Very Inspiring

October 14, 2007 Puri
We are on the east coast of India on the Bay of Bengal. Waterfront view hotel room, we feel very spoiled. Hot and humid here. It is @ 35'C today. We drink and drip, drink and drip.

Calcutta, very intense congested city, blessed with amazing parks and historical buildings. We relaxed under the largest Banyan tree in the world. One tree covered about an @ acre.
Very moving visit to Mother Theresa's house. We joined in on a mass, very inspiring.
Pollution is overwhelming due to diesel fumes.

We took our first train ride in India from Calcutta to Bhubaneshwar, a city with over 7000 temples. We visited 3 of the most ancient and spectacular. Pleasant drive to Konark, the Sun Temple, a world heritage site. On route visited controversially the birth place of Buddah. Lumbini, (mentioned earlier) HAS THE same claim.

Arriving in Puri we visited a fishing village. The boats had just returned with bountiful amounts of fish. Waves were crashing on the shore. The boats are wooden and very shallow, they had to time their landings between waves. All you fisherpersons would have been impressed.

Tomorrow we will be relaxing, visiting the beach and the markets.
Bye for now.