Sunday 16 January 2011

Kolkata: The team is complete

From Kolkata 2011


Special thanks to Rotarian K. B. Ghosh for emailing us the pictures and blog post.

You can see more in the Kolkata 2011 Photo Album.

Team Kolkata has arrived!!!!!

Shown in the photo above are (Left to right) Back row: Gail Tedford, Warren Wagstaff (Team Leader). Middle row: Suzanne Silverberg, Marianne Langford, George Foster. Front row: Edie Haslauer.

Over the past 24 hours each member of the team has made his or her way to Kolkata. Regardless of the time of day of arrival -- 10 pm, 10 am, or 1 am -- each member of the team was met by the smiling faces of our hosts, the Rotary club of Dum Dum and their wives and were presented with beautiful garlands which perfumed the air.
From Kolkata 2011

As each team member arrived they joined the welcoming committe and our numbers grew till we were all here ... The team is now complete!!!!!

With bags stowed in the cars, the new arrivals were whisked through the streets of Kolkata, experiencing the sites, sounds, smells, and colours of our new home for the next two weeks. It is a jumble and assault to the senses as we are all weary and a little sleep-deprived and disoriented after twenty four hours of travel -- but we perked up instantly at the excitement that was all around us -- and we can't wait to see children in a day or so ...

Warren Wagstaff
for Team Kolkata 2010


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