Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Yea, I tried It.
Lid raises automatically when you walk in.
There are a lot of controls!
One small problem, the instructions are in Chinese!
At least they include a STOP button!Just A Little Tired
Just arrived in New Delhi and it is most definitely time to sleep! Current time here is 10:30 pm and it still is 90 degrees outside. Very strong smell of wood smoke in the air, and the traffic to the hotel was pretty packed. I am charging the camera as I have a hunch that the picture taking tomorrow could be pretty good.
The laptop got hit pretty hard in the Bangkok airport by a pretty nasty worm when I logged onto the free wireless. I had a 4 hour layover waiting for the plane to New Delhi and I spent the whole time cleaning up the mess left by the virus. "Warning, a virus has been detected!" In the time it took me to kill the power to the computer it wrote itself onto the hard drive over 600 times! No data loss and I am pretty sure I am back to normal. For those of you not in the know, trying to kick a viral worm's ass with tools you have to download from an infected network, while it gobbles up your computer, is a tricky process at best!
I have stories to tell but no time to tell them... yet.
The laptop got hit pretty hard in the Bangkok airport by a pretty nasty worm when I logged onto the free wireless. I had a 4 hour layover waiting for the plane to New Delhi and I spent the whole time cleaning up the mess left by the virus. "Warning, a virus has been detected!" In the time it took me to kill the power to the computer it wrote itself onto the hard drive over 600 times! No data loss and I am pretty sure I am back to normal. For those of you not in the know, trying to kick a viral worm's ass with tools you have to download from an infected network, while it gobbles up your computer, is a tricky process at best!
I have stories to tell but no time to tell them... yet.
India Facts
India is a very diverse country with many different religions, hundreds of languages and climate varying from tropical to snowbound.
The Himalayas (Himalayas means home of snow) are the highest range of mountains in the world and were formed by collision between the great plates of the earth's crust.
The Deccan Traps, in west-central India, were produced the earth's largest lava flows.
The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, inscribed on the World Heritage site in 2003, includes four hundred rock shelters decorated with rock art; evidence of human habitation dates back to the Stone Age.
It is said that there are remains of a "lost city" in the Bay of Cambay, twenty-five miles off the coast of the Gujarat State. It is thought that such a city may have pre-dated the Indus Valley civilization.
Early civilization of the Indus Valley produced the great cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro.
Cotton cloth appears to have been produced for the first time in Mohenjo Daro in the third millennium BC.
The practice of yoga dates back to the Indus Valley civilization. Yoga and meditation are techniques used to attain Enlightenment.
The study of mathematics in India dates back to ancient times.
The Sumerians and the Phoenicians were the first Western traders in India. Merchants bought Indian spices: cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. The value of many spices was higher in weight than that of gold.
One of the Jain pilgrimage centres (Sravanabelagola) is the site of a seventeen metre high statue of a Jain religious figure - said to be the world's tallest monolithic statue.
The River Ganges is a sacred river and thought to wash away sins.
Emperor Ashoka was converted to Buddhism in 262 BC. He sent out missionaries, among them his brother who was sent to Sri Lanka.
In the sixteenth century Bobur from Fergana (Uzbekistan), a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur (Tamburlaine), invaded India, beginning the great Moghul Empire.
The Taj Mahal, the tomb Shah Jehan built for his wife, took twenty-two years to build employing twenty thousand labourers.
The Se Cathedral built in Goa Velha in 1619 is the largest Christian church in Asia.
India's largest mosque is the Jama Masjid in Delhi. It can hold over twenty-five thousand worshippers.
The Koh-i-Noor, one of the world's most famous diamonds, is set in one of the crowns of the British crown jewels.
Indian independence from the UK was granted in 1947 and the separate Muslim state of Pakistan (which initially included present-day Bangladesh) was created.
India is a member of the Commonwealth.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India; his daughter Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi also served as Prime Minister.
In 1986 Indira Gandhi was assassinated by a Sikh bodyguard. In 1984 she had ordered the army into the Golden Temple of Amritsar, the Sikh's holiest shrine, in search of illegal arms.
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991.
The Portuguese occupation of Goa continued until 1961, when India claimed the territory.
During the accident at a chemical plant in Bhopal (1984) poisonous gas clouds escaped killing over three thousand people and badly injuring two and a half thousand.
In 1993 around eleven thousand people were killed in an earthquake in Latur.
In 2001 an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale killed over twenty thousand people in Gujarat, leaving six hundred thousand homeless.
On 26 December 2004, a quake occurred under the sea near Aceh in north Indonesia (8.9 on the Richter scale); this produced tsunamis causing flooding and destruction in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Thailand, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and the east coast of Africa (Kenya and Somalia).
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The Himalayas (Himalayas means home of snow) are the highest range of mountains in the world and were formed by collision between the great plates of the earth's crust.
The Deccan Traps, in west-central India, were produced the earth's largest lava flows.
The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, inscribed on the World Heritage site in 2003, includes four hundred rock shelters decorated with rock art; evidence of human habitation dates back to the Stone Age.
It is said that there are remains of a "lost city" in the Bay of Cambay, twenty-five miles off the coast of the Gujarat State. It is thought that such a city may have pre-dated the Indus Valley civilization.
Early civilization of the Indus Valley produced the great cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro.
Cotton cloth appears to have been produced for the first time in Mohenjo Daro in the third millennium BC.
The practice of yoga dates back to the Indus Valley civilization. Yoga and meditation are techniques used to attain Enlightenment.
The study of mathematics in India dates back to ancient times.
The Sumerians and the Phoenicians were the first Western traders in India. Merchants bought Indian spices: cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. The value of many spices was higher in weight than that of gold.
One of the Jain pilgrimage centres (Sravanabelagola) is the site of a seventeen metre high statue of a Jain religious figure - said to be the world's tallest monolithic statue.
The River Ganges is a sacred river and thought to wash away sins.
Emperor Ashoka was converted to Buddhism in 262 BC. He sent out missionaries, among them his brother who was sent to Sri Lanka.
In the sixteenth century Bobur from Fergana (Uzbekistan), a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur (Tamburlaine), invaded India, beginning the great Moghul Empire.
The Taj Mahal, the tomb Shah Jehan built for his wife, took twenty-two years to build employing twenty thousand labourers.
The Se Cathedral built in Goa Velha in 1619 is the largest Christian church in Asia.
India's largest mosque is the Jama Masjid in Delhi. It can hold over twenty-five thousand worshippers.
The Koh-i-Noor, one of the world's most famous diamonds, is set in one of the crowns of the British crown jewels.
Indian independence from the UK was granted in 1947 and the separate Muslim state of Pakistan (which initially included present-day Bangladesh) was created.
India is a member of the Commonwealth.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India; his daughter Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi also served as Prime Minister.
In 1986 Indira Gandhi was assassinated by a Sikh bodyguard. In 1984 she had ordered the army into the Golden Temple of Amritsar, the Sikh's holiest shrine, in search of illegal arms.
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991.
The Portuguese occupation of Goa continued until 1961, when India claimed the territory.
During the accident at a chemical plant in Bhopal (1984) poisonous gas clouds escaped killing over three thousand people and badly injuring two and a half thousand.
In 1993 around eleven thousand people were killed in an earthquake in Latur.
In 2001 an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale killed over twenty thousand people in Gujarat, leaving six hundred thousand homeless.
On 26 December 2004, a quake occurred under the sea near Aceh in north Indonesia (8.9 on the Richter scale); this produced tsunamis causing flooding and destruction in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Thailand, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and the east coast of Africa (Kenya and Somalia).
All information above provided by World InfoZone. Click on this entry title to visit site!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Fancy Dinner
Just finished dinner in at the famous TIJ restaurant. President Bush had dinner there during his visit in 2006. We just happened to have dinner in the same room. Click this blog title to read the newspaper article shown in the photo.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Greetings From Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam!
It is 1:30 am! Hitting the sack for an early rise later this morning.
Vietnam Facts
Fan Si Pan (3,144 m) is the highest point in Vietnam.
The Mekong River, the largest river in South-East Asia, flows through the south of Vietnam.
Legend says that the people of Vietnam are descended from Lac Long Quan (Lac Dragon Lord) and Au Co (a mountain fairy).
Hung Vuong, the eldest son of Lac Long Quan, became the first king of "Lac Viet" which he renamed Van Lang (an ancient name for Vietnam).
Vietnam was ruled by China for over a thousand years; independence was achieved in the tenth century.
In 40 AD the Trung Sisters won a brief victory over the Chinese. However the Chinese army eventually overcame the Vietnamese and the sisters committed suicide to avoid capture.
The French colonised Vietnam in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Vietnam was part of French Indochina, consisting of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
In 1930 Ho Chi Minh founded the Indochinese Communist Party.
Vietnam was occupied by Japanese forces during the Second World War.
In 1945 Ho Chi Minh proclaimed a democratic republic in Hanoi.
The First Indochina War (1946-1954) ended with the Geneva Agreement dividing Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
The United States entered the Vietnam War in 1964.
The My Lai massacre (16 March 1968) caused a change in American public opinion about the Vietnam War.
The Anti-Vietnam War Movement in the US gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In 1967, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, the American Civil Rights leader, spoke the following words about the war in Vietnam:
Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor of America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home, and dealt death and corruption in Vietnam. I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken.
The Americans withdrew from Vietnam in 1973.
In 1976 Vietnam became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Saigon, in the south, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
At the end of the War, hundreds of thousands of refugees left Vietnam; many sailing in boats to Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia.
In 1978 Vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia; the People's Republic of Kampuchea was established. Vietnamese troops left Cambodia in 1989 and a peace agreement was signed in 1991.
In 2000 President Bill Clinton made an official visit to Vietnam and pledged to help clear landmines remaining from the War.
All information above provided by World InfoZone. Click on this entry title to visit site!
The Mekong River, the largest river in South-East Asia, flows through the south of Vietnam.
Legend says that the people of Vietnam are descended from Lac Long Quan (Lac Dragon Lord) and Au Co (a mountain fairy).
Hung Vuong, the eldest son of Lac Long Quan, became the first king of "Lac Viet" which he renamed Van Lang (an ancient name for Vietnam).
Vietnam was ruled by China for over a thousand years; independence was achieved in the tenth century.
In 40 AD the Trung Sisters won a brief victory over the Chinese. However the Chinese army eventually overcame the Vietnamese and the sisters committed suicide to avoid capture.
The French colonised Vietnam in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Vietnam was part of French Indochina, consisting of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
In 1930 Ho Chi Minh founded the Indochinese Communist Party.
Vietnam was occupied by Japanese forces during the Second World War.
In 1945 Ho Chi Minh proclaimed a democratic republic in Hanoi.
The First Indochina War (1946-1954) ended with the Geneva Agreement dividing Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
The United States entered the Vietnam War in 1964.
The My Lai massacre (16 March 1968) caused a change in American public opinion about the Vietnam War.
The Anti-Vietnam War Movement in the US gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In 1967, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, the American Civil Rights leader, spoke the following words about the war in Vietnam:
Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor of America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home, and dealt death and corruption in Vietnam. I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken.
The Americans withdrew from Vietnam in 1973.
In 1976 Vietnam became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Saigon, in the south, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
At the end of the War, hundreds of thousands of refugees left Vietnam; many sailing in boats to Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia.
In 1978 Vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia; the People's Republic of Kampuchea was established. Vietnamese troops left Cambodia in 1989 and a peace agreement was signed in 1991.
In 2000 President Bill Clinton made an official visit to Vietnam and pledged to help clear landmines remaining from the War.
All information above provided by World InfoZone. Click on this entry title to visit site!
A Walk In The Park
I headed to the park this morning to do some early morning photography. Very interesting.
The paper is posted so everyone can read it.
Mishra's China twin.
Morning Tai Chi
What does it say?
Monday, July 21, 2008
Good Morning!
Tuesday morning here in Shanghai and all is well! Super hot with high humidity... I'm sweating in places I didn't know could sweat. Thunder storms are expected tonight just in time for the flight to Vietnam. Expected arrival time in Ho Chi Minh is midnight where I assure you it will be pouring down rain with lots of lightning and thunder!
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