E-MAILS FROM INDIA

Fifteen years ago for the very first time my husband David and I stood at the opposite ends of the travel pole bucket list. India was his long unfulfilled destination desire and the last place on earth I had ever wanted to experience. After twenty years of life and travel compatibility with all other continents and subcontinents sampled or explored I was out of reasons and excuses for stuffing this adventure to the bottom of the destination list. I'm not sure if my okay I'll go to India came from a burst of courage and resolve as if faced with a painful and risky yet inevitable surgical procedure or capitulation in a weak moment when a parent gets talked into pleasing a child against her better judgment. Nevertheless there I was one moment swept into a spin of negotiations for tolerable travel terms the next on my way to India for a month.