Sharmila’s brother and family came down from Kharagpur. As always, my nephew (or is that a nephew in law?) and I exchanged some math problems and logic puzzles!

Today the Roy siblings will be coming over from Kalyani and Kolkata to visit all of us. I expect more math and logic puzzles from my nephews!

… it was the mother in law who finished her mojito first!!

Nikita and Sharmila ushering in my mother in law into the hotel where we will be together for the next five days.

*Kaku in Bengali means uncle (specifically uncle who is younger to dad; else it would be Jethu)

(the picture is a bit blurry since I took this from the airplane)

It is a balmy 105 degrees. Earlier in the day, it was 118 degrees. That is a holy macro level hot!!

Natasha Balseca​​, you folks are made of tougher stuff than I am.

… waiting for the second segment.

That is the port city of Aqaba When I went to Jordan, I did not get a chance to visit this southernmost city of Jordan. Next time, I have to make sure Mahmoud Al-Ramaneh (محمود الرمامنه) takes me there. You can see four countries from here – Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia – all meeting near and about the city of Aqaba.

The beaches must be beautiful. Look at the color of the waters in the magnified pictures.