Not so early to bed for several of the West Coast younger set, following a night of costumed Dream Team members, strutting their dance moves and entertaining those of us who sat on the sidelines and urged them on... Lots of fun followed by dinner and bedtime.
Up at 6:30, packed and bags outside by 7:00, breakfast and down to board the bus by 7:30. Unfortunately, nobody bothered to inform our driver, Iqbal or our Porter, Bobby. They straightened out the bus and necked it up to get loaded with our bags. We finally headed out at 8:30, inching our way along narrow and winding road and out along the "goat path" alongside the river and fording the stream for the last time. Manoj tiptoed over rocks to the other side so he could film the bus crossing. Will try to get the video of this and add it to the blog after returning home where I will be using more than my phone to write and post this BLOG.
Trip was uneventful back to Delhi where we checked into the Hotel Royal Plaza. Truly, nothing has changed since I first started in this hotel in 2001... Rather than a fine hotel in the city center, it has become more of a conveyer belt, running guests in and out, barely having the time to fluff the pillows and put new soap and shampoos in the bathrooms. Rather than keeping up with repairs and basic maintenance items, the rule of the management seems to be "how many times in one day can we turn a room?"
After a brief rest, we dressed and met in the hotel lobby and headed out to board the bus and be driven to the Indian Habitat Center for a special dinner meeting of the Rotary Club of Delhi-Megapolis. A wonderful evening of testimonials from team members, as well as ROTARIANS from Delhi, and one transplanted Indian Rotarian from Texas!
A great dinner meal and wonderful company and then off to bed.
Until tomorrow...
Up at 6:30, packed and bags outside by 7:00, breakfast and down to board the bus by 7:30. Unfortunately, nobody bothered to inform our driver, Iqbal or our Porter, Bobby. They straightened out the bus and necked it up to get loaded with our bags. We finally headed out at 8:30, inching our way along narrow and winding road and out along the "goat path" alongside the river and fording the stream for the last time. Manoj tiptoed over rocks to the other side so he could film the bus crossing. Will try to get the video of this and add it to the blog after returning home where I will be using more than my phone to write and post this BLOG.
Trip was uneventful back to Delhi where we checked into the Hotel Royal Plaza. Truly, nothing has changed since I first started in this hotel in 2001... Rather than a fine hotel in the city center, it has become more of a conveyer belt, running guests in and out, barely having the time to fluff the pillows and put new soap and shampoos in the bathrooms. Rather than keeping up with repairs and basic maintenance items, the rule of the management seems to be "how many times in one day can we turn a room?"
After a brief rest, we dressed and met in the hotel lobby and headed out to board the bus and be driven to the Indian Habitat Center for a special dinner meeting of the Rotary Club of Delhi-Megapolis. A wonderful evening of testimonials from team members, as well as ROTARIANS from Delhi, and one transplanted Indian Rotarian from Texas!
A great dinner meal and wonderful company and then off to bed.
Until tomorrow...
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