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A neat airplane made out of purses and stuff. (as seen in Heathrow Airport)
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We walked down the oldest street in Bangalore, which was full of street vendors. (and people!)
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There were quite a few bookstores like this.
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Dev took us to a nice park where there were lots of bats!
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Children playing at a local orphanage-type place that Dev volunteers at.
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Dev is very popular there :-)
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For lunch one day we went to Absolute Barbecue. It was crazy! The kitchen looked pretty exciting. Also a fire blanket sounds warm and cozy!
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Man, I'm not sure Grillbert Einstein really said that...
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They had these mini grills on the table, and they'd bring out (already cooked) skewers of food to eat. It was pretty tasty! The plates were also nice and color-coded - green for vegetarian, black for non-vegetarian.
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The menu is pretty crazy. And this is just the starters! (the "main course" was a buffet which is fine, but I ate way more starters than main course)
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A selection of crazy meats you could order.
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I had emu (on the left) and shark (on the right). They were both pretty good, although the emu was a bit tough.
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This computer (at the office) had a hole in it! It freaked me out.
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Traffic jam on the way to work. I think the main problem was the backhoe in front of us.
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A little temple across from Rogue Elephant, where we ate dinner.
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(Swiggy is a local food-delivery service) While his shirt is kinda cool, I'm posting this to remind myself of the 45-minute trip from the office back to the hotel listening to a radio show clearly sponsored by Swiggy, and the DJ kept talking about Swiggy
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Food Panda! (the subtitle is "Happy Food Ordering") We didn't eat here, though.
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Dev showed us the Ranga Shankara, which is a well-known theatre in Bangalore. It's quite nice!
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There was a nice little cafe inside the Ranga Shankara, so we stopped in.
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We had a chai! Here's me and Mahesh.
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Just a reminder - it's still legal in India to have a job only men can apply for. Also worth noting: that age limit!
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A store that sells wedding clothes for grooms.
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A very nice model of the Taj Mahal. I ended up buying a tiny version of this at a different shop.
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A few people from work took me out to MTR, where I ate way too much. It's a nice place though!
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The mosque down the street from NI. It is big! You can hear the calls to prayer from where I sit.
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On to cricket! A coworker managed to get me a ticket to the India-Bangladesh match. It was pretty crowded outside the stadium (yes, that's an active road to the left)
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Brightly-colored India fans :-)
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The players line up for the national anthems. (Bangladesh's national anthem was quite long!)
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India batting. The Bangladesh bowler is about to release the ball!
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My ticket. The punchline is that seats on row M only go up to number 195. So...yeah.
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During the break between overs, the TV broadcast cuts quickly to showing the same three commercials ad nauseum. On the pitch, the fielders reposition themselves and the batsmen come together for a friendly conference.
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This eye-in-the-sky camera was connected with wires to four light poles on the top of the stadium, so it could go anywhere! The wires made it look a bit like a spider. Also, I swear it almost hit one of the players in the head...
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The crowd celebrates an India 6!
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At the innings break, out comes what I dubbed the "cricket Zamboni"! It has two steamrollers on it for double awesomeness!
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India celebrates a catch! I like how everyone comes over to participate - they have time because a new batsman has to come out.
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During an instant replay, the fields mill around and the screen says "Decision Pending" and makes heartbeat sounds. It's intense!
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We celebrate India's nail-biting win!
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People at work celebrate Holi, the festival of colors.
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I was also included :-) Later that morning I got yellow'd and purple'd.
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On the way back, I spent a day in London. First stop - these cool pods at Heathrow Airport! At the console on the left you select your destination, then the doors open and you get inside...
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The inside of the pod. There are small benches on both sides, and buttons for starting and opening/closing the doors.
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The pod drives along a narrow lane (no rails!), and here you can see another pod going the other way.
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The pod is arriving at the station. I'm not sure what the pods on the right are - maybe they're charging or something?
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London has some pretty nice recycling bins out on the street.
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Next I went to the London Eye! It is tall.
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The people in my capsule. It was a little crowded but not too bad.
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Me on the London Eye with the Millennium Bridge in the background. (why didn't I take a selfie when the capsule was higher? Oh well...)
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As we got higher you could see more of the Thames.
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When the capsule got to the top you could see people in the next capsule!
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Looking down over Big Ben and such. Also, it was rainy :-(
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I saw these odds and was like "Hah, I wouldn't take that bet even at 12/1" and then England won 3-2. So if anyone has a time machine, this would be a good way to make some quick money!
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Nice artwork at the Baker Street tube station! (note that the Sherlock Holmes is made up of tiny Sherlock Holmes's!)
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Wow, this makes perfect sense. Of all the themed Clue games, this is the Cluiest. (still not making sense: why is it "Cluedo" in England??)
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This...slot machine? looks hilariously complicated. There are reels at the bottom, some kind of Deal or No Deal game, and more stuff I don't understand. (as seen at a pub near my hotel)
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