July 26th 2009 My bed is a couple small mattresses stacked on top of each other on the floor.When I wake I roll over and take a look out the window to see what the day is going to be like.This is a completely fruitless exercise, because no matter how nice it may seem, it is a matter of time before it begins to pour.This was the case for today… it looked nice so we decided to bite the bullet and go in to town, although it ended up raining sporadically all day. ...

The biggest impediment to getting started on my work here was the issue of finding housing, something we did at the end of the last week.The flat I share with a couple other students is about 10 minutes from campus, which is a 10 rupee (25 cents) auto ride.If in Canada I would walk the short distance to school, but riding in autos is one of my favorite things to do during my trips to India.While careering through the busy streets avoiding people, cars, bullocks, ...

Sunday July 12th, 2009 Delhi had not been kind to me.On Sunday we departed for the domestic airport at 5:15 am, with the hope that it would be the start of a better journey, in Mumbai.Earlier in the week I had a bout of heatstroke which caused me to black out in the metro.The oppressive heat made it difficult to eat, and the malfunctioning air conditioning unit made it difficult to sleep, its motor being so loud it was like trying to sleep next to a lawnmower. ...