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the progress made and also New Zealand had very beautiful scenery. New Zealand is mainly agricultural and therefore it is comparatively pollution free. On the way to Sydney we stopped at Bali in Indonesia where we spent three days and on the return from Auckland we stopped at Singapore for a couple of days before returning to India. In the year 2001, i.e. two years prior to Bhagwati's demise we had a cruise in the Mediterranean with only six of us viz.myself, Bhagwati, Nirmal, Sheela, Kabir and Maya which was very relaxing and I am sure this would have enabled us to know each other better.
In 2003 in the month of January we had planned a cruise in South America i.e. from Santiago, Chile to Buenos Aires in Argentina going round the Cape Horn and also going along Antarctica. However, because of the illness of Bhagwati the tour was abandoned.
Antartic Cruise It was only in February 2010 that I undertook a cruise of the Antarctica and land tour of Brazil and Argentina with Malti - my cousin. The Iguassu Falls were wonderful - one of the seven wonders of the world. Bariloche in Argentina happens to be one of the most beautiful places in the world. We undertook a 3 day Amazon River Cruise from Manaus in Brazil - there fortunately we met five NRI Gujarati couples and we had a very good time on board the little ship.
On the Celebrity cruise to Antarctica we met about 20 people - all Gujaratis from Mumbai and we had a very good time on the ship. In Antarctica we were fortunate to have bright sunny weather and it was wonderful to see the scenery in Antarctica and particularly in Paradise Bay and also see penguins, whales, sea lions etc. On the way back, we spent two days in Johannesburg and Sun City and we had a wonderful time with Naidoo's and Sal and Rishi. They are wonderful people.
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably
end up somewhere else. - Laurance J Peter
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