I’m writing this on the plane to Dublin from Frankfurt, there was just an announcement about the weather at my final destination, heavy rain and thunder storms…I think I’m gonna jump off the plane before it’s too late. Haven’t been able to post anything for a couple of weeks, been very busy at work with finishing everything off but also spent a lot of time with my friends. Went on vacation all last week and got myself a well deserved tan :)

I finally got my visa sorted out and could leave the country without any problems. Yesterday I landed back in Hyderabad after one week of vacation in the magical state of Kerala in south west of India. After landing in Hyderabad I was driven in full speed to the Commissioners office in order to collect my “Exit Permit” which was another session of smiling and nodding followed by a stamp and signature in green (a special green ink is used for all official signatures). This was followed by four trips in the car á la 40 minutes all over the city: the hotel for shower and changing, Peshwari in Sheraton for last supper and my final portion of Paneer Tikka, back to the hotel for final packing and finally to the airport just before midnight, and all this in the period of six hours. Paula and I dozed off as soon as we got to our seat in the plane and didn’t even wake up for the take off.

We landed in Frankfurt 9 hrs later at 8:30 in the morning. The best part of the flight was the Bollywood sci-fi movie which, in true Bolly style didn’t make any sense but was very entertaining at 7 in the morning. Landing in Frankfurt was like stepping into another world and all the Christmas decoration made me feel like I was one step closer to home. After two months in India with sun and heat I had completely forgotten about the season and that it’s as the matter of fact December with Christmas Eve three weeks away.

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Sunset over the backwaters in Kerala

My stories from Kerala are too many and too long to tell in this post so I will post more asap. Also look out for new pictures on Flickr and my Picasa photo album.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have now started descending towards Dublin airport and we’ll be landing shortly. Please fasten your seatbelts and make sure…”

My trip to India is now sadly officially over and I got to go.

See you guys very soon!