postcard #8 - Silhouette of blue mosque

Taj Mahal

Beauty of India

Flight 13 & 14

Singapore airlines - you suck. If you put a control box and bolt it to the seat in front, thus removing the leg room by 50% you should not charge full price for said seat.

Flight 14 from Singapore to Manila is a whirl of catching up on sleep and trying not to slobber too much.

Best Indian ever

I was lucky enough to be taken out to dinner by my diplomatic pals to one of the best Indian restaurants in the universe - Bukhara.

Bill Clinton ate there about 5 times when he was in Delhi. But he wasn't there last night. Nor was Hilary.

The best test is about thinking about the food the next day..I'm still thinking about that dahl. Oh my - that dahl. I can not describe how wonderful it was. Sorry.

The paneer was huge soft parcels of cheese. The lamb was soft and melt in your mouth. Chicken not tops but okay. But the butter naan. Buttery, bready wonderful.

The bibs we had to wear though were just awkward. And the conversation we had to overhear by the annoying American was not tops - luckily to food and company made up for all that. One gazzillion stars.

postcard #7 - Ballooooooon

Flight # 11 and #12

Flight # 11 would have been uneventful, except about 10 minutes before boarding I discovered my next flight had been changed...taking off 6 hours early, and at the exact same time this flight landed....

Arrived at Dubai and had to find the Air India office, which ended up being a pokey room filled with 6 people, about 17 empty boxes, 6 computers and an antiquated filing system. Two visits, and several hours later I was on a different carrier bound for India. Thanks Air India. You kinda suck.

I arrived at 3:45 am - exactly why I had not chosen said carrier and was greeted to a sleeping house, but a lovely welcome.