We met as usual for breakfast, but immediately afterwards Cyndi and I hoofed it a short ways to Mountain Cafe. They serve the Bhutan grown and roasted coffee. We got ourselves a delicious brew, enjoyed even more after the instant coffee served at the hotel. Bag packed and put outside the room, we were set …
Thimphu
We all met early for breakfast for an easy start to the day. It was then off to our bus to head out for today’s first exploration in the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”, as Bhutan is known. We began at the Memorial Chorten. It was built in 1974 in memory of the king considered …
Bhutan!
Our last morning in Kolkata began with us all meeting for breakfast then putting our bags out for pick up. We checked out of the hotel and boarded a bus to take us onward. Fortunately, the group is melding together nicely! On our way to the airport we made a stop at the Jain Temple. …
The City of First
Another great breakfast started us off well as we then met up with the rest of our tour group heading to Bhutan. We are only 6! Marvelous size, so easy to get to know and keep together as we travel. We were joined by Paul, Jessica, Van and Jane, all of us singles. All delightful …
A Day with Subrata
Breakfast at the LaLit Hotel is amazing! We had more choices than anyone ever needs, but we enjoyed it and we had espresso! Cyndi arranged another guide and driver for us as we had a full day open for further investigation of the city. It’s huge and complicated, hectic and culturally rich. Subrata met us …
The Birthday
Woke early again. Not quite fully on the time zone. We breakfasted down the hall as before. But we had a wonderful surprise delivered - a large bouquet of roses to celebrate Cyndi’s 70th birthday today! After yesterday’s hectic-ness we decided to take things a bit easier. Or so we thought. We packed up our …
Kolkata
Day one exploring the city. Or at least what we managed given the circumstances. We began with breakfast at our hotel, the Harrington Residency. It’s an interesting building with only 4 rooms, with a very international guests list from England, Germany, Japan and us. We hired a car and driver for the day, who met …
India!
Whew! Thank goodness for a good night’s sleep as we headed back to the terminal. Fortunately Cyndi has access to a wonderful lounge, that we took full advantage of, starting off with espresso martinis! We even had a light breakfast as well. More drinks followed once we were on board our Air India flight. This …
The Journey to the Sub-continent
This trip has been on my bucket list forever. In the last few years it was fueled by my friendship with my neighbors, Sarmilla and Shobo. Their stories of their life growing up there and continuing journeys home to family have made it come to life. Fortunately for me, my long-time Navy friend Cyndi, agreed …
The Journey Ends
We woke to the only bad weather of the entire trip. The wind was gusting up to 37 kph and rain was spitting. The wind was bad enough that the water in the pool instead of going over the infinity edge, it was blowing back in. We didn’t have much planned so we moved slowly, …
