On June 15th I will be taking a 6 week sabbatical. With so many United Airlines frequent flier miles to use before the end of the year since I no longer fly them I am looking for ideas.
INDIA:
I know I have a large readership from India so please post your suggestions in the comments on locations and why that location. Are their local Autodesk customer groups and students there that I can also meet with as I love talking with students and also customers from all parts of the world. Yes shocking I get time off and still take work with me.
I want to do short backpacking trips around on the cheap but the main purpose of getting off the beaten path seeing the true country, people, and the nature and wildlife like snakes and scorpions and birds most never see. I want to capture some great memorable photos as well as meeting the people and sharing in their cultures and food and making more friends and making India look simply amazing in photographs each with a story..
I was thinking perhaps Delhi,Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa, Chennai, Hyderabad or . What are your thoughts?
Shukriya,
Shaan
TURKEY:
I am also considering a trip in Istanbul Turkey to see my friends from the Daily AutoCAD Blog Erhan, Orhan, and Can.
çok teşekkür ederim
Shaan
We’re waiting your visit Shaan.
Shaan,
I visited Pune while I was in India last year. I stayed at the Tata Technologies office and did some site seeing. everyone was very nice to me. I went to visit the Pune Zoo (which was under development at the time I was there). I also visited the Kelar museum in Pune which was very interesting. I learned alot and had quite a bit of fun. If you go to Pune, let me know I may be able to get some of my friends from there to show you around.
I suggest Easter island.
I hope to get back to Turkey in the near future. It was an awesome place. Thank you for your hospitality during my last trip.
Cheers,
Shaan
I had not thought of Pune. Thank you for the suggestion and offer.
Shaan
Dave,
Not much on Easter Island in the way of critters. 🙂
Shaan,
Kerala state has the large backwaters, seacoast and Hill stations. Arabs and Europeans sailed to Cochin and Calicut centuries back for spices trade. Some photos of backwaters in Aleppey District can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulsnapper/sets/72157604582127288/.
It is “the place of Ayurveda”.
After you finish elsewhere in India you can go to somewhere in Kerala to relax and enjoy a different place and atmosphere.
Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, etc are big cities and you will find it is too crowded.
I am originally from Kerala, now settled in Melbourne, Australia (another beautiful country you may want to visit).