After an extremely hectic week I am leaving for a weekend in the Ghats.  I love technology and gadgets, but they have conspired against me this week.  After 12 hours a day in the office, I return to the hotel. There I have wireless internet, Skype for making calls, and a Blackberry delivering a constant stream of emails from the other side of morning. 

I think I have gotten a total of about 12 hours of sleep all week.  I hope this is a good thing and will allow me to sleep on the train.  Usually I wake up at each stop, then as morning approaches I keep waking up wondering if I have slept thru my stop.

Anyway, it is now 19:40 I am sitting in the waiting area at Chennai Central Railway Station, waiting for my train to leave at 21:15.  An older man has just sat down besides me and is leaning in close as I type this on the Blackberry.  We'll see if his eyes work well enough to read this.  <Pause> after a quick glance from me he got self-conscious.

This Munnar trip should be good for a number of reasons.  First is that I am travelling with my Chennai based team, sedond I am finally getting to Kerala and third, it is really feeling good to hit the road (or rails) after a long week of work.

Shawn