Travel Companions...

Its amazing how our cine heroes always get to chat up these pretty young things, traveling.

I think back to all those times I've had to endure those super long journeys.

That wise looking Asian gentleman, who made me teach him Sudoku. And was amazed by the fact that I could actually finish one in under fifty minutes... (yeah, fifty! Any friend of mine who reads this must note that I was drugged, jet lagged, sleepy, *and* afraid that there were terrorists on board.)

And then there was this Indian uncle... an extremely jolly man, I thought. Till he jumped into his AMWAY spiel.

That middle aged Caucasian businesswoman, who couldn't believe that I chose Stanford for MIT. Trade sunny CA for chilly Boston, I ask? Obviously, she seemed to think.

That uncle and aunty from Hyderabad... who were quite worried about my state of nourishment. You should meet up with my son Ramakrishna Reddy in San Jose, they said. Our daughter in law makes yummy Lamb curry. Aunty seemed disappointed when she found out that I was vegetarian. She cheered up somewhat when she found out that I was a big fan of muddapappu and avakaya.

I remember filling up immigration forms for the elderly Panjabi couple who were headed over to meet their grandchildren. We don't speak a common language. But we communicate.

And all those kids. God! Entertaining for the first half hour or so... extremely extremely annoying after that. Playing peek-a-boo 14 hours straight can get tiring... however cute the sister :P

Hmmm...

There was this one pretty chick from Bombay, on one my of my trips back home...

Young, smart, cute, ambitious... she seemed to have it all. Amazing amazing conversation!!! The Pacific seemed smaller still...

As we were about to touch down, she introduced into the conversation, the subject of a husband...

Anyways... that was that.