I'm glad that my work brought me to Incredible India this time. India is the second largest and also the fastest-growing pro-AV market in Asia Pacific. We had a booth at InfoComm India exhibition that showcases the latest pro-AV and Info-Comm technology innovation a broad spectrum of industries from conferencing, presentation and training equipments to digital signage and projection technology, from signal management and processing to system integration services and command and control systems.
To tell you the truth, India is rather a continent than it is a country. Untouched jungles are a short drive from polluted cities and it is possible to stand at the foot of a snowcapped mountain one day and be travelling by camel through a desert the next. Basically, there is a big contrast within the country between poverty and luxury but poverty, fug, lack of hygienie are more dominant. It is interesting that so many dialects exist within the country so that two Indians coming from different places do not understand each other. According to Census of India 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages. 
Each and every set off hides millions of photo theme, contains great chances of taking great pics because this is a basically completely different world than ours. Indians' lifestyle in general means land of plenty for photographers. Just a couple of themes to mention: the way of transport with their no-rules on the road and having no role of the lanes at all (that's why honking is continuous that is still clang in my ears); their attitude to clear the distance by inches between the cars, 
motorcycles, rickshaws and other objects so that we never wanted to try to put our fingers there; the number of people riding on the same vehicle; the nice colourful dresses worn by the Indian women; faces with the specific red or black spot on the foreheads; fresh exotic fruits vending by the roadside; the types of native animals, etc...
Our hotel was built, furnished and designed for One Thousand and One Nights... Beautiful and sumptuous in every detail. And the cuisine was unearthly. Everybody could find the eatables according to our own taste. I ate really very healthy food stuff and dishes during the whole week that made me very happy. Although, Indian gastronomy tastes very spicy for European people, I tried and liked several dishes. But at the first half of our visit we needed to be very careful because of our stomach so that not to knock out ourselves with an indigestion or diarrhoeia.
Unforgettable experience was that business dinner we spent with our cooperation partners who lives in Dubai but originates from India. They invited us to a seafood restaurant after I told them that I definitely wanted to try Bombay Duck during my stay in Bombay and this way spared them a dilemma where to bring European people for dinner in India, and so let them to introduce us their favourite restaurant in Mumbai! Aaaaand it was pompous!! 
After the still alive sea-animals were displayed, we needed to wait until they prepared them freshly, then one dish was followed by the next. Crabs, lobsters, prawns, clams... For me, Bombay Duck (= Bombil Fry, fresh Mumbai fish coated with a masala based batter and fried to a crisp) was the zenith of course, but I also really liked the stew made of crab served with naan bread and ate by hand (by right hand strictly) tearing little bread and grab the stew inside using two or three fingers.
Prior to the show, we had the chance to see some famous spots in Mumbai including the world's largest open-air laundry at Dhobi Ghat. Being the only white woman made me to feel special at India Gateway where a huge crowd got together. Indians do realized and stopped me to take a picture with them. And one photo was followed by the other and the other and I thought it never comes to an end. 
Approaching a building, each people can count on some obligatory security checkings, even entering a mall or the own hotel. Women and men in separate rows, bodies and bags are scanned just like at the airports. Even our taxi was always checked carefully by the hotel staff every time, inspecting the under-carriage with mirror and opened the trunk. A couple of years ago there were some heavy explosion at certain crowded places by assassins that required many human lives. 
Sanjay Gandhi National Park with its flora and fauna, with its temple where unclothed(!) men were walking up and down, with its 109 pieces of 2400-years-old Kanheri Caves sculpted by Buddhist monks including Buddhist viharas meant for living, studying and meditating were all very very special experience for me such as flying with Emirates Airlines on Airbus A380-800 (capacity: 489-517, number of aircraft: 67, wingspan: 79.8m). 
