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Vol. 2 Issue 1 – Jan. 2007

In this Issue

	In the Breeze
	The Beginnings
	Bangalore Buzz
	Q & A
	Medical Tourism
	About Us

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Expat Q & A index

Agra, Jaipur and Ranthambore trip

Appliances, Banks, and Surprises

About Us

Bangalore Breeze is a collection of personal experiences of expats. KC Comal is the Chillibreeze expat ‘reporter from the field’.

About KC Comal

KC refuses to limit herself to one label. Among the many hats she wears are: Full time mom, part time writer, teacher, chef, art collector, gardener, quilter and extremely good vacationer. She has lived in Northern California for close to 20 years. After two decades in Silicon Valley her husband will be working from Bangalore. They have two children, a 12 year old daughter and an 8 year old son.

In the Breeze

This issue is full of nuggets and ideas. We have discovered that each expat family experiences life in Bangalore at different levels. Right now Chillibreeze is updating our eBook: Bangalore: An Expat Survival Guide. If you want to share a story of some useful tips, please write to us before January 25, 2007. We hope to receive your inputs.

— Chillibreeze

Q & A's from readers

Q: Here is what I have been told:- Sanitary risk, especially with young children. Moving (by car) is very dangerous, because of traffic conditions. You (and your wife) can even not drive by yourself. What do you think ? Is there a lot of expat families living in Bangalore ?
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Q: We are moving from the US to Bangalore and are staying in Richmond Town. My son goes to school here and I would like your opinion on which school in the area I should pick. Was wondering if you could provide me information about a preschool that your friends runs for 5yrs and younger. Well, Bangalore is completely new to us so any help will be much appreciated. Would also like to know if there are "new to Bangalore groups" that I can join and meet folks. Thanks in advance for your advise..
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Q: My husband has been offered an opportunity at work to move to Bangalore. We have 3 children. I am wondering what life is like there. Your article was very helpful. Thank you. I was assuming that I would have to home school my children because I know nothing of the schools. If you can offer any other information, it would be extremely appreciated.
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If you have a question, email KC

Bangalore Buzz:

Tigers and elephants and camels, oh my! One of the delights of living in India is that you get days off from school when you least expect them. Statehood day, a Bangalore bandh (when all those supporting the cause the bandh has been declared in support of will not go to work. Stores and businesses stay closed and schools are shut in case of bandh related rioting on the streets) and to our delight, two weeks off for the Diwali and Eid break.

We have been longing to play tourist and first on the list is the Taj Mahal. So clichéd that it has to be done, even the kids put it on top of their list of things to do in India. One “does” the Golden Triangle tour, definitely picturesque if obvious. Thinking that the kids would not be able to appreciate the subtle variations in the gazillion Mughal forts and palaces, we decide that we will see the Taj, go to Jaipur and then unwind in Ranthambore, one of the largest tiger reserves in the world. read more...

The Beginnings (continued)

I guess we have officially settled down. Life takes on a pattern and we are slowly getting into the routine of the school week. The kids are in school, with the bus driving up to and within the gates of the apartment complex. There are about 10 children in the building who attend the same school and we are optimistic about future playmates. The first day of school shows us that most families there are in the same boat as us, expats and recently returned NRIs and it is heartening to see that except for ...

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Want to learn more about health options? Buy the recently published Medical Tourism: a Bangalore Perspective

Want to learn more about Indian Art? Buy this beautiful ebook: The World of Indian Murals and Paintings

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