Day 13 - Vidyapith Museum Ahmadabad Wednesday, 16 November, 2011 I need to find out how to say good morning in Gujarati. Good morning friends and families. I have been up for about 3 hours now. My nostril has been blocked and this as you all know is not fun. I don't feel sick just not able to inhale and exhale comfortably. One of my roommate (Amie) also has cold and sinus infection and the other (Julie) has a fever. Who would have thought this would happen at ...

Day 12 - Why Ahmedabad = Dev. Comm. dept. - Univ. of Gujarat Ahmadabad Tuesday, 15 November, 2011 On today's agenda, it is a visit to the Dev. Comm. dept. in University of Gujarat and CEE. As soon as I got off the bus, when we got to the campus, I heard drums and I knew this was going to be fun. The welcome ceremony made me feel so special and welcomed. I danced with the students so did most of my classmates. I feel this should count as my cardio for the day....

Day 11 - First day of sch. - Gandhi Ahmadabad Monday, 14 November, 2011 It is going to be a long day. First day of school ... I am pumped. Let's do this. Introduction and then housekeeping details. It is so exciting to see everyone again after one year if cyber communication. We meet Ashoke Chatterjee the Author of Rising Utthan and Nafisa Barot (one of the founding member of Utthan) stopped by on her way to the doctor's office. The later part of the day was ...

Day 10 - Swasti Ahmadabad Sunday, 13 November, 2011 Good morning (Su-prabhaat) readers. I feel very rested today as I was able to get a whole five hours of sleep. This is the first time since I left home that my sleep was longer than three hours and I slept the entire time. Breakfast was great as well. I was with Lindsay but we were later joined by others and we just sat and shares stories till about 11am when I and Lindsay decided to go back to our room and p...

Day 9 - Lemon Tree Hotel Ahmadabad Saturday, 12 November, 2011 I got to A'bad airport at 12:58am and was lucky enough to be picked up an hour later by the hotel. I got to the hotel and was told I would pay half day to check in at that time which was fine but explaining to them that I would be switching roommates after a day became an issue. So I decided to wait for Lindsay my roommate for the day since she made the arrangements with them weeks before. I waited...