On to Dehradun

The flight from Delhi to Dehradun was on time.  The Derhadun airport is quite small.  In fact, there were only two planes at the entire airport and I was on was one of them.  The drive from the airport to the workshop location at Sungsten Library took about an hour.  As expected, the drive was a wild one: dodging oncoming cars, motorcycles, bicycles, bus and people;  avoiding cows in the middle of the road, and going around slow moving trucks.  The driver of the car said he saw an elephant in the middle of the road a few days earlier.  I did not see any elephants, but I did see many monkeys on the side of the road.

After I arrived at the Sungsten Library, I was given some fruit, bottled water and a chocolate bar.  The other western educators took a trip to Rishikish, a town close by, so there was no one around.  I took the opportunity to explore the grounds and get some sunshine to fight help with the jet lag.  The library is set a few miles from the Himalayan foothills in a really beautiful environment.  The weather seems to be nice with temperatures around 80 degrees.

View from my room

My room is located on the first floor of a building opposite the library building.  It has electricity and hot water, although I have been told that the electricity often goes out.  I have also been  warned about some large spiders and insects.  I haven't seen any yet, but will try to get a photo if I do.

At about 4 pm, Bryce Johnson, Director of the Science for Monks program and Modesto Tamez, a science educator at the Exploratorium, came back from their excursion.  We talked for a while and then met up with Geshe Lakhdor, Director of the Tibetan Library.  We all walked down to a
local tea shop for a cup of tea.

Then it was back to the library grounds where I got updated about the workshop and program.
Tomorrow is my first day of teaching.