we're here!

after 18+ hours of traveling, we arrived yesterday. bombay (as everyone still calls it), for its part, welcomed us with 106 degree weather. and no, it's not been a dry heat. anyone with curls can imagine what my hair looks like right now, and i choose not to document that photographically. what completely blows my mind is that everyone is walking around in jeans and long-sleeved shirts while i'm pouring sweat through my t-shirt. i guess not unlike when people from warmer climates are wearing their parkas in worcester in october.

what's fantastic here is that it seems like people will bring anything you want to your door. we literally ran into a man selling bags of snacks door-to-door here in our building - and then our hosts bought us plantain chips and roasted chickpeas and something else i can't identify. he'll be paying us weekly visits. we're also arranging for coconut deliveries on the weekends and fruit service from the fruit lady. and the tech support guy came right on over to connect us to the internet. lovely.

also, i'd better hope for some sort of gi bug, because at this rate i'm not fitting into an bridesmaid dresses when i get home. three kinds of paneer yesterday alone! and the naan! heavenly.

of course, the downside of having everything delivered today is that we didn't leave home today - which i think is justified, as we're dealing with a 9.5 hour time difference. so no real photos to share, but i will leave you with this one, of our water supply:


no ehec for us!