Tag Archives: place
An airport for the NRIs, buses with beds
I have a few minutes to kill at the Madurai airport, and looking around me, its like a mini replica of San Jose Airport, as it seems that this place caters only to the NRI community, with the occasional business … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, South India, Travel
Tagged airport, american, american accents, bus connections, business traveler, Chennai, city regions, community, english subtitles, free wi fi, karaikudi, Madurai, mini, NRI, nri community, place, replica, running, salwars, San, San Jose, shapes sizes, Transport, Travel, Traveler
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Cheapest and Fastest Internet yet
A dingy, non-air-conditioned cubbyhole in the small South Indian town of Madurai may notbe the first place that comes to mind for cheap broadband, but at Rs. 20/hr, or less than fifty cents an hour, you can sit on an … Continue reading
Posted in South India, Travel
Tagged blazing fast speeds, broadband, computer, cubbyhole, dingy, fifty, fifty cents, hour, india, internet, Madurai, notbe, old computer, place, South Indian, town
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Reminiscing about Laos, Development
Sitting in a hotel room in Beijing, with a view of construction cranes, concrete slabs that are apartment complexes, and as I try to make out the mountains in the background through the haze of pollution, I think back to … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Laos
Tagged apartment complexes, Beijing, Cambodia, concrete slabs, construction, construction cranes, corruption, country, culture, developed country, Development, Environment, fancy restaurant, fistful of dollars, hotel, india, international terminal, job, Laos, moral fibre, nature, place, room, twenty four hours, Vientiane, vientiane airport, view, world
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