First 5 Days in India
Today is my fifth day in India so I though I would write a little bit about my trip and Miraj, where I will be staying this month. Miraj is a city in southern Maharashtra and has a population of around 355,000 people. We took a 12 hour (!!!) train ride from Mumbai to Miraj the day after we arrived in India. The train was very crowded and busy with many people getting on and off at each stop and men walking up and down the aisle selling chai and snacks. When we got to our stop, we walked determinedly away from the man who had come to pick us up because we thought he was just bothering us, which was the case with all of the men at the train station in Mumbai. But we eventually slowed down enough for him to introduce himself and he brought us safely back to the guesthouse. The guesthouse where we are staying is called Fletcher Hall. It's an old-fashioned building surrounded by houses for doctors at Wanless Hospital, where we are rotating, some in...