When you are an expat one thing you miss is TV from home. For me I can get tv shows via torrent, but a more legal way is to buy a TIVO and have it setup at home on your home network. At first it seems daunting, but its really quite easy. Buy a Series [...]

In this episode lets talk about working with Indians… Its maddening, to say the least. I have to say its like dealing with a bunch of school children. You have to watch every little word, and never criticize. And be prepared to work with people with little or any experience in the position to which [...]

You see some weird things here driving into our city office, its 30 km away from the airport and where I live, but it can take upwards of 2hrs due to the traffic. One big problem about Kolkata is the traffic police, they control every intersection, with absolutely no logic or training , you will [...]

Shanghai – here we are! Well we stayed right on  Nanjing Road in downtown Shanghai, we didn’t realize it at first but this is the main shopping area. There are some good, some bad and much ugly though about this area. First and foremost the worst thing is all the con men and women, who [...]

It was kinda nice, we got this trip to go take a old lady to see some temples. She was 90 years old , in a wheelchair and had recently recovered from years of being paralyzed.  So her wish was to go thank some gods, which meant a trip down to Madurai, then to Jamnagar. [...]

Yah, today we got our NOC certificates early, this is what they look like: It says on it we must produce our documents upon arrive, so that is easy.

Our story is that we are trying to leave Miami late next week for Kolkata with 2 dogs and a cat. We have traveled with to 7 countries so far with our animals, so we aren’t new to this. And so far have had no bad experiences with the effects of traveling on our animals [...]

Well we have to take to take our children wherever we go, sure they are dogs and a cat but they are our children, so how do we go about this? We have previously moved animals overseas with us, from Australia to Malaysia, Malaysia to Reunion, Reunion to Mauritius, Mauritius to South Africa, South Africa [...]

Been flying and travelling a lot lately so here is a update on one of my trips! We had a owner flight planned to go initially to Shanghai and Beijing, but unfortunately Beijing was dropped from the plan, so it was Kolkata – Hanoi (fuel stop) – Shanghai and opposite for return. Flight times are [...]

Well its been a while since a post, as I had to go back to the USA for a week, and then upon my return there was a rush to get everything done for a operations inspection from Indias aviation authority…which of course and as expected didnt go so well. But lets chat about traveling [...]

I found this on the notices to airman (notams) today for Bangalore airport: A1497/08 – BIRD WATCHERS WITH RED FLAGS DEPLOYED ON SHOULDERS OF RWY. RED FLAGS RAISED IS AN INDICATION OF POSN OF BIRDS TO TWR CONTROLLER ONLY. PILOTS TKOF/LDG TO IGNORE THE SAME. 30 OCT 05:15 2008 UNTIL PERM. CREATED: 30 OCT 09:19 [...]

(hold your mouse over any pic for a description of what it is) The temple tour I just went on was pretty cool, although  I didnt actually get close up and personal with any of the temples.. Day 1 – Kolkata to Madurai Day 2 – Madurai Day 3 – Madurai to Tirupati Day 4 [...]

This sign is in the foyer in front of the elevators in the office building where I work…..