Adventures in India

In June 2005, I will be taking a trip to India to volunteer with an organization called Cross Cultural Solutions. This is a log about my thoughts and adventures as I prepare, embark, and return from this trip.

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Location: Indianapolis, IN, United States

How does one describe themselves...I am a girl, brownish blonde curly hair, 5'3. I usually mess up phrases and my friends endearingly call them brookisms. I love to sit on a porch swing with a cup of tea (not coffee). I have a ton of questions rolling around in my head but I am not sure if I am allowed to ask them. I am a mess, not very impressive...but I am lovely and full of life. I want to love well. I like to decorate and dream of fixing up homes. I want to have more courage to be with the poor...truly be with them not just charity. I want to be able to garden but currently suck at it. I am trying to learn French but I am a numbers girl and I have trouble speaking English. I want to travel to beautiful places but I wish I could see every place as beautiful. I want to learn how to scuba dive. I would rather go to a mountain lake than the ocean beach. I find water very therapeutic and wish I could be around it more.

Monday, June 06, 2005

Flight Delays

The trip here has been interesting. The flight to Toronto went smoothly but the trip to Dehli has definitely been an adventure. After 13 1/2 hours of flight, there was a storm over Delhi. We tried to land twice and had such horrible turbulance (I honestly thought we might die as we watched the plane bend), so they decided to reroute to get more fuel. The flight turned into 16 hours. We waited as A????abad for 4 hours for fuel...none came. The flight crew legally could not fly anymore without a break so we were sent to hotels. In the process they kept our passports because we have not been able to go through immigration yet. We didn't get checked in until 2:30 am. The flight to Dehil from A????abad doesn't leave until 7:30 pm so we will miss our flight to Hyderabad. Such an interesting few days. The joys of traveling in India where things never move as smoothly as you want. Oh well, we are definitely still having fun. We have been kidding about all the Murphy Law things we are encountering...Lynn will post them in her blog later. The view from our hotel window is amazing. Keep us in your prayers.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hang in there, I'm sure the rough start is only a good test. Take care and travel safely.

YOB

4:40 AM  

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