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formerly a blog about India.
now technically in the beyond
six months in Oz

Thursday, January 20, 2011

On the road

Time I woke up: 515 AM

Time we hit the road: 7 AM

Number of jeeps: 3

Types of roads on which we drove:
One lane
Two lane
No lanes, just wide swaths of concrete
Paved roads
Gravel roads
Dirt roads
Big highways
Windy hilly roads

Number of times we went off-roading because a huge tanker had toppled onto its side while taking a turn: one

Kinds of animals we saw:
Horse
Dog
Cat
Goat
Sheep
Cow
Monkey
Camel

Times our jeep almost hit a dog: 3

Times our jeep REALLY almost hit a dog, to the point where the driver hit the brakes and swerved and our program director gasped and covered her eyes: one

Number of stops for lunch: zero

Number of stops for roadside chai: two

Philosophers discussed while in the jeep:
Kant
Hume
Singer

States we drove through: 3 (I think)

Number of times our driver honked the horn: too many to count

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