TRAVELS w/P: Tales of Adventure Here & There

Monday oct 24- en route to a rermote village, Sravasti. By public transport it takes some 3 days. Via taxi-van we're planning on anywhere from 7 to 12 plus hrs. We just encountered our first snag 86 kms away from destination. Main hwy, if you can call it that, is closed and we have to take a detour. Barb (hopefully newly elected Reeve of Haliburton) I'm thinking of you on Ontario municipal election day. Turns out we're being detoured because of elections in Ayodhya - the hotbed of Muslim/Hindu tension. and general India mafia corruption. The other morning the Times of India reported violence and death in pockets where polls were taking place. Just as well we're being diverted, I suppose. Can't tell you how many head-on collisions we've seemingly come close to encountering. Driving in India or being a passenger for that matter, sure ain't for the faint of heart. Housing construction has changed as we move westward. Brick and concrete and exposed rebar replaced with mud and thatching. Rather difficult to text as we bounce and dart and dodge along. More later. (Ps- thinking of you Ron and Pat and family)