Carnet de Voyage: Inde, 3ème partie
Posted by Frenya Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:49:00 GMT
July 16th, 10pm.
Well I made it safely to Madurai after one more flight delay but my suitcase did not. It got blocked in Chennai and it actually is partially my fault. I was supposed to pick up the suitcase when i arrived in Chennai and go through customs with it. The hick is that the suitcase was checked until Madurai so I did not think I had to do something with it before that. It is not a nice surprise to discover that you can not have fresh clothes after a 24 hrs + long trip. At least I know now (and you too!) and I am supposed to get it tomorrow Monday (we will see). I am staying at the guest house of the hospital. A very nice, simple but comfortable place. Tonight, I went to a remembrance service for Dr V., founder of Aravind Eye Hospital who passed away few days ago. It was an evening for the family (quite extensive!) and guests staying at the guest house. I was a great way to first experience indian hospitality, everybody was so nice, they did most of the speeches in english to allow us (foreigners) to understand and then they served food, a little spicy but not so much that we could not enjoy the food.
