Mara and Kara Go To India

Flights confirmed. We fly out January 8 from Detroit and should arrive in Trivandrum, India on the 10th. Mara has the window seat, but we might switch. We get to stay in a fantastic, glamorous resort for a few days in order to get acclimated. Not really. The condition of the hotel is unknown, but we do know for sure that it is right next to the ocean, so it can't be so bad, right?

The plan is this: once we get to the village of Ayroor we will be splitting our time between the local school, a nearby hospital, and classes at the Mahatma Gandhi University. We also hope to spend many a weekend exploring the sights of the province of Kerala. At the top of the list are our mutual desires to ride an elephant and visit a tea plantation.

Another objective is to visit Mumbai and Kashmir...just kidding. We promise not to stray near any possible terrorist activity. We completely understand anyone who expresses jealousy over these tenative arrangements in a potentially unstable, third-world country.

Feel free to check back later for updates, but we are guessing things won't get interesting until after the 8th!