The trip is going very well. Another week flew by here in Kolkata. We were very busy between meetings and planning for the next phase. Tonight we travel back to the Murshidabad district where we will be for the next two weeks. During this phase of the trip we will continue to meet with different local government officials, a couple of local NGOs, as well as continue to assist on a research project. We will spend some time in the villages talking to families and we will spend some time in the larger city. Our project is centered on the problem of arsenic in the ground water which is most people's main source of drinking water. It’s a pretty intense experience to see the health effects first hand and to talk to people about what is going on.
While we are here this trip, we are also going to see some of the historical sites of the area which should be pretty interesting. We will also be meeting up with more students from a local college who are also going to be working on the research project; I’m excited to meet more of the students and hang out with them.
My friend leaves two weeks from Monday and I will be so sad to see her go. There is another student staying in our guest house in Kolkata who is doing work through the same professor who will still be here when we get back from Murshidabad. She just arrived this weekend, but we might have the chance to get to know her some when we get back. I think these next two weeks are going to fly by. And then it will be just a little over a week until I head home myself. I’m looking into possibly doing a sort of packaged tour my last weekend in Delhi, including a trip to the Taj Mahal. Has anyone been on one or knows someone who has? I’m looking for recommendations of reliable tour companies.
I am having an incredible time and it really is an amazing experience and I know it will continue to be so. That being said, I am also a little homesick. I wish I got to be home when mom gets home from her big trip so I could hear all about it. And go to the wedding in August. And help figure out where I’m going to live next year. And be back up in the Bay. BUT in no means am I regretting being here or this experience. Just missing home is all. But with just a little over three weeks to go and so much to do between then and now, I think it will go by really fast. Who knows, I might not even ready to leave when that time gets here … although I’ll probably just be pretty excited.
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I am homesick for you! BTW - has Lindsay found an apartment?
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