Fly me to the moon, part deux

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I'm happy to see I'm getting incrementally better at this. Taken from our balcony with Gorillapod tangled to the railing.

Almost Zen-like

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Leela Palace Hotel in Bangalore has a fantastic Asian restaurant, Zen. Their Sunday brunch has become an essential part of at least every month for us here. The space is nice, the service quick & friendly, food sublime and the background music... utterly horrendous ancient Euro disco, loud enough to be distracting.

Bailando, anyone?

China cherry broken

Somehow I had managed to avoid going to China all these years. I've visited most Asian countries for business, pleasure or both so it's weird that there was never any reason to go. Until now, that is. I had the opportunity to participate in a leadership course that was held in Sofitel Wanda Hotel and to do some limited sightseeing squeezed in-between. Here's them results...

Bike trip around the nearby countryside

Went on a very relaxed bike ride with the whole family and took these pictures. Many people when they visit foreign places try to find the "real" experience. In Bangalore it's not very hard - all you have to do is pedal a few kilometres out of town and the feeling gets very real quickly going through rice fields, villages with hens running around and schools full of children who behave if you're first white-faced camera owner they've ever seen...

Anti puncture

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Originally uploaded by Dopeyrizer.

Off-road biking in India means lots of sharp spikes from bushes etc. going through the tyre like a hot knife through butter. The remedy was supposed to be an inner tube with liquid sealant inside. Granted, there was no punctures as the valve broke in half the second time I tried to pump air into it after about 20km riding distance.