Today was a rest day for the team. We were treated to a most unique and
memorable city tour by Jatin and Raj, two of the Pune Rotarians with whom we
are partnering with for the distribution.
The first stop was the Gandhi memorial (Aga Khan Palace). Stepping out of the car and onto the grounds,
we left the noise and hustle and bustle of the city behind us to find ourselves
in a tranquil oasis. Neelam, our guide,
whose father was a headmaster at the school and has spent most of her life connected
to the memorial shared Gandhi’s history and teachings with us.
From there, we travelled narrow city streets lined with
stalls to see one of India’s dying traditions; the communal washing of
clothes. En route back to our hotel, we
again witnessed every possible form of conveyance on the city streets. Traffic ground to a halt at a major
intersection to safely navigate around the sacred cow that had decided to join
the traffic.
We concluded the day with dinner at a local fish
restaurant. It’s off to bed for us now
as we are up early tomorrow morning to travel about 3 hours to reach our
distribution site.
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