With only 70 days til this adventure begins things are starting to ramp up. The day before yesterday I received confirmation that the group will be able to spend the better part of a day in an UNESCO award winner's workspace. I was there last year and the fascinating block print work that Dr. Khatri and his workers do in nothing short of amazing. We are very fortunate to have this opportunity and special thanks goes to Himasu Dugar for co-ordinating this part of our time in Bhuj. Hiumasu was also responsible for arranging our group to have another UNESCO award winner -Jabbar Khatri -present his work to use in a workshop format. Jabbar is a bandani [ tie and dye] expert. This technique is many tiny knots tied in patterns. We will see how far we get!
Monday the first of November will be remembered by me as a very frustrating day.
The group's train tickets were ordered in early October. The train system only releases tickets only so far in advance so after the 15thof October my Indian travel agent- Guarav from http://www.indianmoments.com/ ordered the tickets. I waited and waited - still no e-tickets so emails started no response. Monday, Nov 1 I sent another query and a few minutes later Gaurav called from Jaipur, India saying that they had been sent. Somewhere in cyberspace they hung. Many other tries later the tickets arrived this morning.
The ladies will all be travelling in the same A/C coach in seats that are side by side. Huge thanks to Gaurav from Indian Moments for his extra efforts.
A few more details to deal with and hopefully all surprises will be little
ones ;-}.
Take care of each other
No comments:
Post a Comment