Discoveries in Jodphur Park

Two exiting things happened yesterday! Apart from general organisation of the flat in the morning, we discovered the mode of transport that I will be using from now on: the underground metro.
I have to stop here and make the comparison to the London Tube. The Kolkata Metro is a very efficient underground train system that we can use from the flat to the city for 5 roups...equivalent to 15c for a 15min ride...as opposed to the pounds you spend riding the tube. Also interesting to note that the stairs down to the train were so so clean and there were no beggars in there. India has also got a security check on the way in, which I was absolutely blown away with. Up until now we've been using the taxi service which costs over 100 roups to get into the city.

The other exciting find from yesterday was climbing the rest of the stairs to the flat to find out that we have a tiled rooftop above that seemed relatively clean when I viewed it last night..will have to check today to really see if it is clean. So that will be very cool to use for some quiet time. Wesley brought a swing yesterday, kind of similiar to hammock, so we might be able to set it up up there and use it for some quiet time if necessary.

On another note, there is no getting away from the spice here. We were eating chicken nuggets for lunch which were kindly left in the freezer from the previous mission flat occupants, and they were so tasty. There were unfortunately some members that prefer less spice.

Today we were mean to be training out to begin our first trip to the villages but instead there is a strike, so we've had to put it off till tomorrow...which is also supposed to be a strike, but the papers are saying that some forms of transport are still running, so we'll wait and see. Everything is rather random in this country!

Kate and Cals left by train this morning for Hyderabad. So I'm really excited for them to be able to go there and help out until there are others to take over. So our paths have separated again...although not for long. Jen and I are heading down to Bangalore next weekend and then will be training back up to Hyd before she flies out on the 16th.

That's it for now.