Back Home

Just wanted to send a quick note and tell everyone I made it back safely Saturday morning. It was a long flight, but I was able to sleep some of it which is good.
Overall, it was a good trip.

Be looking for another blog soon because in 12 days, I'm off to Brazil!

1 more day in Bangalore

Wahoo! One more day in Bangalore and I will be on my back to the USA. My Vice President has been in Bangalore this week and I just found out today that he is taking the exact same flight as me back to the US. Joy! I haven't had that much interaction with him, but we will be at least sharing a 1 1/2 hour taxi drive to the airport. He will also be sitting in business class and I will be in coach.
My route back home will be Bangalore -> Delhi -> Chicago -> Austin.
It will be good to be home....
I might post a couple more posts before I end this blog...we shall see...

As promised

As promised....some of the scenery of Bangalore taken from my car on the way and from work

Cows just chillin on the side of the road

a house

getting a ride!

All women ride the motorcycles like this

A temple

Guy going the bathroom on the side of the road. Gross, and this is not the 1st time I saw this

Another temple

Tomorrow

Tomorrow I will be taking pics to and from the office in the car because you guys have got to see this! Words can't describe some of the stuff I have seen. Some funny and some gross!

Stay tuned...

My hotel

Here are some pics of my hotel. Service is the #1 priority in Bangalore. I have yet to open a door in the hotel (except my room) or pushed a button the elevator. Everyone is pretty much on hand and knee wanting to assist you or make sure your stay is as pleasant as possible. I've never had this kind of service anywhere before.

Hallway that has 4 restaurants to choose from

looking out from the hallway....a guy was cleaning it this morning when I took the pic

Pool, pretty nice pool too!

All the hotel rooms balconies that face the pool

Bangalore buildings

Where Dell is located there is a ton of IT buildings. Bangalore is a huge hub for IT facilities. Here are a few pics of the buildings. Some of the architecture is pretty cool.

Where the Dell campus is

Driving in Bangalore

I took some pics on my ride back to the hotel and wanted to share. There are really not rules of the road for people driving, but somehow it works. Streets are paved in some parts (very poorly) and dirt in others. Definitely different than in the US.

Painted walls

Some parts of the drive are nice with trees overlapping the roads

Look what I found...the Bell!!

Yep...cows just roam the streets

In the afternoon, it poured rain! It is monsoon season now. Can we get some of this in Texas?