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60 minutes in India

i was gonna upload some pictures from zanzibar and other parts of tanzania here but it seems i’m unable to, either because of some mumbo jumbo related to the internet connection (slow as molasses in january all throughout tanzania) or bootsnall. not sure which, but anyways i cannot do this, and so you’re gonna have to wait for those. rest assured, however, that they are stunningly good, national geographic quality photos of fluffy and hoofed and winged critters from the safari and some maasai warriors doing their maasai tribal jumping schtick.

i should be in india right now. sadly, i’m not. i’m in dar es salaam, tanzania. i flew to india only to be turned away for lack of a visa to enter. the kind folks at qatar airways got me on the first plane back to tanzania at 4AM, roughly, and 8 1/2 hours later i was back in tanzania. this super sucked and was really, actually, the worst day of my life (aside from the iPod mishap) this year and i hope the very last and worst of my travels. am working on getting to the bottom of why exactly i did not get a visa before arriving (who knew you couldn’t get one at the airport? clearly i did not know this and therefore was unprepared) and where i shall go from here. one funny thing did happen that was unexpected and, i assume, typical of india: a security guard at airport security in delhi asked if i was married FIRST THING when i was getting ready to send my luggage through the x-ray machine. i had to laugh because this question was posed immediately after “hello. where you from?”, no hesitation whatsoever.

at any rate, i will not go into details but suffice to say (or as my former employer charlene johnson would say, and with which i disagree, suffice IT to say) i’m happily settled for the next couple days at least in dar es salaam until the embassy opens and i can inquire about a visa to india and if that doesn’t work out, where to go next instead. india may have to be shortlisted in favor of an easier-entry place. i may return to cairo for rent-free lodging or thailand (cheap a la india) for a bit before meeting my nizzles in bali in mid-october.

stay tuned, dear readers…there will be more. i hope for some pix soon too (what the fudge is up with the uploady here? hello…bootsnall….???). gonna try try try.



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2 responses to “60 minutes in India”

  1. Mollie says:

    Hi there.. sucky sucky! I hope you got the visa and are able to go back. I have been thinking about you a lot lately and hope you are doing well! I can’t believe that you have been gone for so long. Seriously, where does the time go!

    Always sending you happy trails!
    Mollie

  2. sadie says:

    oh no!!!!!! i wish he had talked about that. i guess i thought you knew about the visa to india…oops. yeah, india likes their red tape!!!!

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