Friday October 6th, 2006 by Brian
Both of my big purchases for the trip showed up today, the Fujitsu P1510D Lifebook laptop/tablet and HP HW6915 quad-band GSM phone with Wi-fi, bluetooth and GPS. Pictured next to my Indian Visa and Int’l Driving Permit, you can see the relative size of the Lifebook. It’s tiny. Kind of thick, but tiny. The bloody phone is half the size! Tiny!
Not all was chocolate and roses though; I bought the HP from an Ebay seller in Hong Kong and sure enough, the box showed up with a European wall plug format. D’oh. The good news is the USB charger/cradle that was included (along with a bonus 12v car charger) so after …
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Friday October 6th, 2006 by Brian
Jennifer and I got up this morning and headed to the Indian Embassy near Geary and Arguello to obtain tourist visas for early next year. Six months for $60. We stood in a pretty long and chaotic line while the passport customers were turbo’d to the front of the line. When our number was finally called, we dropped off our passports, our application and cash and were told to return between 4:00 and 4:45PM to pick it up. Pretty easy.
For some reason, while reading everything in sight to kill time, I learned that India requires a visa for every tourist except for those from Nepal, Bhutan and South Africa. How the last one …
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