October 2005, Trip to Bangalore, India
At the Airport!
Off we went to Bangalore for 5 nights while Pete attended a large Union Conference of over 5000 delegates (INTUC).
Had a suite in a great hotel, enjoyed the unusually green city. Bangalore is high up, and therefore cooler than the rest of India. Huge trees line the streets, which are congested with traffic most of the time in this city of 8 million people. We visited the headquarters of Hare Krishna and received "puja" marks on our foreheads 
The infrastructure has not kept up with the growth here in the Silicon Valley of the East, and the power cut several times a day (just for a few seconds) in the hotel. The lack of sufficient drainage become apparent after record rains caused flooding in the city while we were there, several people died in fact. See photos I took while out shopping - stranded on a curb until the hotel car came to pick me up! See Video - 
We also celebrated Pete's Birthday on the 24th!
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