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Kolkata, India

Nathan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:21 +0000

Josh took this photo of me waiting on the platform of the New Delhi Railway Station with all of our luggage as we learned that the train would be 5 hours late. I was warned this might happen and at this point in the vacation we were both more that used to things in India [...]

Agra, India

Nathan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:11:36 +0000

Nathan not really awake on the train. We got up early again to catch a train. This one was a two person sleeper with no food. As you can see it is pretty roomy. We had a nice wake up ride.

This is one of the corner towers of the Jahangiri Mahal in the Agra Fort. [...]

Jaipur, India

Nathan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:36 +0000

If I recall this moment, I had been looking out the window at the people sleeping in the mud, the outdoor pit toilets, and the general state of how people live. I started to tear up at one point. It can be overwhelming how people live – the squalor and poverty.

I wanted a photo of [...]

Delhi, India

Nathan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:05:57 +0000

Josh and I started out our tour of Delhi by getting a cab to The Red Fort where we wandered around and acclimated ourselves to Delhi.

A quick walk across the street landed us in the front of Jama Masjid one of the largest Mosques in Asia. The area the mosque was pretty filthy and was [...]

More Proof: Americans Can’t Do Math

Nathan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:46:05 +0000

Reading along in the NYTimes today about these closures in Arizona – a state where no people should live anyway. It would seems people are up in arms that their rest stops are closed due to budget cuts.

Two things came to mind

Pee in the woods/side of the road/sand dunes/cactus patches If you want the spending priorities [...]

Water Change Mania

Nathan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:57:54 +0000

aquaDRAMA was suffering from a lot of algae growth as a result of overfeeding I would imagine. That always seems to be the case, how to balance the needs of the hungry fish with the closed system.

This post if an take of KISS and how much work a tank can be.

When I returned from India [...]

Nevelson

Nathan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:05:13 +0000

After a three decade artistic love affair with Louise Nevelson, I finally own one! Not exactly one of her MoMA grade sculptures but an cool silver print she made in the later years of her career. It was hand made by the artist and signed. I purchased it on vacation with my mom in Rockland [...]

India Week One

Nathan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:57:15 +0000

CTS is organized well. In addition to the teams technical abilities, they meet me each day, assigned me a driver to make sure I got to where I needed to go, brought me food, and generally took good care of me.

The only downside, and this applies to everywhere I have been so far, is that [...]

Another Three Hours?

Nathan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:00:38 +0000

I am working on this post on my Iphone. I am guessing it will post when I land as there is no connectivity on this 747-400. Such an old crappy jet. I am a little amazed Lufthansa is this cramped and dirty.

I have been in transit since 7pm Friday evening NYC time. I have no [...]

India Here I Come!

Nathan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:05:08 +0000

In about 36 hours I will leave for Bangalore, India. This will be my first trip to India and my first trip to Asia that isn’t the Middle East. I am very excited to be traveling to meet the folks that I work with each day at CTS, see some of Southern India, and then [...]