Saturday, September 24, 2011

Hello all!

Sage here. Kacy is in Delhi with the students, paving the way for us. I'm still in California for a few more days, anxiously awaiting Mr. Dominic Black's wedding in Seattle. From there I'll head to Delhi on October 3rd.
I've been reveling in the California Dream- Oysters at the Marshall store, dinners at DiAnn's treehouse, sunny days at Shell Beach, visiting with friends in the city. Thanks to all for the wonderful welcome and hospitality!

Here's Kacy enjoying the last bit of Tomales Bay we'll see in a while:



We've changed our itinerary a bit, here it is as we know it now:

September 15th-December 18th - Sonapani, India

December 18th-December 29th- Fiji

December 29 - February 21st - landing in Hanoi, taking off out of Singapore

February 21- 28 - New York City

March 1-7 - Costa Rica

March 8-13 - Buenos Aires

March 14- April 23 - Brazil

April 23 - May 8 - South Africa

May 8 - June 16 - London - Lyon - Berlin

June 16- June 19 - Iceland

June 20-23 Seattle


After that, who knows? Wherever Kacy's new job in academia takes us. If anyone hears of a tenure track professorship in Geography somewhere in the Bay Area, do let us know!

Sage

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Delhi!

Things that caught my eye today to and from the airport to pick up students:

The widely varied footwear of Sadhus (holy men): platforms, barefoot, crocs, something that looked like rope with no sole.

The scale-walli: a woman that sits on the curb with a bathroom scale and is paid to weigh people and packages.

Indian hipsters!

In the center of town where there are concentric circles with shops, and no street signs (only 'blocks'), there was a man at every corner that would tell me the name of the block (which was clearly labeled), without my asking for it. These men all looked exactly the same - a sort of twilight zone moment.