Just got back from my trip to Calcutta, India.  It turned out my father in law was diagnosed with an advanced brain tumor shortly after we arrived, so the original trip time was mostly spent in Bangalore where we went for the brain surgery.  Then my husband left to get back to his job and I chose to stay and help my father in law recover.  I stayed for an extra month and it was really challenging for me in many ways, but I feel glad that I did it because I did help my father in law to improve tremendously during the time that I was there.  On my way home I stopped in Bangkok to visit family (my whole father's side of the family is there) and then in Hong Kong to visit a good friend from my time at the University of Michigan and her husband.  The visit to Hong Kong was my first and I loved it.  Am very happy to be home, back with my husband and close to my family and friends again.  I got sick at the very end of the trip and am still recovering.