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The way I started, the way I finish. Photo of the baggage screen!
Wonderful trip to the incredible India with an incredible group.
See you all.

Heathrow

Very nice trip during the night (a little bumpy above Black Sea). We are resting a bit, drinking an expresso and some went downtown.

Last day in Mumbai

Today was a day for shopping and sightseeing. We visit two landmarks: the laundry, where thousands of people do the laudry for others; and the Hagi Ali mosque. Both place were ... Unforgetable.
We are now at the gate waiting to board to London. See you there.

Mombai - NMIMS and Jewellery factory

One of the worst things in Mombai (and Delhi and Bangalore) is the traffic. Today we spend almost 4,5 hours in the bus for a 60 km ride.
We had a nice presentation in the morning at Narsee Monjee Institue of Management Studies about the India market place. After lunch the group split in 3 sub groups. My group when to a jewllery factory working with diamonds.
We came back to the city center for a farwell dinner at a fancy restaurant and finished the night chatting in one of the busiest cafe downtown.

Last stop: Mumbai

Mumbay is quite different from the other cities. It´s an indian city, but it´s also somewhat more organized city. some of us had dinner at the 6 star hotel - Taj Mahal

Sightseeing at Bagalore

The Big Bull Temple and the Bothanic Garden

IIMB

At India Institute of Management Bangalore, we had a very interesting class on India's culture, religion and society. Prof. Rammath Narayanswamy was an outstanding speaker and a true india lover.

Quiz

Into which country did we jump in?
A - USA
B - Bangalore
C - Any other developed country

Sarees

Sarees have a wonderful palete of tones and patterns. The traffic continues to be a nightmare. Bangalore is known to have the worst traffic jams, followed by Delhi and Mumbai

Bangalore (ou Bangaluru)

Today we had a nice visit to Volvo factory. It´s interesting to see that here they write with a different character-set (in the photo it is written "Volvo"). now it´s time for shopping.

Reception at the Portuguese embassy

Today, I had a slight problem with my stomach and I did not follow the group in the morning. I´m ok now and I could manage to meet thw group at the Portuguese Embassy. We had a warmful reception by the ambassador Castro Mendes and the Economic Consellor Sarmento Honrado. Now it is time to go to bed, because the wake-up call is set for 04:00.

We are back in New Delhi

Another 5 hour trip to New Delhi. You can see everything, from cows to snakes

Taj Mahal and the group

Beautiful shot in a beautiful place

Day in Agra

Wonderful day in Taj Mahal and Agra castle

We are in Agra

the trip to Agra was an adventure. 5 hours to run 200 km

Welcome to Dehli

we had a nice trip and we are now having breakfast and rest a bit in a hotel.

Big bird

Waiting for our plane.

Up, up, here we go

Lisbon airport. The journey is about to begin. Everybody is excited!

And now to India

The goal of this blog is to document our trip to India. I will try to upload comments and photos through out our journey.

I'll need to rely on wi-fi or gprs coverage in India, since I will only bring my Nokia mobile phone, so probably the upload won't be so regular!

As a disclaimer, and in order to preserve individual's privacy, I will not take photos directly to people, but rather indirectly (from the back, for example) or to landscape.

Hope you enjoy and stay tune!!

João