Ralph Abraham: India, February 8 -- 23, 2014The voyage over, February 8 -- 10Presently, the most efficient air route from San Francisco to Kolkata involves one brief stop in Hong Kong, taking only 22 hours. But because I had a legacy credit with United Airlines that needed to be spent before an immanent expiration date, the best I could arrange was an itinerary with two stops, in Newark and Delhi, the latter an overnight. Leaving home on a Saturday morning at 7 am (8:30 pm in India) I reached my hotel in Kolkata at 5:30 pm on Monday, a span of some 45 hours door-to-door. The distance is 10,800 miles. Of course I did have an excellent rest in a B&B in Delhi. |