Racoon Tan

What can I say? The weather is back to perfect again but I look like a fool (or perhaps a racoon) with a white strip across my face from wearing sunglasses. Blue skies in all directions. Flights leaving on time.

Haven't done much of use today except giving some advice about Chennai to a woman who's husband is going there for a hip operation (at Apollo). Apparantly it will save him USD 40 000 compared to having it done back home in the US. Just the other week I read a newspaper article about another American with the same problem who's union put up the money to save him from Indian surgeons (trained in the UK). They felt it was disgraceful for an Ameican worker to be operated in India. I told her to get out of town as soon as possible.

I called Gulzar again and he's back in Kargil. So tomorrow I'm driving over there. It should take around 7 hours. I'm not sure if I can keep up the blog there but I'll be back in Leh on the 21st. I really hope it's enough time to collect the data I need.

I was a little afraid that I would be bored having to stay in Delhi for three days before I go back to Sweden so I emailed some people to make the rounds. Just being social. Suddenly I'm invited to do a seminar at the Institute of Social Science which is a lot more than I asked for. Now I have to think of a way out of it.

Recently I have been taking the back road over Thukcha to town but today I took the dusty motorable road again. I discovered that a couple of sturdy Yaks have occupied a section by the bridge. They look mean with their long hair and long horns. Meaner than the Tata SUV's trying to force their way through.

I wish I had the energy to trek to town for dinner.

That's about it for today, I guess.