The elevation (8000 feet?), the heat (high eighties) and the steepness of the trail – not to speak of the lack of practice – started taking its toll pretty quickly as we embarked upon the hike that Anannya insisted we all go for. The kids fared much better.
After we came back, I asked everybody their guess of the distance we had hiked. Estimates ranged from 0.75 miles to 4 miles. The right answer was 1 mile !!
… they might be just looking or coffee.
Here is Hullor, Chiko, Alex and myself looking for a coffeeshop in the morning. The catch is that we wanted to find a local coffee shop and talk to the owner. You know, just… because…
We went past the Starbucks and found a bookshop-cum-cafe place. Talked to the lady in the front… and what do you know? Turns out she is from where Hullor did his college (Ann Arbor)!! How about that for a coincidence?
The cute girl at the coffee counter gave Chiko a second look… and I do not think we are done teasing him yet 🙂 🙂
This amazing picture is from Beaver Creek. We were in the Village there when we suddenly came up to this arrangement of multiple skis standing next to each other. They were made of some kind of reflecting material (polished metal?).
Chiko pointed out that if I were to stand in a particular spot, I should be able to see the reflections in each of the skis…
That was pretty interesting!!
Close on the heels of the snake found on the flight from Kolkata to Mumbai – that too without following the RT-PCR test protocol – comes this one.
The headline says it all!! “Snake Bites Man, Man Bites it Back. Snake Dies”
Mind you – we are not talking about a garden snake here. A viper, no less! One of the most poisonous snakes!! (Vipers have killed more human beings than all other snake species put together)
Karma!!
Sharmila and I were having a quiet evening over a drink sitting at Alpharetta Main square, when I thought I recognized somebody walking by. Sure enough, it was Kumar Jandalaya! Another Equifax colleague of mine. In fact, today, after Chris Kramer and Eddie Welch, Kumar was the third ex-colleague from Equifax that I met!
Bill, Kumar, Sharmila and I settled for another round of drink as we talked about all sorts of things in life. A lot of it was about traveling!
Chris Kramer and I had joined Equifax pretty much around the same day. Other than being team mates, we had found another connection. His mother was the teacher for both Natasha and Nikita in their elementary school!!
We had a fun time catching up on old friends, learnings from our different jobs and our families!
