Ahmedabad, the first e-mail 1-18-2006

Hi All! I was thinking "I don't want to write big e-mails to everyone" but, alas, internet cafes are fun, but not the best, so in effort to keep everyone in touch and/or save about 15 rupees / time in cafes, I have sunk to sending group e-mails... If you are getting this e-mail, then I have acquired some impression that you want to be receiving it, correct me if wrong, I promise not to take it personally... Anyhow, yes, i'm still thinking about making a blog, but it's not how I want to spend my evenning tonight, so we'll start out with e-mails for now... THE JUICEY STUFF: After about 30 hours real time of travel, I am in Ahmedabad, Gujarat right now... Ahmedabad (Geography lesson) is north of Bombay. It is the old capitol of Gujarat, the western-most state of India, to the north-east it borders the desert state Rajasthan, to the south-east it borders Maharasthra, to the southwest is the Indian ocean and to the north-west it shares an teenie-weenie border with Pakistan... I just checked to make sure everything I just said was correct, and it is! :) Also to the West is Madhya Pradesh, which I think might also be a lot of desert.... Anyhow, I was originally scheduled to go to Bangalore, which I had probably told most of you at some point, but the lovely folks there have temporarily closed their doors to nomadic volunteers, so I have come to Ahmedabad in search of (volunteer) work at an ashram here... Fun facts: 1 Gandhi's ashram is here, 2 Ahmedabad is one of the top ten most polluted cities in the world (yay!) I have used all my time at the cafe and people are now looking at me, anxiously waiting for this computer! Any how.... I will write whenever I have a minute and an internet connection and something to say :) -Sean