Delhi

Wonderful to finally arrive in India.  First leg from Spokane on Alaska had me next to this 300 pound guy who wanted to chat the entire trip, second leg was next to a cute year old baby who sprayed milk all over my new jacket.  The final leg was a grueling 15 hour trip from New Jersey to New Delhi.  Sat next to a very charming medical student returning home after interviews for her pediatric residency in the U.S.   She assures me that rhino attacks are not really a common problem.  Marauding elephant gangs are more dangerous.  Something to do with their discovery that the enormous nasal passage in their trunk served as an impromptu "bong" as they inhaled the smoke from the burning hemp fields being destroyed by the counter-narcotic units.  Unknown is how they went beyond this gateway drug to sniffing cocaine, and she was very vague on where they get the large mirrors and razor blades.  Met a ton of people from Operation Smile.  Norm and Kathy and Kathy and Betsy and Janine and Ashley and Alexis and Madison and Tracy and Dan and Marion and Stam and Pauline and Nolan and Paula and Mary and Rachel and Kristin and Donna and Lucy.  I'm told more is coming, some from India.  And that we will play something called "The Name Game".  Why did they laugh?  The coordinator here in India is Abhisek Sengupt (gonna go with Abby).  This is a picture of him and his staff, I'll get names later.