Friday, 17 December 2010

2nd – 5th December 2010 Bangalore, India

IMG_3713

I arrive at Bangalore airport, from Delhi on Air India, around 13.30pm on 2nd December 2010. It’s got a very nice, sort of tropical, feel. Mild, with a cool breeze.

IMG_3729 IMG_3730 IMG_3731

The conference hotel, that I was speaking at, was reputedly 7 star! It was superb. The water feature at the main entrance changed colours!

IMG_3733 IMG_3732 

IMG_3735 IMG_3737

Watch out for Bangalore! It’s going places, fast.IMG_3738

1st–6th November 201, South Korea

IMG_3378

This time, I tried Asiana Airlines from London to Seoul, Korea. Pretty good.

IMG_3383

And I arrived in Seoul airport on 1st November 2010, just before the G29 Summit ‘Shared Growth beyond crisis’

IMG_3389

And took the airport bus downtown to Seoul. A pleasant trip too.

 IMG_3392

The customary pics from my hotel room (just one night before travelling to Chuncheon)

IMG_3395IMG_3396

Travelling to Chuncheon on the coach

IMG_3399IMG_3401

 

IMG_3402

The houses in Chuncheon looked, at first sight, very regimented, but very clean and orderly

IMG_3403IMG_3404

Then the conference centre, resort……..

IMG_3407IMG_3409

Such beautiful autumn colours…….

IMG_3413IMG_3414

So relaxing too….

IMG_3418IMG_3421

IMG_3423

The customary view from my hotel window, over the lake

IMG_3453

The Ladena Resort…then off to the famous Chuncheon….

IMG_3458IMG_3460

All Asians know Chuncheon as the place of the famous film and Asia wide TV soap series (my colleague Masaya in the picture, has firm instructions from his office girls to bring back souveniers

IMG_3461IMG_3462IMG_3463IMG_3471IMG_3472IMG_3473

The famous set

IMG_3484IMG_3480

Then on to the Palace in Seoul City Centre………..

IMG_3490IMG_3491

IMG_3492IMG_3493

And Korean handicrafts / Museum too ..

IMG_3495IMG_3496IMG_3497IMG_3498

IMG_3512

And the Temples…

IMG_3507IMG_3508

And finally, some Korean music and dancing (drums especially)

IMG_3527IMG_3524

Then back to the airport……

IMG_3529IMG_3530

END