Day 1

So we just finished Day 1. I gotta say travelling to India is... taxing. You spend about 24 hours in airports/airplanes... and as we all have experienced sitting on a plane for 10 hour stretches is exhausting. Getting through customs at the airport was another "fun" moment: 1 hour. Catching a a prepaid taxi was another ordeal: another hour... We got to the Ashoka Hotel at 4:30 AM... Safe and not sound.

Vineeta won the Hind Rattan Award from the NRI Welfare Society - 27th International Congress of NRIs. She won the award for her outstanding services, achievements and contributions in Neurology. 

This NRI event is actually a pretty big deal, I was not expecting that. There are about 400 NRI's from all over the world. It is amazing. We've met people from everywhere. Vineeta gave a great speech about Rural Self Reliance. She talked about her school as the model. The speech generated a lot of interest. People were coming up to us the entire night, asking questions.

I should mention that I feel asleep during some of the boring speeches. hahaah! That is so me. It was the jet lag ;)

So tomorrow is the India Day Parade and road tripping to Jaipur. 

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