India Delayed - Wednesday,October 19, 2011

Sometimes, I feel that my sojourn in India is just not meant to be.  My

plans always meet with delay and this trip is no exception.  I was due to

leave San Francisco on October 23rd and to touch down in Mumbai two

days later.  Alas, my departure had to be postponed.  First of all, a

subpoena from the superior court of San Francisco arrived for a trial

starting on October 12th "to completion" for a case I did some years

back - with the ominous threat of arrest for contempt of court if I

failed to appear when summoned. 

Reluctantly, I switched my outbound "free" flight to Korean Airlines

from L.A. since nothing was available on Air France, the carrier I'd

been booked on previously.  That frequent flyer ticket cost me $179

in taxes, etc...not too bad for an India round trip ticket.  For the

Korean Airlines flight, I had to buy mileage, for an additional $345.

Of course, I'll also have to buy a round trip ticket to LAX, making

my "free" ticket amount to more than $500! 

The only nice thing about this is that I am allowed stopover in Seoul

with this ticket.  Since I've never been to Korea, I'm staying two

full days - though it will be really cold and my suitcases will be

packed for the hotter climate of India.  I do love Korean food

( well, if truth be told, I love most food! )!  I plan to ask my good

friends who own American Sushi House up the street what I

should see and do during my two days ( they have a Japanese

restaurant but they are both Korean! ).

I hope I can do most of the final packing and rent a truck to haul

all the debris so that Jeremy can get back from his two week vacation in

Mexico to find almost everything done.  That poor guy worked almost

singlehandedly to demolish much of my old furniture and garage

shelving and haul it to the dump.  He was amazing!  He'd just resignedd

from his two year position at Maxim Intergrated Producsts and was

immediately hired at Genintech for an amazing salary and wanted to

squeeze in a vacation before that job started.

I have been trying to let go of a lot of my belongings in anticipation

of moving to MUCH smaller quarters on my return from India.  It

will certainly take some adjustment.  I just wish the San Francisco

area had nice affordable duplexes like the lovely two bedroom one

my mother rented in Columbus, Georgia for about $600/month.

She lived in hers for 18 years.

I'm sad that my stay in India will now be much shorter.  I arrive on

Saturday, November 19th and return to Los Angeles on Thursday,

March 29th - that's 37 days less in my beloved India than I'd planned.

I will just have to win the lottery so this will not be my last trip!





	Flight	Departs	Arrives
	Korean Air KE12	Los Angeles (LAX) Mon, Nov 14 11:50 pm	Seoul, Korea (ROK) (ICN) Wed, Nov 16 6:15 am
	Confirm  code: EITRTQ
	Korean Air KE655 Airbus A330-300	Seoul, Korea (ROK) (ICN) Fri, Nov 18 8:20 pm	Mumbai, India (BOM) Sat, Nov 19 1:55 am
	Confirm code: EITRTQ
	Korean Air KE656 Airbus A330-200	Mumbai, India (BOM) Thu, Mar 29 4:15 am	Seoul, Korea (ROK) (ICN) Thu, Mar 29 3:00 pm
	Confirmation code: EITRTQ
	Korean Air KE11	Seoul, Korea (ROK) (ICN) Thu, Mar 29 8:00 pm	Los Angeles (LAX) Thu, Mar 29 3:00 pm
	Confirmation code: EITRTQ