Day One

Well folks the trip sure was long.. We went from SLC, UT to Chicago, IL, from there to Dehli which was a 13 hour flight, and from Dehli to Chennai. All together about thirty hours in the air, and quite a few hours stuck in different airports. We lost our luggage and are hoping to have it be returned to us fairly soon. Fortunately none of our valuables or necessities were in them. The first thing you notice is the heat. We arrived in Chennai at about 12 AM mountain time, and it was dark out. It still is swelteringly hot, and extremely humid. The next thing that you will notice is the smell. I honestly have no idea how to describe it. Then, at the same time, the crazy traffic and architecture hits you all at once. The cab drivers swerve in and out of traffic, are rarely even in a designated lane, and slam on the breaks and honk their horns about every five seconds. There is no noticeable order to the chaos, but somehow they navigate the crazy driving conditions like pros, which is pretty much what they are. The cars themselves are quite unique as well. The only manufactures that I have recognized so far are Toyotas, Hyundais, and Suzukis, however the models of the cars themselves are completely alien to me. The black and white cabs truly are something to marvel at, for they look like some movie prop that came out of old-school london. There are also scores of people that walk out into traffic without any hesitation at all, and miraculously they remain unharmed and unfazed. The architecture is truly an amazing sight to behold. It ranges in everything from elaborate hotels to mere slums, and features billboards advertising curd, IPhone 4s, and anything else under the sun. Unfortunately I did not sleep whatsoever on the plane ride, and have been up for a whopping thirty one hours. My eyes burn, my head is spinning, and im stuck in zombie mode. Tomorrow we will be traveling the the Rising Star campus, and hopefully I will be able to upload some pictures.