We are in India

Hi everyone!

We are just in our second day here in India...for those of you who did not know we were going to India...well now you know. It took a while for us to get here due to some flight problems. Actually the real problems started with us both spending all weekend trying to finish all our projects before we left. Leslie comleting her finals and Kevin doing one of the 50 or so project hanging over his head. In true Merritt style we spent our last minutes in NYC cursing our computers, frantically packing and running down the street to the train station. Thank goodness Bob taught us how to pack light! Most of the train ride was spent discussing how we could have planned better and swearing that NEXT TIME we will not try to finish everything at the last minute! Of course the stress level didn't dimish when we arrived and the airport only to find that the monorail was broken and we would have to take a train to the terminal. Of course then the x-ray machine in our security line broke as well and we were sure we would not make our flight. But low and behold we got on the flight just in time! However, none of this mattered because after two hours of sitting on the runway, the piolet announced that we would not be leaving because the plane was broken. A beautiful night in a Newark hotel was our reward and we got back on the plane the next day, got drunk, fell asleep and somehow arrived in Mumbai (Bombay). We went through customs (a simple "is this your bag..thanks"), met our driver (arranged by our Indian friend from the US who's family lives in Mumbai) and now we are here. Once we figure out what we are doing we will write more. All we know now is that we are headed south to Kerela and are looking for a place to stay there...any suggestions? Otherwise, I guess we will be sleeping under the stars.

Love from the Arabian Sea, Kevin & Leslie