We are in India!

Well after what seemed like an eternity we arrived at Delhi last night around midnight. We actually arrived early but circled Delhi for half and hour waiting for clearance. All our luggage made it which we were very happy about. We had a car reserved from the airport to the hotel but there was a misunderstanding and he thought we were coming in on a later flight. So after wandering around for 30 minutes, a very nice man let us use his cell phone and we found out that the driver was waiting in the parking lot. The airport was packed, there were people everywhere and it felt like half of them wanted to carry our bags! We finally arrived at the hotel Hans Plaza at 1:30am. So after 3 hours of sleep, we got up for our adventurous ride to the Domestic airport. We probably saw 20-25 monkeys this morning, just walking down the sidewalks with the dogs. The driving is an art – you must be able to honk your horn, talk on the cell phone and swerve to miss the rickshaws all at once. Fortunately our driver was great. It is certainly something to get used too. The weather is perfect, a cool 60 degrees.

After a VERY bumpy flight to Kolkata, we arrived to quite the situation. There was a city wide strike and no one was doing anything. But God took care of us, we bumped into a fellow American who is here with a local ministry and he helped us get a cab to the hotel. They were all overcharging because of the strike and we could have been waiting for hours. Our hotel is absolutely beautiful, we were given a corner room with 3 windows overlooking a busy street. It’s perfect but now we must get some rest.

Tomorrow is the big day!!