I'M IN GOA

The flight down to Goa from Mumbai was lovely. Indian-owned Jet Airlines is a remarkable up-and-coming airline that will teach the old AA+Delta+United+Continental gang a thing or two.

A 50-minute ride from Goa airport brings you to the southern a coastal village and just outside past the pottery house is Leela, an incredible Jewel on the from another era. The Indian advertising association has graciously put me up in this wonderful and inspiring gem of a hotel. It's an old group of buildings, rusty red and maroon-painted stone buildings, that are immaculately refurbished with dark teak wood furniture designed by an Indian furniture maker from Goa.

I am preparing my speech about a very remarkable creature that lives in this age - StrawberryFrog - for what will be a crowd of 3000 participants at Goafest 2008. I'm kinda speechless in that this is the biggest group I have ever spoken to. I'm honored to have been asked to keynote this year. And I am very much looking forward to meeting a number of new and old friends (from Cannes) down here over the course of the next few days.

Here are some quick images from my trip so far. Most come from Mumbai but the ones at the bottom are from my arrival today here at the Leela.