Saturday, January 21, 2006

Back Online!

Me in front of the Lotus Temple, a gorgeous Baha'i temple in New Delhi
Some students at the Kendriya Vidyalaya school put on an enchanting play for us!

Namaste! Sorry for the delay in posting everyone, it's been a bit more challenging than I anticipated accessing the internet here in Delhi. In fact it's been a bit of a cosmic joke played on me... We're supposed to have internet at my hotel... but not once has it been working when I've checked. We were supposed to have internet at the conference center where we had our workshops, but everytime i went to use their business center it was down. I came to the Khan market to use a cybercafe and it had closed before i got there! i now have some time to post, and now the cybercafe is closing!! i'll post many more stories and pictures later tonight if possible now that the the first workshop has come to an end and we have some time to breathe a bit. In short, India is amazing, bombarding the senses at every turn. The sights, from the Taj Mahal, to the Qutb Minar, to the chaotic bazaars of Old Delhi, to the chaotic streets where an everyone for themselves survival of the fittest mentality exists... elephants, camels, cows, not uncommon sights in traffic as well.. to the heartbreaking scenes of crippled street children begging for alms at your car window at the stop light, to the grand majesty of the Red Fort along the Yamuna river and the glorious Rajpath, the central boulevard of the city where Ghandi's funeral procession took place in front of millions in 1948. alright, more to come, but in the meantime, enjoy some pics...