Asia | India | Namaskar Pune 2024

Namaskar Pune 2024 – Day 6

Day 6 – 6 December 2024, Friday It was my last day in Pune but there was one more activity for me to participate in before flying home later in the evening. As fate would have it, UJ’s niece was getting married today and he invited me to come along for the ceremony. This was […]

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Namaskar Pune 2024 – Day 5

Day 5 – 5 December 2024, Thursday After a restful night’s sleep, I woke up at 6:15am, washed up and greeted NC, who was up before me. We then went down to RK and UK’s place, which is located in the same apartment building, two floors below. UK was already busy preparing food in the […]

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Namaskar Pune 2024 – Day 4

Day 4 – 4 December 2024, Wednesday This morning, I woke up at around 6:00am, eagerly anticipating the day ahead. After a light breakfast of coffee and biscuits, Dr J and VJ came over to Zen so the five of us (plus Dr J and VJ’s dog) went for an easy hike at 7:20am. The […]

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Namaskar Pune 2024 – Day 3

Day 3 – 3 December 2024, Tuesday I woke up naturally at 5:30am this morning because my body clock was still quite attuned to Singapore timing, which is 2½ hours ahead. UJ made me coffee and we had a light breakfast of biscuits while sitting at the terrace. We watched the sky get brighter as […]

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Namaskar Pune 2024 – Day 2

Day 2 – 2 December 2024, Monday After a good night’s sleep, I woke up at 5:30am, extremely excited for the day ahead. I was excited because I would be cycling with the rest of the gang this morning! UJ and GJ were already up before me. They wake up early to perform their daily […]

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Namaskar Pune 2024 – Day 1

How It All Began Since I first knew them in 2018, my good friends UJ and GJ had been asking me to visit them at their home in Pune, India every time we met up over the years. And after repeated invitations, the stars finally aligned and we made it happen. We decided that I […]

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In Search Of Incredible | Incredible Asia 2012 | India | Sri Lanka

Incredible Asia Day 6: Sri Lanka (Unawatuna / Galle / Colombo) – India (Bangalore)

[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 29 September 2012. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.]   14 March 2012, Wednesday: Unawatuna – Galle – Colombo – Bangalore (India) Morning Call: 6:30am It was our last day in Sri […]

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