Delhi & Agra

Hello. I know its been a while since I have posted.
I started off 2018 by taking a work trip to India. I visited Pune, Aurangabad, and Delhi.
We of course visited a toy store in the airport and I just thought these Barbies were beautiful localizations.

Landed in Delhi to transit to Pune... the app says sunny but I beg to differ when I can't even see the airplane sitting right outside that window.

Not sure I would want my kid learning to spell here...

HISO... Hasbro India Sourcing office!

View from the office

My record for this trip was 4 people on a motorbike... who needs a smart family sedan.

One of the vendors gave us all (men and woman visitors) these gorgeous flowers. I was flying that night so I gave my bouquet to a woman working at the hotel.

Wind farm off in the distance.

It's an India fable similar to tortoise and the hare... except in this case, the car crashed and the cow will overtake him shortly.

So after work days, I stayed after to explore Delhi sights (with a tour guide of course)!

First stop was to Qutab Minar. Qutab Minar is a soaring, 73 m-high tower of
victory, built in 1193 by Qutab-ud-din Aibak immediately after the
defeat of Delhi's last Hindu kingdom. The tower has five distinct
storeys, each marked by a projecting balcony and tapers from a 15 m
diameter at the base to just 2.5 m at the top. The first three storeys
are made of red sandstone; the fourth and fifth storeys are of marble
and sandstone. At the foot of the tower is the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque,
the first mosque to be built in India.

Then I went to Lotus temple.

On Saturday I made the 4 hour journey to the Taj Mahal.

Quick drive past Red Fort before the 4.5 hour journey to the airport!

Lei Yue Mun - Seafood Lunch

Last Sunday we went to Lei Yue Mun for a seafood lunch. From HK Island, we had to take a shirt ferry ride. Check this boat out! 

It was T1 signal at this time which means a typhoon is 400-800km away from Hong Kong but we checked and it was not headed towards us so no need to ruin our plans.
Look at those blue skies! The grey clouds were in the other direction.

First we went to a open fish market and pick the fresh seafood that we want them to cook and we tell them how we want it prepared. You still end up being surprised by what is meant by "Hong Kong style" so you better be pretty adventurous. They also end up throwing in "free" dishes too...


The star fish at this one place were huge!

Here is the group checking out the pictures on the wall to decide what we wanted. My favorite are the scallops which he opened right in front of us.
 

This is the restaurant we ate at. It was the longest walk and at the end of the market but it meant it had a good view of the water.

Here is some of our food... I didn't take very good food pics cause I was busy eating.

My most favorite... scallops with garlic and noodles.

Okay, I'm back

So I took some time off from posting on my blog. While home in August a few people asked me about it. 

Honestly, a major reason for keeping this blog is for my grandmother to keep up with my life and travels. She had the same wander-full spirit and was always sharing pictures of her travel experiences with me. When I left the US 2.5 years ago, she was the one it was hardest to say goodbye to knowing that each goodbye may be the last.

Sadly, in May 2017, my grandmother passed away and the youthful age of 96. While it was her time, my heart still hurts. I cherish every moment that we had together and think of her every day.

And she would want me to continue to document my travels.... so I do this for her.

 

Early Birthday Surprise!

My team and friends are just so wonderful, kind and thoughtful. Oh, and fun! They surprised me with an early birthday celebration. Which of course I was late to!!

The Potato Head costume is reference to my costume this past year at the Annual Dinner.

  
There was another gift but I can't reveal online yet because it involves my family. So they will just have to be in suspense until I visit in June.

Love this team!

Time to eat!

Signed by my favorite people. My favorite is the says "stay healthy, happy and pretty". But of course!