The Calcutta Diary: A Volunteer’s Experience
A general update…
I finally “gave in” and started taking Cipro. There was no choice, as my bowels had decided that I could not leave my room safely and I was feeling worse and worse!
Yesterday I stayed in my room most of the day. I never went to work. I felt terrible physically and anyway I could not bear it, just being on the street turned my stomach into knots.
While I waited for the antibiotic to take effect, I hung out in my hotel room all day and watched the men who work there attempt to patch a hole in my bathroom.
How many men does it take to patch a hole in one’s bathroom in India? As many men as one can find. At one point as I lay feverish and sweaty on my bed, I counted 8 men all trying to patch the hole. Everyone had a opinion and very little work got done.
The hole is still there, as large as it was before.
Unfortunately, so is the very large rat who is using the hole to come into my bedroom and attempt to nibble at my ginger biscuits.
Let’s hope this actually gets fixed sometime during my stay.
While I was hanging out in my room, 6 volunteers came by to see me. Apparently I was missed at work for the last two days. Everyone was worried. It’s nice to know one has some semblance of community here, in the middle of all of this chaos.
It’s easy to feel somewhat displaced and lonely here. Yesterday I realized that I actually had made quite a few friends–and that’s a good thing to have in a place where it’s not unusual for a volunteer to disappear for a few days and then suddenly one finds out they have cholera or dengue or what have you.
I was feeling miserable and sorry for myself, but the Indian men trying to repair the hole and the numerous volunteers visiting kept things interesting.
I’ll write a post tomarrow that will be full of things I have seen on the street lately and also about the experience of being fitted for a sari.
gigi
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