As I mentioned before, I’ll be leaving for Goa again in the next couple days! This next trip is second-to-last and will be the longest one yet…my friend Sam from the UK will be arriving tomorrow, and the itinerary I’ve put together includes two days in Hyderabad, a day in Bombay, a trip on the Konkan Express down the coast to Northern Goa, three days in Goa and then on to Kerala, where we’ll meet up with Hakon and his Norweigan friends visiting and Andi and her friend who’s studying abroad in Italy for the semester. After five days in Kerala, we’ll fly back to Hyderabad and he’s out on the 19th.
Then I have ten days of wrapping up my studies and final exams before I take off on my final trek; Banks and Charlie have been scheming up a two-week tour for the three of us, traveling to Agra-Khujaharo-Varanasi-and then into Nepal for a week.
And then it’s home…
This last week has been full of term papers, guest lecturers and a student theater piece...an impressive small-scale production--best described as an Indian “Revolutionary Road”
There was also an interesting protest/strike the last two days (involving some inadequacy of the health centre?) which caused all classes to be cancelled and all gates to be locked—preventing anyone from leaving or entering. Sounds great—kind of like a snow day, right? But not when you’re trying to access e-journals through the library which booted you out and locked its doors.
Anyway, enjoy the coming of Spring! It's excruciatingly hot here. But just when you've accepted you're about to die on your umpteenth trip up the hill, some sprightly young indian pedals past in jeans and a sweatshirt...and you suck it up.
For now, with love, Alison
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