Day 5

We see Camille today. after breakfast we took a 45 minute trip to see our daughter. We arrived and were shown into a family room. Our daughter came in and she is just beautiful. she is sooo our daughter. She walked into the door. RN got down to her level, her room mother tried to push toward RN and she stood there defiantly hand on her hip refusing to move toward this stranger that she has only seen in a photo. We gave her a doll which she took but still was having none of us. We then went to her groups play room and sat on the floor and gave love to the other children. After about a ½ hour she warmed up and stated getting territorial toward us. When she saw the other children getting hugs and kisses she got a bit upset and pushed one or two away. She is sooo our daughter. Bossy, she will give our first born a run for her money. We were not slated to take her today so after a couple of hours it was time for her to eat and take a nap. As we were leaving she started crying out for her mama and dad.

TOMORRW WE GETOUR DAUGHTER.

Took a scenic ride back to the hotel. I wanted to see this 100 yr old dam. Our driver took us by a dam but it is a quite recent dam. It protects the region from flooding during the monsoons. We could not tell if this new dam is in the same place as the older dam or if the older dam got silted over. This is a problem of relying on guide books.

They periodically get updated but you don't know if all the information gets updated. So either the dam is still there and we were not taken to it or the dam is no longer visible. Oh well.

We are about 45 minutes from the ocean. When we got off the plane we were hit with very high humidity. Once I wash my hair I will get a good wave in it. RN commented it felt like being back home in Louisiana.

We were totally culturally out of sync today. After a four hour ride from Agra to Delhi, a 2 ½ hour plane ride another few hours spent in cabs I needed to get out and walk. Well you just don't walk in India unless you are too poor to afford some other type of transportation. Only the destitute walk. The next form of transport up is animal conveyance, bicycle, pedal power rickshaw, motorbike, powered 3 wheel rickshaw, cab. We walked and oye ve, caused a stir to say the least but my legs thanked me.

Not sure if I will have internet time to upload photos. If not then I will redo these pages when I get back to the states.

je