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Wed, 08 Dec 2004
Bangalore is in southern India, about 8500 miles from Chicago and about 8400 miles from Detroit.
(For reference, Chicago and Detroit are about 240 miles apart as the crow flies, and Chicago is about 4000 miles from London, England. Since the Earth's circumference is about 24900 miles, Bangalore is over 1/3 of the way around the world from Chicago. Whoa.)
The weather in Bangalore is pretty different from the midwest.
- http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/india/fahrenheit/bangalore.htm
- http://www.karnataka.com/tourism/bangalore/facts.shtml
I'm going to be there during the hot, not-so-rainy months, it seems. I hope my hotel has air-conditioning.
Bangalore is a big city -- I've read different estimates, but it seems that its metropolitan area is slightly more populous than the Chicago metropolitan area.
During North American standard time, Bangalore is 10 1/2 hours ahead of Detroit, and 11 1/2 hours ahead of Chicago. Since India does not observe any sort of daylight savings time (there's really no point), Bangalore will be 9 1/2 hours ahead of Detroit and 10 1/2 hours ahead of Chicago after April 3.
That's about all I know about Bangalore at the moment, though I plan on finding out a lot more before I leave. I'm not sure how much free time I'll have outside of boot camp, but I do plan on getting out and about when I can.
Boot Camp is scheduled to run for 16 weeks, starting February 14, 2005. I don't know how solid these dates are, nor do I know what my itinerary is. Yet.
More info to follow. Watch this space.