In a small room (the "office center") of my hotel, remembering how to blog. No pictures yet and no students who I believe will be setting up their own blogs, including blogging for Mercy Corps (more on this later I suspect).
It's hot, but apparently not as hot as Portland, OR where I departed I think 48 hours ago. Not sure, I think this is Wed. and I left on Monday and there was a 20 hour trip in between and a 12 hour time change. Travel being a funny limbo (remember limbo, the place not hell but not quite heaven where children's souls suspended forever if their were unbaptized babies, pure but not quite pure enough).
Suzanne Feeney, colleague and mentor, is leading another student group on the Women's Development and Microfinance field class and I'm along again as stallwart support. Suzanne is in Pune reconnoitering our final accomodations, etc. and I'm in Mumbai to get over jet lag. Students arrive late Thursday and the program officially begins on Friday. We'll mostly be in Pune and Khed district as last time but leaving off the trip to Udder Praddesh and Dharmshala. A good thing I think although those were wonderful portions of the trip and I will miss seeing Dr. Didi the head of the center in Sidbarhi.
More acclimating awaits. But the smells, and sounds, and feel of the air retain their familiarity.
