Thursday, June 12, 2008

Just come home stress

I have had about 40 emails since Tuesday going back and forth from mothers and boyfriends and myself about the 7 students in India. I'm a little fuzzy with the details but this is what I think or as much as I know has happened.
Monday the group had missed their train to Darjeeling so they were arranged to take a bus. There were protests going on in Darjeeling and they decided it was not safe for tourist (we have learned that they mean Indian travelers, not American tourists) so they arranged to have a tour guide who booked them a hotel in Sigurli-I have no idea if that is the name of it really, but go with me here! They were also arranged a driver because there was a transit strike meaning no buses or taxis. They were assured that an airplane or train ride would not be affected. There was some talk from the group that they were going to take a trip to Nepal and I am glad they didn't as that seemed like it was going to cause even more problems. Well we woke up this morning to find out that there were riots going on in the area they were staying so they were sent to Darjeeling as there is a better chance for them to leave from there. We were told this morning that the group has decided to leave Darjeeling and head to Delhi. They will be having a military escort so that they do not run into any issues. To me putting 7 white people in the middle of some military dudes is going to cause issues, but I'm not the decision maker in the trip-so I'll just go with it. We do not know what they will be doing from when the arrive in Delhi to when they leave. The group was originally supposed to travel from Darjeeling to Calcutta by train, then fly from Calcutta to Delhi, Delhi to Chicago, and Chicago to Omaha. So now they will just take out that trip to Calcutta and have a few days there. I guess they were trying to get an earlier flight out of Delhi but everything is booked. I believe they will try when they arrive too. So it is Friday there right now and they will be in Delhi from Friday afternoon to Monday evening. Delhi is a huge city so I would hope they are able to go enjoy themselves as this last leg of the trip was supposed to be their vacation.

I really don't care, I miss Bob so much. The time has gone by faster than I thought it would have but I am ready, really ready for him to be home. Bob's just going to hang out around Omaha for the rest of the summer, we have things planned but I really am going to hate leaving him every day to go to work. Oh well!

I hope they get home safely. I will be so mad if something happens and they can't get home.
Be safe kid.

1 comment:

HE who is a Tape... as in Patrick Tape Fleming said...

that is so crazy glad he is coming home this week!
xoxo
patrick