snippets from my trip
this was the first time I took Air India. contrary to all the negative publicity, I had a good experience. their service was excellent and it was a comfortable journey. they could improve on two aspects though - start on time (this one is on their list from time immemorial I guess) and buy new flights (think they just placed a few orders).
frankfurt airport is the crappiest i've ever been to. their transit lounge is extremely small and isn't suited for even a few hrs of wait. on the other hand, bombay's transit hall was perfect. they even had bed-like easy chairs.
got to see President Kalam in coimbatore. he was on a vist and since cbe is a small town, almost all of us had a chance to see his motorcade and Dr. Kalam was waving from his car. he even visited saibaba colony (our neighborhood) for a dinner at his friend's place. inspired on seeing him, I'm now reading his "Wings of Fire" :) :)
and dental costs in India aren't that cheap. I found it cheaper in the US with an insurance than to have anything done over there. great profession to be a dentist :)
I don't want to bore you with more :)
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Wings of Fire is a good read....alhtough I don't agree with the nuclearization of the world :-)
Kudos,you preferred AI..
"dental costs in India aren't that cheap" ..thanks !!
Adengappa, I thought BDS was a shorter course. thanks for the info.
BDS is 5 years and MBBS is 5 1/2 years..
Just checked my facts !!
"cbe is a small town" ... hmm! really?
Nice round up! :). Pretty interesting to see that you caught a glimpse of President Kalam..:)
any comments about the AI in flight service (& about air hostess)?
So... in your reference.. u would call AI as "wings of fire".. won't you???
saranya...small town???.. cbe??..last survey it was the 14 or 15 biggest CITY in India..and yes Air India has ordered a huge fleet on new aircrafts...Air India was doin really well till JRD Tata was heading it till the late 80`s(even after the govt took over the airlines from tatas).
I read Wings of Fire a few years back. Very optimistic, maybe to the point of being impractical but still a good read.
Havent done AI yet. All the time its Luft via Ffurt. I cant even compare it to the Asian airports since I havent ever done the trip from the West Coast.
And Shalini and I have been visiting the dentist non-stop week after week to get the initial deep cleaning done. Its one helluva money-spinner for the dentist.
Good to hear about AI service.
hmmm..dental costs are high, may be you went to a very well recognised dentists, since i find it ok when i visited India.
kaps, some of them (air hostess) were good looking. but can be better for sure :)
"its me" -- actually I haven't thought in those lines till now :)
hari, rombha peruma peethadha da :)
"af" -- generally they started charging high ... thats what I mentioned.
Nice post ...I was expecting this.! So..are you from Coimbatore?
Air India - Yeah..you went without expectations I guess.!
Frankfurt - I felt the same way.!!
Dr. Kalam - Thanks, I'll read him too...!
Dental costs - I had the same feelings. When I had some dental work. I wonder what the people over in India do?
Wings of fire is an amazing book. How did you like it? I didnt read it, but heard it - they got out a audio book with narration by Girish Karnad and songs by Bombay Jayshree and Shankar Mahadevan. It was really superb!
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