Touchdown--Kolkata, India
December 30, 2013
We have never travelled overseas. Our perspective is already shifting. What an awakening: we were astounded by the high costs of food in the Franfurt airport (learning a little about euros), we were in awe of riding on "jumbo" airplane (as Bekah refers to it) from Frankfurt to Bangalore), we have been humbled (already) as we begin to walk the streets of Kalkota and meet people living in extreme poverty. Upon arrival to our hotel, I was taken back by the "meager" accomodations but after only one experience walking through the local area, I feel like we are living like kings and queens. We have beds to sleep in, air conditioning, running water, a private bathroom. We are thankful!
Want to take a guess where we ate supper? Chili's! Talk about irony... There are several others volunteering this week with Tabitha's Heart. The group wanted western food. So we walked through the streets to a high end mall that just opened a month ago. Our first meal in India and we ate at Chili's! Needless to say, Randy was pleased to have ribs and bottomless coke.
Finally we all crawled into bed and slept!!! We woke up part way through the night but managed to go back to sleep. We are hopeful to acclimate to the time change quickly. We will be taking taxis out to the girls and boys homes today. We will deliver some of the clothes and toys we brought along and Randy will start assessing some of the handyman projects that need to be done.
Randy's diligently researching vehicles on the internet. We will be purchasing a secondary vehicle for Tabitha's Heart. I am grateful we won't be driving here. There are few rules of the road. Being passengers is plenty "experience" for me. The constant honking of horns seems to magically help vehicles (which are very close to each other), pedestrians, rickshaws, cows, and more all somehow get to their destinations.
Just thought I'd share a taste of our adventure--until next time...
December 30, 2013
We have never travelled overseas. Our perspective is already shifting. What an awakening: we were astounded by the high costs of food in the Franfurt airport (learning a little about euros), we were in awe of riding on "jumbo" airplane (as Bekah refers to it) from Frankfurt to Bangalore), we have been humbled (already) as we begin to walk the streets of Kalkota and meet people living in extreme poverty. Upon arrival to our hotel, I was taken back by the "meager" accomodations but after only one experience walking through the local area, I feel like we are living like kings and queens. We have beds to sleep in, air conditioning, running water, a private bathroom. We are thankful!
Want to take a guess where we ate supper? Chili's! Talk about irony... There are several others volunteering this week with Tabitha's Heart. The group wanted western food. So we walked through the streets to a high end mall that just opened a month ago. Our first meal in India and we ate at Chili's! Needless to say, Randy was pleased to have ribs and bottomless coke.
Finally we all crawled into bed and slept!!! We woke up part way through the night but managed to go back to sleep. We are hopeful to acclimate to the time change quickly. We will be taking taxis out to the girls and boys homes today. We will deliver some of the clothes and toys we brought along and Randy will start assessing some of the handyman projects that need to be done.
Randy's diligently researching vehicles on the internet. We will be purchasing a secondary vehicle for Tabitha's Heart. I am grateful we won't be driving here. There are few rules of the road. Being passengers is plenty "experience" for me. The constant honking of horns seems to magically help vehicles (which are very close to each other), pedestrians, rickshaws, cows, and more all somehow get to their destinations.
Just thought I'd share a taste of our adventure--until next time...
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