So far so good.\u00a0 In Kolkata.\u00a0 Spent the night sleeping in the International Terminal.\u00a0 Not bad, really.\u00a0 At least it was some shut eye, and had really interesting company:\u00a0 a group of Muslim young men heading back to Thailand\u00a0for a break from their studies here; an older retired couple, both doctors, both live in India, returning from touring the U.S. for six months.\u00a0 At 1:30 in the morning, terminal sleeping was the safest alternative to venturing down an unlit street for two blocks (I did it in the daytime and it was not nice) or taking a taxi downtown on little sleep – God knows where I would have ended up.\u00a0 Did some cleaning\u00a0up in a bathroon (bet it is the last sit-down toilet I see in awhile) and put on a change of clothes which made me feel like a human being again. : )\u00a0 Almost undid all that good when I went to brush my teeth – and without thinking wet the toothbrush in the tap water, which is not clean.\u00a0 Stopped myself just short when I realized.\u00a0 Dodged a bullet there – would have not been nice to get belly problems with one airplane ride and a three hour car ride ahead.<\/p>\n
My next, and last, flight boards in an hour.\u00a0 Received confirmation about the car that will pick me up (whew) when I got on to email just a few minutes ago.\u00a0 Right now I’ve just seen a lot of the inside of an airplane, airport security, and terminals.\u00a0 My last hurdle is to make it on this last flight and have my luggage at the other end.\u00a0 Keep your fingers crossed…<\/p>\n
More later.\u00a0 And thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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