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 Attended 2 days conf. Was coughing too  much on 3rd day, so didnt attend sat afternoon and sunday. Met Anna Limchenco. Watched circus whixhbwas nice did not do any ice or snow activitybas I was sick. Went to stanley marketplace. Nothing spectacular. Back to LA. Philippine airlines business class itself was very good. Good food but too much food.Pumpkin ginger soup and philippino conjee especially good. Manila airport was the worst. We had to go identify checked baggage, open and show them. Then 3 security checks, can you imagine? For transit passengers??? Slept comfortably in flight, thank God for business class. I was with blocked nose and cough, still., Anyway now finally at Melbourne.will go back to Adelaide and check for covid. So nice first half but not so nice second half of US trip.

 First day went by Uber to downtown denver. The highest number of homeless people. Smelly, also shouting, one of homeless man was searching in bins and throwing everything away. Really  was scary. Went to rooftop rest., corrigne...52 thirty( something) beautiful view. Had food at rest was ok. But very salty. Next day went on full day tour of rocky mountain national park. By now Prakash had sorethroat, cough, already on azithromycin. Tour was nice. Stopped in some places, walked on frozen lake lily. Took photos etc. Nice tour guide. prakash cough increased. Next day we just took rest, bought a kettle for hot water. All US hotela have only coffeemaker. Also bought a steamer. Ordered Uber eats for nifht and ready meal noidles. Rest made him slightly better. Next day went by Uber ti Gaylord rocky mountain resort. Beauriful place. Mountain view from our room. Festive atmosphere. Different hotels within. By now I started with sorethroat and cough. 3

 We stayed in Hilton garden inn. Nice place. In middle of downtown Chicago. In afternoon we went on river cruise tour, seeing all the high rise buildings, H/o their architecture. It was nice, but cold and windy. Seems Chicago is one of the windiest cities in world. Night we walked and had dinner at Aba mediterranean restaurant, as we could not get reservation in any place that we wanted. Food there was actually quite good. Walked back to hotel. Next day we went on a walking tour of buildings and food, 5 hr walking tour of Chicago. Tour was nice, but guide not good. Doesnt know much about any questions that we asked. Like the different architectural history. Food was ok, popcorn, sausage, beef finally (in) famous deep pan pizza. Was ok, not too bad.There was a girl from India, Ruchi who came for MRI machine adv for a conf., a mexican origin nurse who showed us all his before and after photos after gastric sleeve surgery. Then we went to London house, roof top, very nice night view, ...

 Aruna and Sharat drove us to Jayas place in Milwaukee. I have not seen Jaya or Gautham. Lovely surprise. Both of them very nice people. Talked so much about thittazhathu people with Jaya and felt whatever I heard from Jaya in 2 days was much more than what I knew in last 30 years. She had made so much for lunch, paneer, chicken, dhal etc etc. Went for a drive, saw lake michigan. Houses in US have such big bed rooms and attached toilets closet, unlike in Australia. Dinner was outside in a fast food place. Next day morning she made idli, sambar, chutney. Very nice. Then we went on a drive to see  Madison university campus where Ansh studies. Beautiful campus. It was thanksgiving holiday, so not many people at all. We alao saw Parliment house of Wisconsin. It seems all parliment houses are replica of Washington Parliment house, capitol hill. It was nice. Homeless people sitting inside. Looks like homelessness is a big problem in USA. We had indian pav bhaji and misal pav?? from ...

Aruna and Sharat came to pickbus up from MSP, Milwauki st paul airport early morning. Aruna still thin and tall, ofcourse all of us are older now. Drove to their home in Eau Claire. Quiet town. Arunas house is beauriful, on top of sort of hill. Was snowing around. Very nice view. Lot of birds coming to feed. Saw deer also. That evening we just went around town. Night we had srilankan chicken. We t to see jazz performance by students Next day went for a walk in park. Talked about old times, about Rekha, Arunas olden times etc. Had icecream. Went beer tasing, which was really good. Then went to a burger place for dinner and cocktails. That was good. Evening Aruna played harp. Really nice. Next morning had appam and fish. They drovevus to Milwauki, Jayas place. It was really good seeing Aruna after 30 years. Both are retired now. Aruna is very kind and generous soul.

 Nov 20th, Sunday morning to Melb airport, stayed in Marhaba lounge then business class philippine airlines. That was good, nice cubicles, flat bed, cocktail,  screwdriver. Transit in Manila, the lounge was very busy, crowded airport, but good food. Tasted pandan pudding, fruits and tea. Already too full from airport food. Last minute thwy asked us to go identify our baggage, open it then obly sent it. Flight was not as good as the other one, more open, not contained cuvicles, still ok. Nice crew. Slept almost three quarter of 13 hr journey. LA airport immigration not as croweded as I thought wpuld be. Then walkwd to terminal 1. No coffee shops, no eateries open. Checked into MSP milwaukee, st paul flight, tgen in that terminal before getting onto sunrise flight, got coke and croissant from a nice lady who was already closing shop. Not very clean, no open shops, disappounting LA airport.

 Food was great Went to kesardhaba, such big que and a small place to sit inside. We had thali which had paratha, aloo and chana very nice, paratha with ghee beautiful. We met two youngsters Prachi and? Prachi was a vayadi. Works in hotel and knows all about food., even knows about australian vegemite. had pan nearby shop at their suggestion. As per their suggestion next afternoon went to Pahailwan dhaba, best kulcha ever with all the spices on top and heavenly ghee. Again waited in que, but worth it.they do kulcha in thandoor oven,another person making battar and another one rolls it out, all at entrance, such fast turnout. Went to makkanwala for dinner also at his suggestion, this was a proper restaurant with seating. Very nice Amritsari fish and best butterchicken ever. And madki kulfi, yummy. Lassi at Gianni, simple one with cream on top and just the right amount of sugar Gianni tea stall was another standout. Many celebrities photos on the wall, very old place with bench and t...