Just arrived

I am here in Houston. I know people in India are in office right now, and yearning for that tea-break in the late afternoon.

I was not very tired when I reached here. Anoop William (my Hamirpur friend, who was supposed to pick me here) was one hour late, so I had to wait at the airport. He was the same guy when we left him Hamirpur, just a bit more fleshier and with lesser hair on his head.

Right now its 6 am in the morning and the sun has not risen yet. The sun normally rises at around 7 am in the summers and 8:30 in the winters. I could not sleep properly tonight as I had already slept long in the flight. The flight was really good. Qatar airways is a very long flight. The flights usually do not take a route over the atlantic ocean, so they fly a long way. The route is very long. We flew over the Balkan states, then Russia, then Finland, then even Greenland, then Canada and then we came to the USA flying over Chicago and all the way to Texas. The good thing about the flight was that the food was excellent. Qatar airways is known for its good quality food. Vegeterian food was mostly Indian food- Rajma, Paneer, Rice, etc with salads, sweet dishes, cakes, biscuits, etc. Non-veg was also good. I tried fish as well as chicken on flight. Fish was ok. Chicken was good.

I was unable to sleep, so I thought to utilize some time blogging. Yesterday while coming, I saw the downtown area- the center of Houston. With tall buildings, it is the type of place what is shown on tv generally about how US is. And I am staying just 5 kms from that place. Today in the morning or afternoon, I will go to the college and look around. Yesterday also, we drove through the college to this place. Anoop said he will show me the college. He is working off campus here during summers. The college looked good. Buildings were really good from the outside. Will explore more later. I saw just one part of the college.

More to come. Watch this space.