like I have a made a solid set of Indian friends who I am excited to see everyday and feel similarly towards me. I eat breakfast and lunch with them regularly, enjoy coffee or tea, go to the gym or out for meals and drinks, and its really a natural and unforced relationship. Hopefully, I'll be back here or we will somehow cross paths again.Tomorrow, I depart for GOA around 2 pm to visit my friend Sameer and stay with him for two nights. It should be a wild time. GOA is apparently the Ibiza of India, which can only mean chaos.By the way, I had someone describe the traffic in Hyderabad as following Chaos theory - there is a method to the madness. Its just very hard to understand. I'd say thats a fitting description to India as a whole. Its a totally different and unique animal.

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