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* Getting seats and meals on these flights were fairly cheap. | * Getting seats and meals on these flights were fairly cheap. | ||
* Emirates flew over Greenland on the way to Dubai and over North Pole on the back from Dubai. Seattle-Dubai: bumpy around PNW and around jet stream near Greenland/Norway. Dubai-Seattle: bumpty near Turkmenistan over mountain ranges and around PNW. | * Emirates flew over Greenland on the way to Dubai and over North Pole on the back from Dubai. Seattle-Dubai: bumpy around PNW and around jet stream near Greenland/Norway. Dubai-Seattle: bumpty near Turkmenistan over mountain ranges and around PNW. | ||
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=Bengaluru= | =Bengaluru= | ||
* Very bad traffic. Modern subway (though crowded near the junction station). | |||
* Very bad traffic. Modern subway (though crowded near the junction station) | |||
=Hospet/Hampi= | =Hospet/Hampi= | ||
* We did a state sponsored bicycle tour. Having a guide explain each site is very useful. There's little guidance on where to go next or how to get there, so we needed to check with the guide at each site. The traffic was heavy because it was a holiday season and there were a couple hills. Most bicycles were single-gears and squeaky but the brakes worked fine. 500Rps for the tour and another 500Rps to see inside of some of the major sites (optional). We gave a tip to the guide (100Rps) | * We did a state sponsored bicycle tour. Having a guide explain each site is very useful. There's little guidance on where to go next or how to get there, so we needed to check with the guide at each site. The traffic was heavy because it was a holiday season and there were a couple hills. Most bicycles were single-gears and squeaky but the brakes worked fine. 500Rps for the tour and another 500Rps to see inside of some of the major sites (optional). We gave a tip to the guide (100Rps). | ||
=Goa= | =Goa= | ||
=Kolkata= | =Kolkata= | ||
* Best sidewalks. Traffic can be bad but the traffic rules were obeyed much more than the other cities we visited. Less autos but more taxis and Uber works. | * Best sidewalks. Traffic can be bad but the traffic rules were obeyed much more than the other cities we visited. Less autos but more taxis and Uber works. | ||
* Great kathi rolls. | * Great kathi rolls. | ||
* Saw some Indian art as well as Gandhara artefacts at the India Museum. | * Saw some Indian art as well as Gandhara artefacts at the India Museum. | ||
* The Kali temple was intense! We paid 500Rps for a guided tour by a priest (?). He asked us to donate more at one of the sites (as well as at the end of the tour) but we didn't have money, so we just told him no. | * The Kali temple was intense! We paid 500Rps for a guided tour by a priest (?). He asked us to donate more at one of the sites (as well as at the end of the tour) but we didn't have money, so we just told him no. | ||