I’ll be departing for 2 weeks to my company’s offices in Singapore and India and combining the business with some pleasure in both India and Japan. I’ve changed out my flight to take advantage of our rather relaxed side trip philosophy and am going to be spending some time at the ANA Intercontinental Hotel in Tokyo. This is one of those luxury places that seem to guess everything you could want before you actually know you want it. I’m also staying at the Royal Plaza on Scotts in Singapore for some nights and the Raintree Ecotel in Chennai India. While in India, we are going to be touring around next weekend in Pondicherry which is an interesting French colonial city close to Chennai. We’re spending a single night there with folks from the Fremont, Singapore, and Chennai offices. After that, I’m in the Chennai offices for a few days and then back to Singapore for meetings and then on to Tokyo for a few days of R&R before leaving for home. I plan on visiting a few places in Tokyo like the Akihabara electronics zone. One restaurant I plan on visiting is the site where Kill Bill was filmed.
This trip also means I’m switching out my usual flight partner to ANA which offers nice attractions like attentive staff, good meals, and a decent enough stay even in Tourist Class. My miles still acrrue over on United since they are part of the group.
There you have it! Yet another trip with a fun side excursion. It will be warm/hot in all the places and I’ll see you on the rooftop restaurant in Chennai!
