Our family decided to make “Let’s go to San Francisco” our 2018 spring-break adventure like the 1960’s song from the British pop group The Flower Pot Men. The plan was to mix up both city strolling and wilderness hikes for this trip into the Bay Area. It was our plan to do this before we got into the years when spring breaks for our kids will be like looking for star-aligning!. Rajiv heads to college coming fall, Kiran will be a high school senior, Pori will be in 8th grade.
Mon voyage en Côte d’Ivoire
It seems unlikely for an American traveler to have experienced the hospitality and cheerfulness found in Côte d’Ivoire. Ivory Coast is a country tucked in west Africa sharing the Gulf of Guinea’s beautiful shores with a number of west African neighbors. I got an opportunity to serve along with CERT’s international team to work to support efforts of this growing African nation in building a secure Internet.
The rich port of Puerto Rico
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When I (Vijay) was first assigned this job to run a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session for the FIRST conference 2017 in Puerto Rico, I was excited. After a few attempts to convince my family to go, I settled to travel alone into my favorite vacation spot – only this time for work |
A week in Haiti Feb 2017
Haiti Journal – a week of Healing Trip in Feb 2017
Feb 19 – Arrive in Port-au-Prince , TapTap ride to Mirebalais. En route ate pizza at “Rooster Cafe” and enjoy a cool night at my personal cabin (boys only room). Smells (coconut-like) and sounds (rooster-crowing) reminds me of rural India – just simple. Continue reading “A week in Haiti Feb 2017”

