Monday, September 29, 2008

In the last twenty four hours...

...I saw two mongooses. Mongoose = actually plain old Indian weasel. No pictures, sorry, they are fast on the feet. I tried saying "Rikki-tikki-tavi, ch ch ch!" but to no avail. Must start using film camera, much quicker on the draw.
...I was summarily issued off a train for ticketless travel. I then carried my 97,000 lbs of luggage from 1 platform to another and then the full length of, like, i don't know, 9 trains and over the himalayas until I found coach B2 and my seat, which was occupied by an infirm grandmother. I love negotiating for a seat in the dark.
...I found myself coated in a sweat and dirt film.
...I spoke to Maggie by phone Allahabad-Chicago, and she sounded a tad under the weather (um, actually kinda miserable)
...I paid 5 dollars for 17 pieces of laundry to be professionally washed dried folded and returned w/in 7 hours.
...I took a picture of my friend Mike K who went from Fuzzy Muppet to Cue Ball while I blogged. Sorry, camera is in room.
ok tata bye bye for now
lv
c

2 comments:

Grandma Ginny said...

Eagerly seeking confirmation that Maggie, Caitlin and Ben have arrived. Hope Maggie is feeling better. Have tried to imagine flying across three continents with a sinus infection...horrors.

margaret said...

eagerly awaiting the news of the arrival of m, c, and b...and it looks like gg and i are together on this one.