After our 8 hour tour of Delhi and visit to the polio headquarters our driver took us to the train station to catch the train to Chandigarh, our ultimate destination. Unfortunately, Delhi traffic on a Friday afternoon rush hour was a force to be reckoned with. After almost 2 hours of almost being hit by motorcycles, cars, rickshaws, elephants, stray dogs and bikes we made it to the station with literally 2 minutes to spare. The students sprinted to the train while the rest of us ran as fast as we could, jumping onto the train with our luggage with only a minute to spare. Fortunately, we made it and enjoyed a 3 hour journey north, eating dinner and doing homework (I'm going to share this photo with the girls' teachers as they have been so conscientious about homework at every opportunity).
It started to rain as we approached Chandigarh but our host families and Rotarians were on the platform to give us a warm welcome to their city. The girls met up with Tamanna and Varnika who'd visited Webb in April and also met Sophia,one of their host sisters. The Rotarians are staying with Madhukar Malhotra and Vivek Gupta, our kind and gracious hosts.
Hard to believe it's been 24 hours since we arrived!We seem to have been here much longer and have had a good welcome to this interesting country of contrasts.
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