Arrival... and a heckuva lot more!

Hey everyone, I apologize in advance for the length, but there is just so much that I have to share with you. Also, I don't have many photos uploaded to my computer yet, but I will soon have those. I may even do a photo-only post next week.

So, the story starts with us being delayed in Denver due to snow in New Jersey (our transfer stop). This only gave us about 40 min of layover in Newark. So, us being brilliant interns, we stopped for dinner and ended up almost missing our flight. Haha, I was sprinting to the gate as they called our names over the PA to try and hold the flight for the others bringing our carry-ons. We made the flight, and luckily it was very nice. the plane was only about half full so we had plenty of room, watched a few movies and took a nap. Edwin ended up sleeping half the flight, which was a mistake because now he's got jet-lag while the rest of us are fine.

So landing in India, I had no idea what to expect. I remember toally having that deer-in-the-headlights feeling as we searched for Matthew and Ivy who were supposed to meet us. After a little confusion as to which direction to exit the airport (which ended up not mattering anyway :) we meet up and took a taxi to our hotel. Wow, now I understand when people say that lane laws don't exist. I was pretty sure we ran two red lights on our 20-min taxi ride in which we probably passed half the population of Delhi within 3 inches. I vividly remember thanking God that there was a merridian seperating us from on coming traffic. Welcome to Delhi. Since then, we have all gotten quite used to driving in India and although I'll never have to, I probably could do it myself if needed.

Our accomodations were actually quite nice, if small, but we were so tired it didn't really matter. You wouldn't recognize the Cottage Yes Please from the outside since it sat in a run-down (to my standards) section of the city, but the inside was beautiful. Unfortunately, I didn't remember to take pictures. Shoot, my time is up and I have to go, but I'll try to finish the story soon. Namaste!