There have been so many pieces that have to be put together to make this experience become a reality. From visas and vaccinations(typhoid, malaria, polio, Hep A, Hep B, etc), antibiotics, drugs galore for all of the possibilities that are before us, evacuation insurance, renting our houses, finding highly qualified people to take over my business, banking, bill paying(that still goes on while we are far away in the village), spending hours working on a complex itinerary, buying our tickets(3 days, 30 hours!)...the list has been endless. By the time we board the plane for Delhi on 9/11, it will all be done. Or, as done as it's going to be. I wake up at 3 a.m., run over lists in my mind, and then wake up forgetting what's on the list.
Packing...what to take? DEET and more Deet. Indian mosquitos carry Dengue fever, malaria and Japanese Encephalitis. Do we need to know what each kind of mosquito looks like, stings like and buzzes like? So much to learn. Oh, customs and etiquette? Never use your left hand to do anything. It's the bathroom hand, highly unsanitary in India. No flowers behind the ear. Only loose women do that! Our book collection consists of thousands of pages that will all make sense by the time we come back in February. Clothing? Not taking much as we'll have it made over there. PACKING???
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