For our last few days in Kyoto we saw some bamboo, a castle, more shrines, and a preserved street.

As much as that may sound like a Harry Potter knockoff, it’s really the names of two places in eastern Kyoto where we walked one day. Kiyomizu is a neighborhood…

After five days in the megalopolis of Tokyo, we rode west to the old imperial capital city of Kyoto. A tenth the size of the current capital, Kyoto is extremely…

Tokyo has two well-known nightlife districts that attract locals and tourists by the droves. We spent about the same amount of time in each, but I took many more photos…

In our week in Tokyo we visited four shrines, each of which featured something different. We saw pagodas short and tall, smelled incense mild and strong, and walked alone or…

After some fifteen years of trying, we finally made it to Japan. We started in Tokyo and stayed in the Nihonbashi neighborhood near Ginza. Our hotel was across the street…

In late October I made my fourth trip to India to visit our office in Pune. I spent a week in the office and then I went with a few…

We timed our visit to India to coincide with the annual company party. I also spent 7 working days in the office meeting with all of my colleagues that I…

I returned to India three years later for another work visit. A little wiser this time, I booked extra rest days. And I brought my boss. We arrived at the…

I left Pune on Friday night and rode back to Mumbai to spend Saturday touring around. I hired a guide and a driver and the three of us spent four…