Calcutta, Sadhana, and a very very long train ride
So my first lesson in patience here in India: the train ride to Chennai from Calcutta. Quoted a 26 hour ride, I happily boarded, with three books, some snacks, and a some what healthy body. Well 38 hours later I got off (3am in Chennai) with three finished books, hunger (a mouse ate my snacks) and some weird stomach problems. Anyway I made it safe and sound, if a little more then a little disoriented, to Sadhana forest around 7:30am yesterday.
Today is the weekend, which is free time here, so I joined a Nia Dance workshop. It was so fun just dancing around and stomping to the music. After dancing for an hour and a half we sat down and talked for a while and now I am here, sweaty and feeling inspired. I helped cook lunch yesterday, and today I will help cook dinner. Tomorrow I will be “guarding” the mud hole (a giant mud pit that the children from the community come and swim in) to make sure that nobody leaves garbage when they leave.
I think instead of describing my time in Calcutta I will just attach these pictures…
