I try to explain that it has a camera in it and that is what I am using but it doesn’t help. SO once again I am stuck with no camera at a magnificent world famous structure… argh.. my team members are very gracious to take a few pictures for me which is awesome.. After the Taj Mahal we return home for a bit of rest time before we are to be back at the district conference for dinner and a cultural presentation. I realize on our way to dinner that I have lost my gloves somewhere on our tours today and I am frantic to find them. They were very special to me and they remind me of home. After much searching I am left to realize that they will never be found At this point we have not had internet access since leaving Kanpur and I am anxious to get online to update the blog and send messages to home. I try to connect to the hotels wireless signal but no luck. One of the rotary members sees my struggle trying to connect and asks if I have had a chance to call home yet. I tell him of our struggles in trying to get a phone or internet stick (u can only buy one if you are a India resident) and he insists that I use his phone to call my son.. I am so thankful to him for his offer and I call home.. My dad picks up the phone, I don’t realize it is a weekend and only 830am, he is happy to hear from me but of course my son is asleep but I get him out of bed and spend a few minutes chatting.. I really miss home now even more… but I am very glad to have had the chance to at least here there voices. It is hard to have no connection to the world back home when we are travelling, its nerve racking and scary at times.
Monday, January 11, 2010
DAY THIRTEEN - Jan 9th - Agra
The first day of the district conference is today and the entire team is excepted to make a presentation. We are excited as we spent a lot of time preparing our powerpoint presentation and we have not had a chance to use it yet on our trip. We are assured that today we will get to!! The conference is setup at a beautiful high end hotel in Agra, not far from our hosts home. When we arrive we are greeted by many of the Rotarians we have met in the past 13days in other cities. It is so nice to see them again and I am impressed on how much they know about each of us. I see my host from Kanpur, he is very sweet and tells us that his family is missing us already.. Our presentation goes very smoothly and after a little bit of lunch our host Rahul arrives to take us for the afternoon for a tour of the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal is the 7th wonder of the world, a symbol of love and an amazing sight to see. The streets out front the entrance gates are soaring with young kids and beggars trying to sell you souveniours. We are mobbed by them as we arrive and our guide quickly ushers us through the entrance gates. Once inside I am in total awe of the beauty. Then I get some bad news.. I am not allowed to bring my video camera inside, only cameras. 
I try to explain that it has a camera in it and that is what I am using but it doesn’t help. SO once again I am stuck with no camera at a magnificent world famous structure… argh.. my team members are very gracious to take a few pictures for me which is awesome.. After the Taj Mahal we return home for a bit of rest time before we are to be back at the district conference for dinner and a cultural presentation. I realize on our way to dinner that I have lost my gloves somewhere on our tours today and I am frantic to find them. They were very special to me and they remind me of home. After much searching I am left to realize that they will never be found At this point we have not had internet access since leaving Kanpur and I am anxious to get online to update the blog and send messages to home. I try to connect to the hotels wireless signal but no luck. One of the rotary members sees my struggle trying to connect and asks if I have had a chance to call home yet. I tell him of our struggles in trying to get a phone or internet stick (u can only buy one if you are a India resident) and he insists that I use his phone to call my son.. I am so thankful to him for his offer and I call home.. My dad picks up the phone, I don’t realize it is a weekend and only 830am, he is happy to hear from me but of course my son is asleep but I get him out of bed and spend a few minutes chatting.. I really miss home now even more… but I am very glad to have had the chance to at least here there voices. It is hard to have no connection to the world back home when we are travelling, its nerve racking and scary at times.
I try to explain that it has a camera in it and that is what I am using but it doesn’t help. SO once again I am stuck with no camera at a magnificent world famous structure… argh.. my team members are very gracious to take a few pictures for me which is awesome.. After the Taj Mahal we return home for a bit of rest time before we are to be back at the district conference for dinner and a cultural presentation. I realize on our way to dinner that I have lost my gloves somewhere on our tours today and I am frantic to find them. They were very special to me and they remind me of home. After much searching I am left to realize that they will never be found At this point we have not had internet access since leaving Kanpur and I am anxious to get online to update the blog and send messages to home. I try to connect to the hotels wireless signal but no luck. One of the rotary members sees my struggle trying to connect and asks if I have had a chance to call home yet. I tell him of our struggles in trying to get a phone or internet stick (u can only buy one if you are a India resident) and he insists that I use his phone to call my son.. I am so thankful to him for his offer and I call home.. My dad picks up the phone, I don’t realize it is a weekend and only 830am, he is happy to hear from me but of course my son is asleep but I get him out of bed and spend a few minutes chatting.. I really miss home now even more… but I am very glad to have had the chance to at least here there voices. It is hard to have no connection to the world back home when we are travelling, its nerve racking and scary at times.
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Your Team presentation at District Conference was outstanding! Apperantly you guys have done tremendous home work to make it perfect. I was very pleased to meet you at the Conference as RI President's Representative and have candid feedback on how your visit is progressing. Good to know all is well and you are on right track to accomplish what you have set out to do. Good Luck and take care.
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