Well we’ve made it here alive. The trip wasn’t quite as unbearable as you’d expect a 20-hour flight to be considering we took advantage of the free booze clause till London and we slept for 8.5/10ths of the last leg. We landed in Chennai where my aunt took us to her house and 
we slept for about 4 hours before frequenting a rather extravagantly designed mall (apparently their version of malls resemble ancient roman structures) where the department store was blasting Akon (Cham that one is for you) and techno mixes of 80's songs. We came back and spent some time on the roof just taking the city in while revelling in the fact that less than 30 hours ago we were surrounded by heaps of snow. After deciding to take a nap, which turned into us passing out for no less than 15 hours, we packed up and boarded the short flight to Coimbatore where a small clan of 13 extended family members greeted us. And after a 2-hour ride on partially paved roads we arrived at our final destination.
Naz and I share a room at my grandparent's house where we spent our first sleepless night together with the aid of
an air conditioner that sounded like someone was taking multiple forks to its insides every 15 minutes. Since then we've developed a habit of waking up at 5:30am to the roosters crowing simply to discuss the fact that we're up at 5:30am once again before falling back asleep. We split our time on the farm and my aunt’s house 10 min away which is a monstrosity in the local landscape. It even has an exercise room which Naz and I have are trying to get into the habit of using on a daily basis. And despite the 3 workwoman who stood unnervingly close while staring at us attempt to run a treadmill in the blistering heat, it was exactly like being at your local gym.
So now we’re just trying to get settled into our new surroundings. Naz seems to be taking it all in stride…despite my family nicknaming her Thena (it’s the closest they can get to Sonaz) and people blatantly staring at her while picking their noses (there are different notions of rudeness here). People also tend to wave incessantly at her when we drive anywhere. She hasn’t imploded from the over stimulation yet, so that’s a good sign.
Well that's it for now…I’m sweating balls in the grain storage closet my family has converted into the “office room.” But now that I officially have steady access to internet I implore you all to send me e-mails! And I hope you’re enjoying all that snow while we bake in the 90 degree weather.
we slept for about 4 hours before frequenting a rather extravagantly designed mall (apparently their version of malls resemble ancient roman structures) where the department store was blasting Akon (Cham that one is for you) and techno mixes of 80's songs. We came back and spent some time on the roof just taking the city in while revelling in the fact that less than 30 hours ago we were surrounded by heaps of snow. After deciding to take a nap, which turned into us passing out for no less than 15 hours, we packed up and boarded the short flight to Coimbatore where a small clan of 13 extended family members greeted us. And after a 2-hour ride on partially paved roads we arrived at our final destination.Naz and I share a room at my grandparent's house where we spent our first sleepless night together with the aid of
an air conditioner that sounded like someone was taking multiple forks to its insides every 15 minutes. Since then we've developed a habit of waking up at 5:30am to the roosters crowing simply to discuss the fact that we're up at 5:30am once again before falling back asleep. We split our time on the farm and my aunt’s house 10 min away which is a monstrosity in the local landscape. It even has an exercise room which Naz and I have are trying to get into the habit of using on a daily basis. And despite the 3 workwoman who stood unnervingly close while staring at us attempt to run a treadmill in the blistering heat, it was exactly like being at your local gym.So now we’re just trying to get settled into our new surroundings. Naz seems to be taking it all in stride…despite my family nicknaming her Thena (it’s the closest they can get to Sonaz) and people blatantly staring at her while picking their noses (there are different notions of rudeness here). People also tend to wave incessantly at her when we drive anywhere. She hasn’t imploded from the over stimulation yet, so that’s a good sign.
Well that's it for now…I’m sweating balls in the grain storage closet my family has converted into the “office room.” But now that I officially have steady access to internet I implore you all to send me e-mails! And I hope you’re enjoying all that snow while we bake in the 90 degree weather.
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