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Flights Airport: Windhoek Hosea Kutako (WDH), http://www.airports.com.na/hkia.php. The flights are offered by tour operators at fixed prices of around EUR 1,100 (including Rail & Fly ticket). It is cheaper to book the flights directly via the websites...

Sightseeing features

The sights listed here are a list of typical attractions. This list does not claim to be complete, but includes recommendations from relevant literature and travel suggestions. The list is sorted roughly from north to...

Pune

As part of a business trip, I am staying in Pune, India, for a good week. Pune (formerly Punavadi, also spelled Poona(h)) is located about 170 km southeast of Mumbai and is known as a location...

Las Vegas

This time a conference is taking me to the desert in Las Vegas: preliminary talks in London, then via Chicago to Las Vegas and back via Frankfurt. Airlines affected: Air Berlin (Münster – London-Stansted), United...

Bucharest

As part of a business trip, I went to Bucharest, where Wipro Technologies also operates a development center. My expectations were perhaps a little exaggerated, as I put the city in the same league as Zagreb or Budapest...

Mahabalipuram

Outside of Chennai, heading south along the coast, lies a fairly large and well-known temple complex from the 14th century. While impressive structures can be visited there, the Indian...

Chennai

In contrast to last year, the flight was able to take off on time this time and there were no problems changing planes in Frankfurt. On the contrary: In the end, we even arrived a little early...

Wedding of Manjari and Manish Kejriwal

Being late is apparently an Indian virtue. At the reception in the hotel there was a detailed wedding programme in which all the ceremonies were listed in minute detail, hour by hour, for Saturday and Sunday. However, no one was interested...

Wipro Leadership Training in Bangalore

The following week saw the Wipro Leadership Program (WLP), which included management training and informative presentations about Wipro. The first three days were accordingly...

Delhi

My flight was a direct flight from Munich and took off with a 30 minute delay. This was due to the de-icing procedure, which was necessary given the outside temperature of around -10°C. This delay added up...

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