Intro post

Monday, June 6th 2007

Looks like I'm going to India!
Next month sometime.

My passport needs to be renewed before I can confirm dates, but most likely in the middle of July.
Why am I going to India? That's a really good question!

Here's the short version...
My company makes a little test instrument that runs via computer. It's pretty advanced stuff but we've streamlined it to be practically simple enough to be setup and operated by a 5 year old kid. Plug it in, plug it into the computer and install the software. Read the well written manuals for the rest. Simple.
Well a customer in India ordered one of these instruments and thought that it might be so complicated that they included in the order to have a engineer FROM THE US show up over there to train them on how to setup and use the thing.
Normally we would tell them that it's not needed or we could have an agent from their own country show up and help out, but somehow nobody in our company happened to read that part in the purchase order so it was approved as is.
So now the customer has their equipment and is crying to our agent over there to fulfill the contract and have me fly over there to read the manuals to them. How exciting.
So after I get my new passport, visa, Typhiod Fever, Hep A, Polio booster, Tetanus and Malaria shots I'll be on my way to lovely, hot, smoky India!

This blog is my personal log of the trip.