I’ve had no real opportunity to be anywhere except the hotel and the office. I did get a few pictures yesterday afternoon around the office and this morning from the hotel room window. I’ve posted a few pictures — just click on the “pictures!” link on the right side of the webpage.

I went back to the hotel yesterday afternoon about 3:30 and grabbed a couple hours of sleep. I had dinner at the hotel and went back to the room to catch up on some work activities. About a half-hour after I went to bed the power went out at the hotel and I sat in the dark for about an hour before power was restored. My nasal CPAP machine (for sleep apnea) doesn’t work with no electricity! That made for a little shorter night than I wanted, but the day today has gone quite well. Jetlag is a difficult issue but I’ll be here long enough on this trip to get quite acclimated to the time in this country.

It gets dark early here — when I got up after my nap yesterday at 6 p.m., twilight was almost over and nightfall was descending. There isn’t much close around the hotel so it isn’t worth trying to take a walk in the area. Tonight I’ll take the shuttle over to one of the malls and walk around there with camera in hand. There just might be something worth taking a picture of. I also have a meeting at 10 p.m. tonight so I’ll likely have another chance to write something about my impressions of the country so far.