Wednesday, April 30, 2008

sweet lime.

The trip has gone extremely smooth thus far. We got all our bags in Kolkatta and even each had a row to ourselves on the flight here so we could sleep. We are staying at some friends of Nics, and they do not have A/C and it is about 40 degrees outside. Not very pleasant, but we are getting the full experience. Breakfast was had at a little vendor on the street. Some nan, onions and chick pea curry. Delicious. We got haircuts after that and all look the part well. While hanging out at the house for the morning we were greeted by a gang of white monkeys. everyone was outside there homes chekcing them out. they said it was the first time they ever saw white monkeys here. We went to the Victoria Memorial later in the afternoon, a big marble building via autorickshaw and underground transit. the driving, like Uganda, is unreal and never gets old. constant horns and dodging in any space the car can fit. We are here for tonight and tomorrow night, then fly to Guwahati to be greeted by Ray. hopefully they have A/C! it's the first day but it feels like we have been here a week. everyone says hi. will update more later.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

glad you made it ok
thanks for the update
enjoy Kolkata

Laura

John, Angie and the kiddos said...

Wow, Tyler blogged. There is a God.

I've looked and looked to try and locate you on the map but there is no Kolkatta.

Hmm.