Slideshow - Colorado Trip

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

travelling via mails

reached detroit safe and sound on 31st :)..
the journey was quite nice... there was no problem.. and some of u
might be knowing that 31st was my bday.. wut u didnt know??? how bad
of u ppl ;)
anyway the route was bangalore - delhi (met parents) - paris (!!) -
atlanta - detroit..
all this made my bday the longest ever!! yes it lasted for 33.5
hours!! and on my bday i was roaming all over the world.. wut more cud
one ask for?!!

more about journey - i started my journey from blore in indian airlines (airbus A 320).. the flight was ok but for 5 mins before landing.. my eye started paining all of a sudden. the pain was just sever.. learnt that it might happen if the flight loses altitude suddenly..
anyway from delhi i caught air france flight (airbus A 340).. this was just great.. the seats were very comfortable.. each seat had a screen of its own.. so i had choice to watch one of the 14 channels available.. mostly all were movies..
the duration of flight was some 9 hours.. reached PAris at morning 5.. didnt do much there.. had talks with a fellow traveller Gunjan.. she is from patiala and works in delhi.. her flight was at 12, and mine was at 1... so just passed time by roaming around the airport (its very very big).. the architecture is like this - a central dome, and many satelliets around it.. it was nice experience..
from paris i got into delta airlines at 12.55.. the flight was boeing 767... it was just ok.. not that great, but not bad too.. i got special asian veg food (as my ticket requested).. that was nice :)
here the flight duration was again around 9 hours.. reached atlanta at around 5pm.. had to show my docs there.. got immigration clearance, custom clearance.. checked in my baggage again.. and then got into delta airlines for detroit.. the flight departed a bit late, so reached detroit at around 10.30...
got a cab, and reached my place at around 11.30.. the cab driver was a bangladeshi, so he started talking to me in hindi, and gave me some info abt the places we were crossing :)
that was my journey!! jet-lag is still there, but its quite mild now.. should be finished by the coming monday completely.. there has been forecast for snowfall for this friday.. lets see what happens.. but anyway there is no escaping..!!

its taking some time to settle down.. as of now i just have to do so
many things and learn too.. but once i settle down i can enjoy more
and more :)

the roads etc here are quite good.. one can easily touch 120 and never
even know!!
other things like gym, and swimming pool etc are also free... but i am
yet to avail the benefits :)

i must tell abt the crysler building too.. its just huge!! i am not
sure abt the veracity, but its said that it is the largest building
after Pentagon!! and believe me when i say that the length of the
building is abt .75 km!!!
and its beautiful too!!! has escalators at each level...

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