tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41795417869404048122024-03-27T16:53:07.997-07:00Matt Azzara's Travel BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-85220790823390629382013-11-07T04:04:00.002-08:002013-11-07T20:38:49.327-08:00My Final month at CARE India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's hard to believe, but my Fellowship is over. Five months in India, several field visits, lots of poring over research papers and textbooks, partnering with my GSK counterpart, Clara, to develop a research protocol and survey, working with my CARE colleagues in New Delhi and Patna to train interviewers, collect and translate and analyze survey results.<br />
<br />
Since my last post, we've spent time planning our final presentation. We ran into a few delays due to the October holidays as well as the fact that the Patna team had to attend to a new round of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) to help control the sandfly population in rural Bihar. As such, the data analysis got pushed back a bit, and though we ultimately received some of the initial data, we are still awaiting the final analysis package.<br />
<br />
This means that we should have a clearer picture about exactly how the private sector physicians and unqualified providers function in the diagnosis and treatment of Kala Azar soon. That said, we were able to give a well-received presentation to some of the program leaders in the CARE HQ last week - on my last day in the office - which encapsulated everything we'd learned to date, including a snapshot of my literature review in June, details of our field visits with anecdotes from patients and providers, an overview of our study goals and methodology, and some of those aforementioned early results to help explain what we've learned to date.<br />
<br />
Overall, the data already show that the Unqualified Medical Practitioners (UMPs, or Quacks) do indeed play a significant role in Kala Azar diagnosis and treatment in the highly-endemic areas upon which we focused for the study. The early results showed that they sometime send patients to get tested for KA, they sometimes treat them as well (with whatever medicines they can obtain or can be arranged via a qualified doctor for whom they serve as assistants, administering the drug in or near the patient's home). We can see that the UMPs also have at least a basic understanding of the disease and its most common symptoms; this means that, with a little training, they might become much more able to quickly get affected patients to the proper care they need. And they were almost all willing to participate in a government- or NGO-led tracking program which would help focus elimination efforts on the areas in most need, much more quickly than is currently possible.<br />
<br />
There is still a long way to go to eliminate Kala Azar in South Asia, and in Bihar in particular. The Government of India and the Government of the State of Bihar have both put certain structures into place to help - Primary Health Centres are in place which have diagnostic tools and medicines for KA, available free for patients. Training has been established to give doctors the knowledge they need to quickly identify these patients and treat them properly. Preventative programs like IRS have been established.<br />
<br />
However, we have seen firsthand that those prevention campaigns are not always effectively run, or conducted on time. We have heard that medicine stock-outs have happened as recently as 2012, something that the government must keep a close watch upon. And our survey shows that there seems to be some mistrust among patients regarding the Public Health Centres - certainly these facilities are often overcrowded and patients do not feel like they can get the one-on-one attention that they deserve.<br />
<br />
Thus, the Private sector continues to be an important piece of the Kala Azar puzzle. Patients prefer the face-to-face time they get from both UMPs and private qualified doctors; they trust them because they are located in their own villages and are well-known to the community.<br />
<br />
Thus, if there is a way to incorporate both private qualified doctors and UMPs into the elimination effort, it should be much more effective; our survey results should point to multiple ways with which CARE can improve local educational efforts to improve knowledge among both providers and villagers. We should be able to develop a proposal to incorporate Private providers into both medicine and diagnostic tool distribution programs, as well as patient tracking efforts.<br />
<br />
I hope to continue helping out with this project long-distance from home. I am certainly looking forward to getting the final data package soon! Clara has a few more weeks in New Delhi to finish up, and our project lead, Dr. Indranath, will remain involved, so we will be in contact to review results and discuss the conclusions we can draw from the data.<br />
<br />
This past five months has been life-changing in many ways. I've met some wonderful, passionate people; seen so much sadness and yet so much beauty in rural India. I've traveled around the country to meet people from all walks of life and see cultural and spiritual landmarks and events. It's been quite a ride!<br />
<br />
I leave India with a strong belief that I will be returning to continue my work here - hopefully with my family next time, so that they can see some of the things I've seen and learn from it as I have. I will definitely continue to find ways to stay involved with Development work in general.<br />
<br />
I am so grateful to the people from CARE as well as Pfizer and the Global Health Fellowship team for giving me this amazing opportunity.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-23909409517254003732013-09-27T08:50:00.002-07:002013-09-27T08:50:38.083-07:00Field visit to Samastipur: Starting up our study<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbBoOzGRIQi9w0P82-CdVLRrFMj9mw1XbzxM2TvpDA-CX__ZnBK-PRtnhfsIhCjIv-xt2UH5PMSzn3MyveWrgmrifTam7yVlbvlQ94ubcPR7JU8Qiqe-R2x84nsOiWrLEEe343NXMsZA/s1600/sam+map+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbBoOzGRIQi9w0P82-CdVLRrFMj9mw1XbzxM2TvpDA-CX__ZnBK-PRtnhfsIhCjIv-xt2UH5PMSzn3MyveWrgmrifTam7yVlbvlQ94ubcPR7JU8Qiqe-R2x84nsOiWrLEEe343NXMsZA/s640/sam+map+2.png" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
It's been a while since my last post. Unfortunately, there was not too much to report work-wise over the weeks in between, up until a couple of days before Clara and I made our third field visit to Bihar (though on the personal side, I had a joyful reunion with my wife, Kasia, who flew out here for a week - I'll post some pics from our visit to beautiful Bekal, Kerala, later!).<br />
<br />
This field visit was a very important one: as we had built a questionnaire to interview both qualified (doctors) and unqualified rural medical practitioners (RMPs, or "quacks") over the past month, we were finally able to put it into action, first training four interviewers on how to administer the questionnaire, and then accompanying them in the field to give them first-hand experience in taking the interviewees through the survey.<br />
<br />
For this study, we are focusing on four of the eight districts (analogous to counties in the US) in which CARE is currently operating their anti-Kala Azar program, and we selected the four with the highest number of KA cases this past year.<br />
<br />
In the weeks preceding the visit, we had a ton of help from Dr. Indranath, who is serving as our project head, as well as Indrajit, Ishani and Rahul from the CARE Patna office who aided us in finalizing the questionnaire, pressure testing some of the questions, giving advice on the format and structure to enable analysis of the data when the study is complete, hiring the interviewers, translating the survey, selecting two blocks within each of the our districts (blocks are similar to townships in the US) and arranging our field visit by coordinating travel with the Samastipur district office. Ishani has been with us for each of our field visits, serving as our interpreter, and Rahul is now our point man for the project in general. So grateful for all of their help!!<br />
<br />
We arrived in Patna on Tuesday afternoon and we happy to get our old rooms back in the CARE Guest House (which is excellent!).<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawENKuPkxKCU5WWpzljz84neyvgsrjTgUZbAJFXB8NqHB6bjQcamg80b-h9zs8D7v30_PEuvwkUPURBD-KdJUAXfB8N8qu8kBOyM2T47fnizIcHRRTAC2_W1vKefMEHEaTXJXqRi3tfk/s1600/IMG_4616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawENKuPkxKCU5WWpzljz84neyvgsrjTgUZbAJFXB8NqHB6bjQcamg80b-h9zs8D7v30_PEuvwkUPURBD-KdJUAXfB8N8qu8kBOyM2T47fnizIcHRRTAC2_W1vKefMEHEaTXJXqRi3tfk/s320/IMG_4616.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our intrepid interviewers, Deepak, Vikash, <br />Ashotosh, and Ajeet (from left), with Ishani</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Wednesday morning, we headed to the CARE office to meet with the team and the interviewers. Dr. Indranath provided an overview of Kala Azar - what the disease is, how it is spread, and whom it affects.<br />
<br />
Then Clara and I tag-teamed on presenting an overview of the survey: the goals - namely, to better understand the role these private medical practitioners play in diagnosing and treating KA, to enable the development of a strategy to engage these people in the efforts to eliminate the disease, and to prepare for a much larger study next year - plus the methodology and a walk-through of the questions.<br />
<br />
<br />
We made it clear that the interviewers were not to mention Kala Azar before or during the interview, at least until either the practitioner himself mentioned it, or until they finally reached the Kala Azar-specific questions, more than halfway through the survey.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JpXa2FCWrZ3TIHXkthw9p0W40JWYK_CtlSnglBNNKZS-GFCt9O_f8ti023wRrhHjgkWULaKw4et_Pv2jh8ZZvRuA7XCkoks4GPnJU2uXrPpmMR1cgWIKEq9MiUiFC70GtmFo9wxtZ94/s1600/IMG_4620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JpXa2FCWrZ3TIHXkthw9p0W40JWYK_CtlSnglBNNKZS-GFCt9O_f8ti023wRrhHjgkWULaKw4et_Pv2jh8ZZvRuA7XCkoks4GPnJU2uXrPpmMR1cgWIKEq9MiUiFC70GtmFo9wxtZ94/s320/IMG_4620.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Explaining the questionnaire to the interviewers</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
The reason for this is that we were really attempting to understand the thought process of these practitioners when the receive a new patient, especially a patient with a fever, and to determine at what point he (and 100% of the providers we have seen are male - there are virtually no female practitioners in rural India!) starts thinking about KA as a diagnosis.<br />
<br />
After hours of discussion that took us through each question (and enabled us to tighten up a couple of them), we adjourned to prepare for the field visit the next day.<br />
<br />
The drive to Samastipur was fairly pleasant, despite some traffic leaving Patna. It took about three hours - some nice, smooth stretches of road punctuated by the occasional ruinous mess of broken asphalt, deep gouges, and rutted gravel-and-dust you find all over Bihar. Samastipur district is the closest to Patna out of the four districts in which we'll be conducting the survey, hence our choice to do our field testing here.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbQwDkMsjPoUFm9iFCeJhOHJrjTuOMVIxpQ1xMid_5V1rzzd0uC20wVg7BC-s-Ne9sZmi_80RJHjG6EhXAZ4JmO4NLi4aBC89bH_j6a8kOY2EB7qwF4R0wEXueB8guzRMfMBQ-dXI2-k/s1600/IMG_4625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbQwDkMsjPoUFm9iFCeJhOHJrjTuOMVIxpQ1xMid_5V1rzzd0uC20wVg7BC-s-Ne9sZmi_80RJHjG6EhXAZ4JmO4NLi4aBC89bH_j6a8kOY2EB7qwF4R0wEXueB8guzRMfMBQ-dXI2-k/s320/IMG_4625.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>At the CARE district office in Samastipur</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
We dropped by CARE's Samastipur District office to meet with the District manager and with MD, the Link Worker who would guide us to the different offices and clinics to interview the practitioners. We split into two interviewing teams:<br />
<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8F6lD6AuynmRam9p3JgqcmsKt5HZS5KpNPuhzBSNHiOPRv0ww3-Df6Y1jaRKuDMwEXs0knwD5j8T-kfFTsGsIV4RsCg1NWpWKiZn8jumB4zDCKADLqYKSkxFQS2IPfoABf6mAQPJ6pio/s1600/P1130118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8F6lD6AuynmRam9p3JgqcmsKt5HZS5KpNPuhzBSNHiOPRv0ww3-Df6Y1jaRKuDMwEXs0knwD5j8T-kfFTsGsIV4RsCg1NWpWKiZn8jumB4zDCKADLqYKSkxFQS2IPfoABf6mAQPJ6pio/s320/P1130118.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Team 1" - Ishani, Clara, Ashotosh and Vikash</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U7edXSAj5aFu67V-VS_00H62wAW7Vjj4VyoI5-2EKHITMkTe-9aaI0q9EcyQghVjOk4iORQzx5PQ8yGekGT32cSXz5hUg1VDLqsal1FnyVR4lOcZjZk_uAz4eTbnFGVo-bbGa7eUWa8/s1600/P1130120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U7edXSAj5aFu67V-VS_00H62wAW7Vjj4VyoI5-2EKHITMkTe-9aaI0q9EcyQghVjOk4iORQzx5PQ8yGekGT32cSXz5hUg1VDLqsal1FnyVR4lOcZjZk_uAz4eTbnFGVo-bbGa7eUWa8/s320/P1130120.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Team 2" - Deepak, Ajeet, Rahul and me</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
We first stopped by one doctor's clinic which was an Ayurvedic hospital, but he was a bit taken aback by the size of our group, I guess. The doctor was was pleasant enough but asked us to come back after hours (about 8PM) for the interview, as he had a lot of patients waiting.<br />
<br />
<br />
Before heading to the next appointments, we split up to tackle more interviews (and thus give the interviewers more hands-on training), but also to make each group a more manageable size. I went with Rahul, Dr. Indranath, Ajeet and Deepak.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXu891oOjZQlFSxa2UiSGj-EptqzpxkgwOe5FmsWqau-AnmCMTmvQnYm0HrIDAT4VT4gGKyV606d0IhuZDZm_H94GmPwsvtwXUxt-EQvGM8LONBJITheoQveVB-F7mtNZhgeQ7nKouYI/s1600/DSC05341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXu891oOjZQlFSxa2UiSGj-EptqzpxkgwOe5FmsWqau-AnmCMTmvQnYm0HrIDAT4VT4gGKyV606d0IhuZDZm_H94GmPwsvtwXUxt-EQvGM8LONBJITheoQveVB-F7mtNZhgeQ7nKouYI/s200/DSC05341.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Crowded waiting room at the clinic </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
We headed for a large private clinic (it felt like a small hospital), where we found a big crowd waiting to be seen by the doctors. We were escorted by one of the clinic staff to see the doctor...who happened to be administering an ultrasound to a pregnant patient! One of the things I've had to get used to is the lack of privacy in medical facilities here. The woman was fully dressed, but I certainly felt like I was intruding on what should have been a special (and private) moment for her and her family.<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2AyK2gmQuC209AL1QCIeTFPgYTY9oG715AdSbk2nM2NzAqVJj6GgnSGng4QfVgl20NFD_yAnGh6KpSb2Zh217Dj-pkYJ7wM_6afjVp-EtPl-n1-BmjzO5Ki2-9rNFNuqmpGtTvkKsSM/s1600/DSC05340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2AyK2gmQuC209AL1QCIeTFPgYTY9oG715AdSbk2nM2NzAqVJj6GgnSGng4QfVgl20NFD_yAnGh6KpSb2Zh217Dj-pkYJ7wM_6afjVp-EtPl-n1-BmjzO5Ki2-9rNFNuqmpGtTvkKsSM/s320/DSC05340.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our first full interview</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
The doctor wrapped up the ultrasound and sent the patient and her husband on their way, and settled in to talk. Dr. Indranath made the introductions and explained our purpose, in Hindi. The doctor smiled at me and introduced himself in English, and throughout the interview often stopped to give me a bit of a play-by-play. Ajeet administered the survey, and did a nice job (given that it was the first one!), with only a couple of corrections or clarifying comments by Rahul and Dr. Indranath. Midway through, the doctor had glasses of hot chai brought to everyone, a common practice here when entertaining visitors.<br />
<br />
The survey took almost an hour, which again made me feel a bit guilty - there were plenty of patients waiting to be seen, after all, but the doctor explained that long waits are expected at the clinic or really any medical facility, and patients arrive prepared to wait. This didn't make me feel much better, but we thanked the doctor and left the clinic.<br />
<br />
It felt great to have one successful interview under our belts, so we headed over to a second doctor's office to try a second go.<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4ZT_CFhGuIO4Eto9xt-VPr2aM8G5fhJBUoYUa24IUkETlz14mdTFQr4E7wFeoqk-pGiBXT8WDqdhsUN1wsNF37jPylfBTDdGYQhzJa04_8FmJ28S5QDqmy85TqqDz6vycM1NS_uf468/s1600/DSC05344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4ZT_CFhGuIO4Eto9xt-VPr2aM8G5fhJBUoYUa24IUkETlz14mdTFQr4E7wFeoqk-pGiBXT8WDqdhsUN1wsNF37jPylfBTDdGYQhzJa04_8FmJ28S5QDqmy85TqqDz6vycM1NS_uf468/s320/DSC05344.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Outside the second doctor's office</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2tZO-osVhYCAPRWyyR_gxLJrEd2pUaul9m_ne1zXlfANHj7ktWUkXsNV0YQ6pa4ezI8h0Orw3QVvUEjyM7xcvyNAyBCJHTkYLTd90Db7A95TXPFH9i31RkdBzN9Y5W8KtmzR5OohW64/s1600/DSC05359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2tZO-osVhYCAPRWyyR_gxLJrEd2pUaul9m_ne1zXlfANHj7ktWUkXsNV0YQ6pa4ezI8h0Orw3QVvUEjyM7xcvyNAyBCJHTkYLTd90Db7A95TXPFH9i31RkdBzN9Y5W8KtmzR5OohW64/s320/DSC05359.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrePAnB53zf4XPPWVbvlTJ-ENSpnECJVIxrjlPjQjtJgLcDuOCdLTRFQZJWKhhIOx7t38ycQKty1_u2C_8EacuQfbV3UNpvc2TQFydY9fqv5aeSOu9gSfc_fzKVyHB6olFPGPCwycSkHs/s1600/DSC05348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrePAnB53zf4XPPWVbvlTJ-ENSpnECJVIxrjlPjQjtJgLcDuOCdLTRFQZJWKhhIOx7t38ycQKty1_u2C_8EacuQfbV3UNpvc2TQFydY9fqv5aeSOu9gSfc_fzKVyHB6olFPGPCwycSkHs/s320/DSC05348.JPG" width="180" /></a><br />
<br />
As we entered his small clinic - only a few patients waiting this time - I took note that there were posters and gift items from multiple pharmaceutical companies (some multinationals, some Indian - though nothing from Pfizer!). Interesting to see that (apparently) drug reps make visits even to these remote private offices.<br />
<br />
<br />
The doctor greeted us warmly - first in Hindi, and then (for me), in English. His English was quite strong, in fact. He introduced himself and shared with us that education of patients, especially about diabetes, was his passion, and he shared some educational pamphlets he had developed. He had small glass bottles of Coke brought to everyone as we went through the survey - again, Ajeet asked the questions - and the doctor often reverted to English to help me understand his comments.<br />
<br />
The survey took a little less time, as Ajeet was gaining confidence in administering the survey, which was a very good thing. Our team had been concerned that the survey might take much longer, and of course it can be difficult to get the time and attention of busy doctors and quacks, let alone sustain their interest for a long time when they have patients waiting.<br />
<br />
After the successful completion of this survey, we met up with the other group, and had lunch (at a place called Bollywood!). We chatted over our experiences for the morning and determined that we would complete a few more interviews in separate teams before heading to the hotel, and then the interviewers could complete a couple in the late evening.<br />
<br />
The afternoon went much as the morning - more successful interviews with qualified doctors. All of the doctors we interviewed were quite familiar with KA (after all, these are heavily-endemic districts), knew the causes and treatment options. The final interview I attended was with a doctor who again was quite skilled at English, and despite the fact that Deepak asked his questions in Hindi, he responded in English for my sake (very kind, though honestly I was hoping to observe the interviews the way they would occur in my absence).<br />
<br />
At one point, when we asked the doctor about his ideal scenario for a KA patient, he commented "we are treating the patient, but not treating society." By this, he meant that the real issue behind Kala Azar is poverty - impoverished communities are struggling to survive, relying heavily upon their livestock (and so keeping them close to their homes), lacking clean water and sanitation, and having little education about how to prevent disease.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2v1ls6fNMUjWXg7Kt4kdP5AKqVk5M3dO62aNfHASY4Oxmz0wyAor5fhgRox5I4btGsIVdzGaHzwCzb0q21kQSH4yvzakavCQGrxdCmihDAMAz_uS8ImBoKP0SwM2kJdY8a8AFuuS-UOE/s1600/IMG_4630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2v1ls6fNMUjWXg7Kt4kdP5AKqVk5M3dO62aNfHASY4Oxmz0wyAor5fhgRox5I4btGsIVdzGaHzwCzb0q21kQSH4yvzakavCQGrxdCmihDAMAz_uS8ImBoKP0SwM2kJdY8a8AFuuS-UOE/s200/IMG_4630.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our hotel in Samastipur!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
We checked into our hotel in Samastipur that evening. I was pretty tired from an early start date and a full day on the road, and fell asleep without dinner. Overall, we spoke with seven doctors, more than our planned four - a great success.<br />
<div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The next day was quack day! We set out to get at least four or five interviews with these unqualified medical practitioners before heading back to Patna.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcFSsf-IYpcANUNuNJTlHb8xBk6T4OhACuETsi3M0ErEcBJBXTQYtYXyDEnRPUvrO1dW5A3FJx6DO5o_jdwftzCsoh1iwGEGMB_MN1qW89tOaWrQSCRRoahvNsxIuzX3Pi01JcAfBD-M/s1600/DSC05373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcFSsf-IYpcANUNuNJTlHb8xBk6T4OhACuETsi3M0ErEcBJBXTQYtYXyDEnRPUvrO1dW5A3FJx6DO5o_jdwftzCsoh1iwGEGMB_MN1qW89tOaWrQSCRRoahvNsxIuzX3Pi01JcAfBD-M/s320/DSC05373.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>The RMP's examination room</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
Our first stop on this hot, steamy morning was along one of the dusty roads in town. The RMP here had a<br />
small waiting room and a small room to examine patients; these were adjoining a residence with a a family living in the back.<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhu9WkWQIm8Un7OC2ke17VR5xsfC4098PJ99Dks-Y5JLAHC-6zqkqfbctIgUo32MxtAE5RmrqMDJTBcVKEKzHpwGGnMoaYaO20_-Fu7zucOcShZqQPRVhG0PKWM9-_mvUespwkH7wH0U/s1600/DSC05368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhu9WkWQIm8Un7OC2ke17VR5xsfC4098PJ99Dks-Y5JLAHC-6zqkqfbctIgUo32MxtAE5RmrqMDJTBcVKEKzHpwGGnMoaYaO20_-Fu7zucOcShZqQPRVhG0PKWM9-_mvUespwkH7wH0U/s320/DSC05368.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vikash (right) interviewing the RMP (2nd from right)</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
As Vikash interviewed the quack (this time everything was in Hindi), I noticed that we were being watched by a couple of the children who lived in these rooms. I had brought a couple of bags of "superballs" with me (the small, super-bouncy kind), so I handed a couple to the kids. Their faces lit up, and they disappeared with their prizes. A little later, the kids' parents invited Ishani, Clara, and I to come and see their home.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibx2vXDuwzI4Qtop7gp3GDaOmz1tjCu2xSkiuTfD9S04Ot4R1YM7r6dUyhNJ7o4oBV7h5skp-SurQ1ujeVQ0AbdJOup49IvRDpXXr_M7C7gioUFKF610kh6Dw9iYa_EUzndTajQH67PI0/s1600/P1130144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibx2vXDuwzI4Qtop7gp3GDaOmz1tjCu2xSkiuTfD9S04Ot4R1YM7r6dUyhNJ7o4oBV7h5skp-SurQ1ujeVQ0AbdJOup49IvRDpXXr_M7C7gioUFKF610kh6Dw9iYa_EUzndTajQH67PI0/s320/P1130144.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Clara and I with our new friends</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
They really just had a couple rooms (a couple of sleeping rooms and a kitchen, arranged along a courtyard where they ate and the kids played), where the father, mother, and their children, plus the father's parents and his teen-aged sister-in-law (who was doing the housework when we arrived) all lived. They didn't seem to have electricity in the room, and their water was drawn from a pump - both pretty typical in the more rural areas as well as in some town outskirts, like this one.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLKngeCcoFDYxakaSxfKQIQMLgI51D_8UCho2OI7NCsgeAdTbU9ffu_gBeVj_C60zQ7ZF4vHTrta0bsRNQkEGVfeSdnuYPKS-eswIl5hEJu5Eeuei7-u8yeRqTTlGbsFNidAL8caOSAE/s1600/IMG_4648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLKngeCcoFDYxakaSxfKQIQMLgI51D_8UCho2OI7NCsgeAdTbU9ffu_gBeVj_C60zQ7ZF4vHTrta0bsRNQkEGVfeSdnuYPKS-eswIl5hEJu5Eeuei7-u8yeRqTTlGbsFNidAL8caOSAE/s200/IMG_4648.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Superballs!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Through Ishani, we conversed with the family, and took some pictures. Their adorable sons shyly came up to me and asked for another superball, so of course I obliged (more than once!). They offered us tea, and brought out chairs for us, so we sat for a while as the boys played. They asked us about our homelands and seemed really happy to have us visit with them. We exchanges mobile numbers, thanked them for their wonderful hospitality, and promised to send them pictures.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, MD, the Link Worker, had brought another RMP by, and Deepak had completed an interview with him.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCZtZK8iXmdBCcNVjuO8kJUzvZoG2iC4sGSUGJMMejNPzwgE7NGprDwd8OekkK9jXH2NN-i64cmSAhS8Tylq_dPGZP9HeioB8xBpZRnt9dsPArsPCqmzPHW13LKCuCH-n7RFACJSh-v4/s1600/IMG_4642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCZtZK8iXmdBCcNVjuO8kJUzvZoG2iC4sGSUGJMMejNPzwgE7NGprDwd8OekkK9jXH2NN-i64cmSAhS8Tylq_dPGZP9HeioB8xBpZRnt9dsPArsPCqmzPHW13LKCuCH-n7RFACJSh-v4/s320/IMG_4642.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ajeet (right) interviewing the very-experienced RMP, <br />with Ashotosh (center) following along, and <br />patients and staff looking on</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
We rounded up the troops and moved further down the street, where we went into another quack's office. This man had a few patients in the room, but he sat us down, gave us (more) tea, and Ajeet interviewed him. He said he had been in this location for 46 years - so he certainly had been here through the times (late 1980s-90s) when Kala Azar was a true epidemic, afflicting hundreds of thousands of people in rural Bihar and killing likely thousands.<br />
<br />
Luckily, indoor spraying, better medicines, and increased public awareness have made a difference since those days.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lhZ7oGW1YTDshpVUhyphenhyphenqfiVLEAIs28qTxyhr1JzDEyc24mMiHhzRmbNBn__rRrxGfYmmffsLaHdUzHApqTMa0QWhnEwvdgXSk2wa2na6B0tr-flzt1EdjBG0aAvjpEM5Ul-ENdCKLzF0/s1600/P1130155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lhZ7oGW1YTDshpVUhyphenhyphenqfiVLEAIs28qTxyhr1JzDEyc24mMiHhzRmbNBn__rRrxGfYmmffsLaHdUzHApqTMa0QWhnEwvdgXSk2wa2na6B0tr-flzt1EdjBG0aAvjpEM5Ul-ENdCKLzF0/s320/P1130155.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
After Ajeet wrapped up the interview (by now down to about 40 minutes), we split into our "teams' again - this time Vikash and Ashotosh accompanied Rahul and I to a more rural location, a small tola further out in Waris Nagar block.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgMkcAm3Q80A2rdAk_JQU6b88cxMjLu-O8-QfsARsCY1T0MiRM0E4_hUyMSQzwblxZUP47s3g20MjTRxJp2ihe01Pgmj4fXulazRdlT2gX0_-QIzHUlvIa74BIWdrC91VxgxEzcPGPcI/s1600/DSC05391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgMkcAm3Q80A2rdAk_JQU6b88cxMjLu-O8-QfsARsCY1T0MiRM0E4_hUyMSQzwblxZUP47s3g20MjTRxJp2ihe01Pgmj4fXulazRdlT2gX0_-QIzHUlvIa74BIWdrC91VxgxEzcPGPcI/s320/DSC05391.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our link worker, MD, leading us through the</i> tola</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
This looked more similar to some of the places we'd visited in past field trips, small unpaved roads leading to mixed-material homes (some brick, but lots more wood, mud, and thatch). There were lots of young children around. We walked to the three-walled structure that served as the RMP's office; a young boy who couldn't be more than 10 or 11 brushed the dust off chairs and benches for us, and a couple of the local men sat with us to listen in.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9_GGjZjaS6_dZf6xluG5AuMePRBv8Nue8KsHJvSNWJPFLpNfBv1ADf5d67M1SzR9ZzElVjQj-Jt-Xy_XHWFUyIBeuBCwRwKpuV01pe8NgUWgwjfU1meZX9AiqRq11dK00cF0IWt2XKU/s1600/DSC05392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9_GGjZjaS6_dZf6xluG5AuMePRBv8Nue8KsHJvSNWJPFLpNfBv1ADf5d67M1SzR9ZzElVjQj-Jt-Xy_XHWFUyIBeuBCwRwKpuV01pe8NgUWgwjfU1meZX9AiqRq11dK00cF0IWt2XKU/s320/DSC05392.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>From left - Vikash and Ashotosh, MD, and <br />the RMP, with his young "employee" looking on</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Ashotosh conducted the interview with the young, bearded practitioner. As they spoke, a couple of young boys cam by, and I tossed them each a superball. When a couple of other kids saw this, they somewhat-sheepishly came up as well, and I waved them over and handed them a ball each as well. That's when I realized that I had underestimated the number of kids in the tola! A succession of little ones came up in small groups - sometimes chased away by the boy who "worked" there for the RMP. I think I eventually gave out about 40 of them (luckily I had enough).<br />
<br />
<br />
After finishing the interview (and watching the kids racing around, bouncing their superballs high into the air), we drove a bit further to one last RMP office.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Dog-2pv08vc38mYNTFD9-91Ugjnf3p7pfbx0f98o187w4ghpFaSc4V8BFv1u4JHumV1lal1TzYl0YfqebEMdR9FcU4Eo7esnGaYEYW22aeKHwimXBKlJibKbklRivAjujQzaPdQoItw/s1600/DSC05398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Dog-2pv08vc38mYNTFD9-91Ugjnf3p7pfbx0f98o187w4ghpFaSc4V8BFv1u4JHumV1lal1TzYl0YfqebEMdR9FcU4Eo7esnGaYEYW22aeKHwimXBKlJibKbklRivAjujQzaPdQoItw/s200/DSC05398.JPG" width="200" /></a><br />
<br />
The office was a standalone structure, painted white outside, pink inside. The 40-ish practitioner was seated behind a small desk. He had a bench that served as a patient bed, where a thin man, clearly ill (though we weren't told his diagnosis), was resting with an IV drip in his arm.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNup9TqfuKfpmxWQsr8Zmj9KbYSllpwW217fqBG-JTx-ISmXX7A7ckjgBIoR13GfkW9yuOs6_Jm7NReUdkpHLucfDLpPuu0QhwDaDevdV3UzYNSn8r-WOYPWACy_VYSbTBSED8hWVO00/s1600/DSC05394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNup9TqfuKfpmxWQsr8Zmj9KbYSllpwW217fqBG-JTx-ISmXX7A7ckjgBIoR13GfkW9yuOs6_Jm7NReUdkpHLucfDLpPuu0QhwDaDevdV3UzYNSn8r-WOYPWACy_VYSbTBSED8hWVO00/s320/DSC05394.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
Again feeling like an intruder, I sat next to Vikash, who gave the interview; Ashotosh sat next to me on a bench, and we fell into conversation - about KA, life in our respective countries, and other matters. While we chatted, the RMP had asked for glasses of tea and water to be brought in. I mistakenly took a sip of the water (a huge no-no out here), but quickly recognized from the metallic taste that it must be unfiltered well-water. I grabbed the glass of hot tea and downed it quickly (not that it would have helped, most likely, if I had acquired some kind of bug)...but luckily I haven't had any ill effects!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQcfnZVVzKvARkPKnBYvW891NaPFxqRrcliVnKDMnCoZr0YQsK7GL7EgL0sRzIRzJsVfzIQkPVtlxZdhjWHmUTvkairuLxiH1kK_2rk5PT6xWeN6gSFJjzPMZwZA1dzyqdaFC20khL4s/s1600/IMG_4650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQcfnZVVzKvARkPKnBYvW891NaPFxqRrcliVnKDMnCoZr0YQsK7GL7EgL0sRzIRzJsVfzIQkPVtlxZdhjWHmUTvkairuLxiH1kK_2rk5PT6xWeN6gSFJjzPMZwZA1dzyqdaFC20khL4s/s320/IMG_4650.jpg" width="239" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
After Vikash finished the interview, on the way out of the office, I noticed a few little children, boys and girls, sitting on the ground. I gave them my last few superballs, once again happy to see little smiles beaming back at me.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The other "team" joined us there, and then we went to one last RMP's office - a small concrete room back in the outskirts of town. While the interview was conducted by Ashotosh, I sat with Clara and Ishani to discuss our impressions of the day and talk about upcoming plans.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTkqiMlfPbxkyOs95wEAN5qw4TXcWWXJQ4yK27QLxwMePCq3Ar8S5mVeqr_RAfxnIbexyllsn09fnHDGg_r_rKFBsfZhbkjejqanE6S-atrf0qTb4XApfWuDWfE56wLEchN_s_KsctCY/s1600/P1130166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTkqiMlfPbxkyOs95wEAN5qw4TXcWWXJQ4yK27QLxwMePCq3Ar8S5mVeqr_RAfxnIbexyllsn09fnHDGg_r_rKFBsfZhbkjejqanE6S-atrf0qTb4XApfWuDWfE56wLEchN_s_KsctCY/s320/P1130166.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our last interview of the field visit</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Over the course of the two days, we interviewed seven doctors and seven RMPs, well above the target of eight total. More importantly, we gained a lot of information that allowed us to revise the questionnaire to make it more concise, with more "closed-ended" questions (where the interviewer had multiple choices to check off instead of having to write answers out by hand). This should allow for a faster interview, less intrusive of the practitioners' time.<br />
<br />
Next week, the interviewers will start the full fielding of the revised questionnaire; Ajeet, Ashotosh, Deepak and Vikash will, each target twelve RMPs, six qualified western-medicine doctors, and two AYUSH doctors - practitioners of one of the five disciplines of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy, for which there are accredited medical degrees in India.<br />
<br />
It will take them about a week to complete the interviews, and then the questionnaires will be turned over to our colleague Indrajit's team for coding and data analysis. After this, we should have some interesting results to pore over and to build into a presentation to share with the team!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-40082960845331348452013-08-19T00:25:00.003-07:002013-08-19T00:25:39.956-07:00Life in New Delhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Looking back through my posts, I realized that I've devoted a lot of space to my field visits and, more recently, pictured from my weekend travels - but very little to day-to-day life here in Delhi.<br />
<br />
I've now been here for more than half of my Fellowship, over two and a half months. While I've been doing a lot of weekend traveling, I've settled into a routine during the work week.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstxYJAHZQ35TVR5q3CoHgdKRbxqBj4t3lHq_0Bk5P1zjpkxfqiz2x-uWGc2zus4M0-GTm09zGEv5kslY3CL5p8nchO3CBUdAB7HlYiJgyj8hzAlpz2I3hu77Sl0Ks0nvi46uPLWdEYXw/s1600/DSC00556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstxYJAHZQ35TVR5q3CoHgdKRbxqBj4t3lHq_0Bk5P1zjpkxfqiz2x-uWGc2zus4M0-GTm09zGEv5kslY3CL5p8nchO3CBUdAB7HlYiJgyj8hzAlpz2I3hu77Sl0Ks0nvi46uPLWdEYXw/s1600/DSC00556.JPG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Home-away-from-home: my <br />apartment is the third floor</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5A8hooSfps4DScDjcSyjuHSAVKIF9d3popvl24HzErEeLVMG7x4quf25PHHeQtp0C5lAydQh9qgOFLTolxi3PUcJNJD9UaOpQRE2kUCtl-kfje_5JcXvKG93Av3hy5zJWAPH3xnOfAOI/s1600/IMG_2989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5A8hooSfps4DScDjcSyjuHSAVKIF9d3popvl24HzErEeLVMG7x4quf25PHHeQtp0C5lAydQh9qgOFLTolxi3PUcJNJD9UaOpQRE2kUCtl-kfje_5JcXvKG93Av3hy5zJWAPH3xnOfAOI/s320/IMG_2989.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Breakfast - curry eggs, toast with butter and jam, mango lassi</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
A typical day starts with waking up a couple of hours before work. After a walk in the local park or a little stretching, I make breakfast, usually the same sort of stuff I have at home - cereal or eggs and toast, plus juice or coffee. I don't have an electric coffee maker (miss my Keurig!), so I use the simple Vietnamese drip coffee-maker that I brought from home - who knew that a $4 investment 10 years ago would pay off so well? Cereal and ground coffee are available in stores here, though they can get expensive if you go for imported brands.<br />
<br />
<br />
After video-chatting with the family using Google Hangouts (an absolutely necessary part of the day - the only thing that really keeps me going), and showering/dressing, I catch up on the news or do a little reading until the car comes to pick me up. I use a local car company, arranged by CARE - it's affordable and my program covers the costs. I am not allowed to drive while I am here (not that I would want to!), and it's a bit far, and hot -and a bit dangerous with the crazy traffic - to walk, so it is worth the cost. Clara (the GSK PULSE Volunteer that I'm partnered with here) and I commute together, as we live in adjoining neighborhoods.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X5Qg-VN0EHs41RSSwE7tsW9AFLA-PbR-46dt2HV6jkaQZq5gKF7Qt0YKnW_-QEIVVIJBozR-SEHwu7ckGtFd7ggprSOYwteckcv1Zw19D3xUJo3yyeEFOIa8m457Odf42LNTXdViOUo/s1600/IMG_2984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X5Qg-VN0EHs41RSSwE7tsW9AFLA-PbR-46dt2HV6jkaQZq5gKF7Qt0YKnW_-QEIVVIJBozR-SEHwu7ckGtFd7ggprSOYwteckcv1Zw19D3xUJo3yyeEFOIa8m457Odf42LNTXdViOUo/s320/IMG_2984.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>Typical view during the commute<br /></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
It's about a 15-20 minute commute to work, though occasionally the rain or special events stretch the drive to closer to 30 minutes. And, of course, there's Ram. Ram is our regular driver, a genuinely nice and sweet Nepali guy, who has been driving here in Delhi for over 20 years, even though his family is back in Nepal. He seems to have taken a special liking to me, which results in him driving exceedingly slowly as he looks back in the mirror to talk with me...as angry Delhi drivers angrily honk and swerve to get around him! The best part is his stories - his English isn't so great, so I understand maybe half of what he says, so it's always an adventure trying to piece together what he means.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVwfhsTDS7QcjO-VEVlrGndXE6J8ladQSSnVjucTQKV1afDCYuTm9ug0HZfDUB1kAByq2sg7EEH_0PlPh4EQROFjlWqCkEvCaWz4LMpHsFAiiqetDBikaJ6nHzjju9iCk434Yu4xfwdM/s1600/IMG_4242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVwfhsTDS7QcjO-VEVlrGndXE6J8ladQSSnVjucTQKV1afDCYuTm9ug0HZfDUB1kAByq2sg7EEH_0PlPh4EQROFjlWqCkEvCaWz4LMpHsFAiiqetDBikaJ6nHzjju9iCk434Yu4xfwdM/s320/IMG_4242.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Crowded streets during the morning commute</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaWmxCS2G0g8ot-MyZTFkuAY6xmn5hLv3drvTYZtd15nY9FkPoMUDjLnVIjVZKZZSF-yYyF20qjrTQfu93keKgbXQAhY5007pfCoPrF58LV3Ihyg274GDR1ph5aHHE61ZwFnk-enPMGU/s1600/IMG_4239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaWmxCS2G0g8ot-MyZTFkuAY6xmn5hLv3drvTYZtd15nY9FkPoMUDjLnVIjVZKZZSF-yYyF20qjrTQfu93keKgbXQAhY5007pfCoPrF58LV3Ihyg274GDR1ph5aHHE61ZwFnk-enPMGU/s320/IMG_4239.jpg" width="320" /></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoBhNwH2i9ZIW1857tyHjy5ZVxrqAxMFdv92YxKHVBrOnmGWBmKuf2aeo84rWdm19AxtZI8C-gf66OarWp5C4RGrobLm6i20kTr64MmiZ6Sp0Cx5Rzaz3eJf-AGTre1p7butkMznIVS4/s1600/IMG_4246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoBhNwH2i9ZIW1857tyHjy5ZVxrqAxMFdv92YxKHVBrOnmGWBmKuf2aeo84rWdm19AxtZI8C-gf66OarWp5C4RGrobLm6i20kTr64MmiZ6Sp0Cx5Rzaz3eJf-AGTre1p7butkMznIVS4/s200/IMG_4246.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>The street where CARE's office is located<br /></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtk77wYRjSHth-wr8XVJ0lEWn8F6rCp6vlHHeH_nmQLOUAznawex-R50dtoQQanTJv1l67OCKgCNr3t2XXOhOR1xCYA6CP_sH8O7Jd_wF8423CyC0fgQMxYeDqQ2JA1NxB7Hk-NzkX-Wg/s1600/DSC00579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtk77wYRjSHth-wr8XVJ0lEWn8F6rCp6vlHHeH_nmQLOUAznawex-R50dtoQQanTJv1l67OCKgCNr3t2XXOhOR1xCYA6CP_sH8O7Jd_wF8423CyC0fgQMxYeDqQ2JA1NxB7Hk-NzkX-Wg/s1600/DSC00579.JPG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>The office</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaWmxCS2G0g8ot-MyZTFkuAY6xmn5hLv3drvTYZtd15nY9FkPoMUDjLnVIjVZKZZSF-yYyF20qjrTQfu93keKgbXQAhY5007pfCoPrF58LV3Ihyg274GDR1ph5aHHE61ZwFnk-enPMGU/s1600/IMG_4239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyz4iiggQ7e9woiFju8JsTm1t0n2oiDe3Jpo0IST26Mh8u5BhvJSnansLvv8RpYHqpUvUMqNgs-GzXSn9Xa1q9zo0d4j7gY08lM7X58SoitfNNobISSEgoT7Pmjnbxv27-L9ivFTfFzeE/s1600/IMG_4248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyz4iiggQ7e9woiFju8JsTm1t0n2oiDe3Jpo0IST26Mh8u5BhvJSnansLvv8RpYHqpUvUMqNgs-GzXSn9Xa1q9zo0d4j7gY08lM7X58SoitfNNobISSEgoT7Pmjnbxv27-L9ivFTfFzeE/s200/IMG_4248.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Morning cuppa</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
We usually get to the office between 9:30 and 10, which is when most people arrive here. I have a cup of masala tea (provided by the office), and start work - which, while here in the office, consists of sifting through research about Kala Azar online, preparing materials for our research study on rural private medical providers, chatting with colleagues, and learning about CARE's other programs.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4H0D7jnLWNND8zdi3RX7p5TW7wShAyHYAWv32cteGnCuKp6AuxUCnmrLaiARKU7JytsYBTBgF_cJ5ANzuYkGZp7H8C7m4rXw04CD7lUWGoNRpXRWM9MqigrAJGgfDOSAtNjuPzi1NDo/s1600/IMG_4247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4H0D7jnLWNND8zdi3RX7p5TW7wShAyHYAWv32cteGnCuKp6AuxUCnmrLaiARKU7JytsYBTBgF_cJ5ANzuYkGZp7H8C7m4rXw04CD7lUWGoNRpXRWM9MqigrAJGgfDOSAtNjuPzi1NDo/s320/IMG_4247.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My little cubicle</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Lunch here is later than in the US, usually starting a 1, though some people wait until 2 or so. Clara and I try to go around 12:45 to beat the lunchroom rush - there's limited seating in the small breakroom upstairs, which is a sort of permanently-covered-and-enclosed patio with a couple of tables and some couches. It adjoins an outdoor terrace space, though really it's been too hot and humid (or rainy) to eat outside - though it serves nicely for a little coffee break in the afternoon.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAvtx_mGHuOXat7uP_9NYky_4P5jVxiSfaU3gZY-Tkg7bUtHYIzKZA9594YXHYzaYY_yqL4oZWCqAD6y_OU80sPj4ZaCOuippktfi8wr6FJiQynTF1vJittHAqtW_h66VWh-4rzxs0MA/s1600/rain.BMP" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAvtx_mGHuOXat7uP_9NYky_4P5jVxiSfaU3gZY-Tkg7bUtHYIzKZA9594YXHYzaYY_yqL4oZWCqAD6y_OU80sPj4ZaCOuippktfi8wr6FJiQynTF1vJittHAqtW_h66VWh-4rzxs0MA/s200/rain.BMP" width="149" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The terrace on a rainy day</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3iqG30BOV54GOk-hG9vTm0byqDgnUbXYcXdNscuDzqMaujyrQF-dERj4g6Sy273iHMTWtYzGrHVPUBCAw9aH6GsFNzg6aEI4RsqifFQjxU6I6hncQbtvPBhYU7PAdGD-5NkEt_72SgA/s1600/IMG_3240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3iqG30BOV54GOk-hG9vTm0byqDgnUbXYcXdNscuDzqMaujyrQF-dERj4g6Sy273iHMTWtYzGrHVPUBCAw9aH6GsFNzg6aEI4RsqifFQjxU6I6hncQbtvPBhYU7PAdGD-5NkEt_72SgA/s200/IMG_3240.jpg" width="148" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Funny sign on the terrace</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHhXSgRWv0l940Cusc7E-CVu9YMoPqSeQOkm-6SB_1GgtLeU7qjbvU-TBYIhAf-e3Mc0-m6PHvrAu0iVElon8eEfzJ_1shJQNnYnmweQubGk3LoT7I9BAEd-PmVaJOkUz1n_AP_eQ-2s/s1600/IMG_3013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHhXSgRWv0l940Cusc7E-CVu9YMoPqSeQOkm-6SB_1GgtLeU7qjbvU-TBYIhAf-e3Mc0-m6PHvrAu0iVElon8eEfzJ_1shJQNnYnmweQubGk3LoT7I9BAEd-PmVaJOkUz1n_AP_eQ-2s/s320/IMG_3013.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Plants on the outside terrace at work</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZgAtAPtb1PeJ9f5b0heicsJ1WRJSOzGIf5KE5H_QBJ3bN5IORBP_iRHI_HVfEvQAywKvHHZrgi5B79D7WaSMFjdpN-lwp6fLRZNj3zFzzlA43iiA7YPNZosZ0IDn4M5ZnFyV3UyOhEw/s1600/IMG_3802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZgAtAPtb1PeJ9f5b0heicsJ1WRJSOzGIf5KE5H_QBJ3bN5IORBP_iRHI_HVfEvQAywKvHHZrgi5B79D7WaSMFjdpN-lwp6fLRZNj3zFzzlA43iiA7YPNZosZ0IDn4M5ZnFyV3UyOhEw/s320/IMG_3802.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Special event at work - a visit by the CARE <br />International leadership team</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
After a half-hour lunch, it's back to work. Most actual meetings with team members or leadership tend to occur in the afternoon between 3 and 5, though I really haven't had too many thus far.<br />
<br />
I have some great co-workers - along with Clara, I often chat with my cubicle-neighbor, Sheetal, who gives me lots of great tips about travel and Indian culture, and with MS, the HR director who sits directly in fornt of me, who imparts wisdom gathered from a long career at CARE as well as great info about foods to try and places to see (along with, of course, helping me with all manners of logistical challenges).<br />
<br />
We usually head home at 5, wending through the rush-hour traffic. Ram doesn't always pick us up, so sometimes it's a quieter - and speedier - trip home.<br />
<br />
I often go to the market before going to home - there is a larger market square about half a mile from the apartment, which has a small grocery store along with lots of clothes shops, coffee shops, restaurants, etc. Sometimes I go to the smaller market at the end of my street, where I can get some of the basics (there's even a small organic-foods store there). At the stores, I usually stock up on milk, water, juice (if I can find 100% juice, as a lot of what you find here is "juice drinks" which are full of added sugar), dry goods like flour and rice, eggs and cereals, cooking oil, and spices.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2pxWCH5__iICrFipy5ZmsT3_UNS252T6j5e66bCWyQLwhT3TWEERJZKiDwqfCZHPHhJ6wjhlY59p0XFpqvWrBVgG4IFwOLIMFjnH-xt5fFgFkX1uZcbfG3z7GFiPB2QQqjRnBkeefAk/s1600/IMG_2995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2pxWCH5__iICrFipy5ZmsT3_UNS252T6j5e66bCWyQLwhT3TWEERJZKiDwqfCZHPHhJ6wjhlY59p0XFpqvWrBVgG4IFwOLIMFjnH-xt5fFgFkX1uZcbfG3z7GFiPB2QQqjRnBkeefAk/s320/IMG_2995.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>You can get pretty much anything you might <br />miss from home in the grocery stores here - for a price!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I prefer to get fruits and veg from the man who walks the neighborhood with his cart - his wares tend to be much fresher than what you can get at the brick-and-mortar stores, and the prices are similar.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEs0T4wXQ9G8Vb9N4XUQmvDpYek9q1PPkW0YpmoUJe8_MVqZhvrhW_7TfnTPG2iREI95MgfLs7WQzpytYSCBunoYqlucfYF2pgo4kiPewIh7Mhu5PDMK3t4LHfOJRVmBSm4DGEP5KjjU/s1600/fruitveg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEs0T4wXQ9G8Vb9N4XUQmvDpYek9q1PPkW0YpmoUJe8_MVqZhvrhW_7TfnTPG2iREI95MgfLs7WQzpytYSCBunoYqlucfYF2pgo4kiPewIh7Mhu5PDMK3t4LHfOJRVmBSm4DGEP5KjjU/s320/fruitveg.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>From the fruit-wallah who walks through the neighborhood</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
To buy meat, I go to a place called "Green Chick Chop" in nearby Kailash Colony, which has fresh chicken and lamb in a clean, refrigerated space. The only other place I've found meat is in a shop off the big market square...but that one is, um, a bit questionable regarding hygiene. There is a particular butchering expertise here where a man sits on a raised platform, holds the knife with his foot, and holds the meat in both hands to get nice, precise cuts. But...he is holding the knife with his foot. After one visit there, the novelty wore off. The flies everywhere did not help.<br />
<br />
Once home, my evenings usually consists of:<br />
<br />
1) Turn on the air conditioner!<br />
2) Start cooking dinner (or order it - there's a good variety of restaurants around, and some online-ordering websites keep me from having to communicate by phone, which can be an adventure!)<br />
3) Catch up on Facebook, Twitter, news<br />
4) Eat dinner<br />
5) Read or watch a movie or TV (I brought a lot of DVDs with me, though I can watch movies in English on many of the cable channels here - and shows like Big Bang Theory, Lost, and many others are popular here!)<br />
6) Plan weekend travel<br />
7) Videochat with my family (once it's sufficiently late enough)<br />
8) Hit the sack<br />
The kitchen in the apartment works well - it's small, and doesn't have an oven, but has a two-burner propane range, a water filter, an electric kettle, toaster, and microwave.Good enough to experiment with cooking here!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BMdq8GN9Xx74Ud9Y243akPXwq6KtPPSzyY969QbTFTtV7RiKOAUjz3YxiWV_hIy3Z_IL9gMlGvTBCKg-778I9_aajJx0Ycocl6dj0nHSp-By5W03MUsqd89q-wwnuleaNJZFRBjlvS0/s1600/DSC03052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BMdq8GN9Xx74Ud9Y243akPXwq6KtPPSzyY969QbTFTtV7RiKOAUjz3YxiWV_hIy3Z_IL9gMlGvTBCKg-778I9_aajJx0Ycocl6dj0nHSp-By5W03MUsqd89q-wwnuleaNJZFRBjlvS0/s320/DSC03052.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Thai-style red curry chicken and sauteed karela (bitter gourd)</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6vRdkyaZGhSjrsswoCdqpvPZwmoSBLLvdKntf457adEqjqbHp4zmh7zmaDfzWTYFxFmtbr3SJbjWUTm8BmOYT6OqlfshlibRw6exrQyw0zUnx5VyhI8tJh7rk0W05PnEnGMxXOM_qmc/s1600/DSC00582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6vRdkyaZGhSjrsswoCdqpvPZwmoSBLLvdKntf457adEqjqbHp4zmh7zmaDfzWTYFxFmtbr3SJbjWUTm8BmOYT6OqlfshlibRw6exrQyw0zUnx5VyhI8tJh7rk0W05PnEnGMxXOM_qmc/s1600/DSC00582.JPG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Okra and potato curry</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0SoF1-9vdy5iAtpa9WxIghoAwJdYII9MvdvzjWTnIZHkBx6JKXpvhEbftt6XsO2vr9N_z8ZssrA_BgfycEwt-Kqlxzl5gpS4UAeRMTiqsVeJ40LiiOiSGUnUWKvK8e1cOdrTiwiLAcI/s1600/IMG_3866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0SoF1-9vdy5iAtpa9WxIghoAwJdYII9MvdvzjWTnIZHkBx6JKXpvhEbftt6XsO2vr9N_z8ZssrA_BgfycEwt-Kqlxzl5gpS4UAeRMTiqsVeJ40LiiOiSGUnUWKvK8e1cOdrTiwiLAcI/s320/IMG_3866.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>I even get to make some of my<br /> favorites from home, like Jambalaya</i><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Sometimes I go out to eat - usually with my friends Clara and Samantha (though Samantha has just returned home to the US). We've been exploring different cuisines - North Indian (what most people in the US are used to - curries and tandoori specialties), South Indian (dosas, utthapams, idlis - usually vegetarian), and Bengali (lots of fish, coconut, banana) from here in India, plus Thai and Chinese, and my new favorite, Tibetan food.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnr5ex_8rihskMEy-GiF7jB9WAJKYMuM9IOIg9Go0DFXwOMq-fDkPAnlqWKN4w4856Y9rNE9cykll1_SM-NFRbOajvhWuk8I5Q96Mh9xO_PzT4XYWrcWJkz044M1OssUS3fn6In7dJHuE/s1600/IMG_3190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnr5ex_8rihskMEy-GiF7jB9WAJKYMuM9IOIg9Go0DFXwOMq-fDkPAnlqWKN4w4856Y9rNE9cykll1_SM-NFRbOajvhWuk8I5Q96Mh9xO_PzT4XYWrcWJkz044M1OssUS3fn6In7dJHuE/s320/IMG_3190.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With Samantha and Clara at Oh Calcutta, a great Bengali restaurant</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JeGppUYIP93OglJJZ7binYspYiC4T-sSxCs0mSTNVCFBSw7g43fvZhzAG1ITuPYS5AeiU9MbSYuTcFuQ-6tPvTvSLNIfJvCtp6oAXzFq0A-6iooJ-xs1liyZG3KgT5eCawz_XFRbqCg/s1600/IMG_3854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JeGppUYIP93OglJJZ7binYspYiC4T-sSxCs0mSTNVCFBSw7g43fvZhzAG1ITuPYS5AeiU9MbSYuTcFuQ-6tPvTvSLNIfJvCtp6oAXzFq0A-6iooJ-xs1liyZG3KgT5eCawz_XFRbqCg/s320/IMG_3854.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Delicious Tibetan thali, at Yeti</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I've been traveling enough (both for work and for fun) that it hasn't gotten too monotonous!<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7mVHTq5ZdEVmDxQmXLAAMyF71lTwB7y8jgbrQqb1n2zhxYEcyPeCZyYhSy1VnglPHHA7j1SbjMjRz31tf0w07raIhyphenhyphen3tJiCklZPy_752RxrdZJUkeq7aFUQGfhrOXLODngt20PZlXDM/s1600/IMG_2988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7mVHTq5ZdEVmDxQmXLAAMyF71lTwB7y8jgbrQqb1n2zhxYEcyPeCZyYhSy1VnglPHHA7j1SbjMjRz31tf0w07raIhyphenhyphen3tJiCklZPy_752RxrdZJUkeq7aFUQGfhrOXLODngt20PZlXDM/s320/IMG_2988.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My neighborhood in the evening</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-84446096454324415152013-08-07T02:07:00.000-07:002013-08-08T02:35:42.567-07:00Sightseeing Snapshots! (Part 2)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><br /><br />More pictures! Apologies for just dumping without captions - but feel free to ask about any of the pics! :)<br /><br /><br />Nalanda University Ruins, Bihar:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYfJhMrj5yU17CXEaOy872L-TPw_8UTGJzu7f6LFZOnqOahHtmcOWH-i40Nzd0RFYsm83A00qOsKd6s8Cg9cRUrbZ1Z_GTj21r7iWwtdx1KcZhGdzVArAGiJ-ClLQ75yJz_u8mW4jv2g/s1600/IMG_3259.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzdFfiK56Pkm5-cbRNfGql6XzTr4SACTWOEhwVSJ8NFhcWG8UAzCaI2sXiuUz8H8oCq16v5Qft8aQ8cbTlFfqBncdR3DKK0GMzm60Rf96sMF9NTEZQfp-XyggZoeZypuLUgZAD1vvL1k/s1600/IMG_3253.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzdFfiK56Pkm5-cbRNfGql6XzTr4SACTWOEhwVSJ8NFhcWG8UAzCaI2sXiuUz8H8oCq16v5Qft8aQ8cbTlFfqBncdR3DKK0GMzm60Rf96sMF9NTEZQfp-XyggZoeZypuLUgZAD1vvL1k/s320/IMG_3253.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYfJhMrj5yU17CXEaOy872L-TPw_8UTGJzu7f6LFZOnqOahHtmcOWH-i40Nzd0RFYsm83A00qOsKd6s8Cg9cRUrbZ1Z_GTj21r7iWwtdx1KcZhGdzVArAGiJ-ClLQ75yJz_u8mW4jv2g/s320/IMG_3259.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdq05EhpriReJsW-UKB8q10VJTVVnoPHAbnsv2KNPUghkt_p4g6ZU6Ow54TSwz2pft7lFRRGJ-uedfLVOeY50Yx-pK7oBMWBVtTKjSEPqrKwRyGejRP8fzghqsHNLjrNKH0sQvN87BrRE/s1600/IMG_3258.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdq05EhpriReJsW-UKB8q10VJTVVnoPHAbnsv2KNPUghkt_p4g6ZU6Ow54TSwz2pft7lFRRGJ-uedfLVOeY50Yx-pK7oBMWBVtTKjSEPqrKwRyGejRP8fzghqsHNLjrNKH0sQvN87BrRE/s320/IMG_3258.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEy-9f2qHv1CvCM1oslS-n40k9VQryY_MKBTj-ZH7yZ60w-v8UxMeYTKAy4SrXnGZgayvtFPkYdgahaDfiHwKiUKk3nDFf2f1pt_gDoObCgKzAsflJSPhiE3fJ2oxDAzzV2En4fAnmQ4/s320/IMG_3256.JPG" /></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1jYXcjsHsZ7Owovbgs52x1Y1UYgRguNWMXhZ3MM6svRKXgHxR1LpRt1PFL8FdDlPKzIFh65Tt193l35LL_WM8ufaRIMmwllbIt1ChZ1TtKd4A9C9aYAjSYx1caMkfaWKcYBgeSMfRCg/s1600/IMG_3260.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1jYXcjsHsZ7Owovbgs52x1Y1UYgRguNWMXhZ3MM6svRKXgHxR1LpRt1PFL8FdDlPKzIFh65Tt193l35LL_WM8ufaRIMmwllbIt1ChZ1TtKd4A9C9aYAjSYx1caMkfaWKcYBgeSMfRCg/s320/IMG_3260.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4heJxpf1roIkEs4yv3mUdB8OI77u6792jU76r2a2w416HuiZF1c2ThgeuX8ZqxVieDLpakpnK87RmtnsEua_tjv0o0uYFZ3izA2Tp2Ovu8ePC13Ds_rqXzrJ35aph4BVnciJh1fXXDL8/s1600/IMG_3261.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4heJxpf1roIkEs4yv3mUdB8OI77u6792jU76r2a2w416HuiZF1c2ThgeuX8ZqxVieDLpakpnK87RmtnsEua_tjv0o0uYFZ3izA2Tp2Ovu8ePC13Ds_rqXzrJ35aph4BVnciJh1fXXDL8/s320/IMG_3261.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkVRxa1x1jdmkDkbk2SPgIARFy0lmAGnpzZH0LI4pnBRFEdyB1SzTN5GMQiqOXzCpqbUhHaPZKL7bgMJ8imrDKlfL8q6gFRx0K2zFfZ-1j_Hlcn0_pfSQ4hbb-XYtHmFMmlWnDolxiY4/s1600/IMG_3263.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkVRxa1x1jdmkDkbk2SPgIARFy0lmAGnpzZH0LI4pnBRFEdyB1SzTN5GMQiqOXzCpqbUhHaPZKL7bgMJ8imrDKlfL8q6gFRx0K2zFfZ-1j_Hlcn0_pfSQ4hbb-XYtHmFMmlWnDolxiY4/s320/IMG_3263.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQX2A-uBqg2fu9sB9eB5aHpH3zG7f8mfK_7fo9jJq-TuHCWHF4NyeHyphLG13_wS_Su3yMN_KaZlQn2KeBolTWr4phXyG2n1MDIBS33HFR3RbbFYPFhlDZD88MvF1HOCZvvh7pt8zXac/s1600/IMG_3265.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQX2A-uBqg2fu9sB9eB5aHpH3zG7f8mfK_7fo9jJq-TuHCWHF4NyeHyphLG13_wS_Su3yMN_KaZlQn2KeBolTWr4phXyG2n1MDIBS33HFR3RbbFYPFhlDZD88MvF1HOCZvvh7pt8zXac/s320/IMG_3265.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4o9EgQTIClzD1MJ_-XtFjn8xOlqDqk1yE70wAsO3SFJjpjVDYs3WfxMa7T2iqSFNajsYLfJGPXveOZsp-G7UJt6V4byp_MqznDADE71mSHJWzEtoVMnwg1vtxNl-S0G3FUpevXfs2iI/s1600/IMG_3267.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4o9EgQTIClzD1MJ_-XtFjn8xOlqDqk1yE70wAsO3SFJjpjVDYs3WfxMa7T2iqSFNajsYLfJGPXveOZsp-G7UJt6V4byp_MqznDADE71mSHJWzEtoVMnwg1vtxNl-S0G3FUpevXfs2iI/s320/IMG_3267.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbngPUs4a24pKnAZRZl1VgqhBxbcRhJBU5hjl6VRM96p5dEo4bVlaR1n4HM2CsZDmLcLTN7SIrdYt8yzuSXpNIdUC2fG-m4MWaoS7sBaTo1GvO2fxtJbGWpmKiub5fwzQPkDXWXXVAh-M/s1600/IMG_3268.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbngPUs4a24pKnAZRZl1VgqhBxbcRhJBU5hjl6VRM96p5dEo4bVlaR1n4HM2CsZDmLcLTN7SIrdYt8yzuSXpNIdUC2fG-m4MWaoS7sBaTo1GvO2fxtJbGWpmKiub5fwzQPkDXWXXVAh-M/s320/IMG_3268.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4xfIp52bVSzl7C48wYBStKlTYpbMt4R0pnv5_EbYkcrEm2kDx2nanLlQgt4vi85tvzpFf47jsc4A3z1q-UAh4284TkNsgepk6PR0OSB8Tbif9tZG8Gv1Z-uOa4aMSZ5JqWRUcPXvAzw/s1600/IMG_3270.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4xfIp52bVSzl7C48wYBStKlTYpbMt4R0pnv5_EbYkcrEm2kDx2nanLlQgt4vi85tvzpFf47jsc4A3z1q-UAh4284TkNsgepk6PR0OSB8Tbif9tZG8Gv1Z-uOa4aMSZ5JqWRUcPXvAzw/s320/IMG_3270.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIagS6C3Jc2fl11NQRbKLOPfKZZHTr2VEWieIx9GYkUE201eDlMIaHMcHxAKAV3DGl-gws1qbURBa709ke6uniJklJXovsv6a0QQKFBdAAJlgwRu2szxulWke2NBVrld4nhPY8dGI9Eb4/s1600/IMG_3281.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIagS6C3Jc2fl11NQRbKLOPfKZZHTr2VEWieIx9GYkUE201eDlMIaHMcHxAKAV3DGl-gws1qbURBa709ke6uniJklJXovsv6a0QQKFBdAAJlgwRu2szxulWke2NBVrld4nhPY8dGI9Eb4/s320/IMG_3281.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpsMFeJCNCUjskoAV_zeNm_MBaIJbJUGd0kVHb9cw_FK2NkZPCT4DLBqg9ui-HP4utfnolho1-d7fCrdWRSpcVLaCSAiqzX9Bud_jLFodrqKFreCvJpsxszqfn5H_hfKyVMRKNdfweH0/s1600/IMG_3272.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpsMFeJCNCUjskoAV_zeNm_MBaIJbJUGd0kVHb9cw_FK2NkZPCT4DLBqg9ui-HP4utfnolho1-d7fCrdWRSpcVLaCSAiqzX9Bud_jLFodrqKFreCvJpsxszqfn5H_hfKyVMRKNdfweH0/s320/IMG_3272.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQc8MVqvGtam1rFd186lt8SVJOb1JHj5mjOQC06MJEyn5ANZN9SA7CPLhBlaSbUZI5Utnbkrfkx2iBJhZwvST4gPeEmNhDko94XJMuOUFBQPSVfwNlFsIs6694VstuKdJHlhFcLZtd6ok/s1600/IMG_3283.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQc8MVqvGtam1rFd186lt8SVJOb1JHj5mjOQC06MJEyn5ANZN9SA7CPLhBlaSbUZI5Utnbkrfkx2iBJhZwvST4gPeEmNhDko94XJMuOUFBQPSVfwNlFsIs6694VstuKdJHlhFcLZtd6ok/s320/IMG_3283.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTu-7b-U9t-Vqs-z5ddbHR5piP96CrZYFlmTIU8vdtpC3NzQcSnO_pkpfdQW2SEGtvxQT8-OJYvPukXwmpZQFK2wSyDUT1Z7UoE8fjzUaFseNmqOl1GlL-Mam_OsOdrHGgHAVyOv9Hg4/s1600/IMG_3292.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTu-7b-U9t-Vqs-z5ddbHR5piP96CrZYFlmTIU8vdtpC3NzQcSnO_pkpfdQW2SEGtvxQT8-OJYvPukXwmpZQFK2wSyDUT1Z7UoE8fjzUaFseNmqOl1GlL-Mam_OsOdrHGgHAVyOv9Hg4/s320/IMG_3292.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhet9L3ukj9ZiSnVXoRvOPUZ5CrCJZTxt_PTLXb9L7qpwGLT94z5FrRRupYNq1eBtE6uVsVe3W7IunRZt2GnX-LzdykVv0F_KGZZucOkwBQWxN5fF3aaQKhNtXQ8I6SyRqd1h1ot-GUCpA/s1600/IMG_3289.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhet9L3ukj9ZiSnVXoRvOPUZ5CrCJZTxt_PTLXb9L7qpwGLT94z5FrRRupYNq1eBtE6uVsVe3W7IunRZt2GnX-LzdykVv0F_KGZZucOkwBQWxN5fF3aaQKhNtXQ8I6SyRqd1h1ot-GUCpA/s320/IMG_3289.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Victoria Memorial, Calcutta:<br /><br /><br /> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_1QQKAAF5u8IWoPDNltYwrexxt90mHy55OqYP_MbVV4EMhN66GR4VYMGDLSM4jNgiquj6bms4fiACfsGN5BSVKNNiHlY1Gaxd2hRyob_iFsZ5UU0Q2hxKdaCoxWrsDYI04RSo-gEojk/s1600/DSC02304.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_1QQKAAF5u8IWoPDNltYwrexxt90mHy55OqYP_MbVV4EMhN66GR4VYMGDLSM4jNgiquj6bms4fiACfsGN5BSVKNNiHlY1Gaxd2hRyob_iFsZ5UU0Q2hxKdaCoxWrsDYI04RSo-gEojk/s320/DSC02304.JPG" /></a> </b><br />
<br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwqJ1Ai9akJdx8J4gAN-qZPoFCtwhyrRr6BEb-TEp2YGElXn_DG7pIdsP3P01gFxrLN00L254Bmp_jHofl83TTKqPD8inO1dd2S5T0o-AodaaQ5cnO7P_x5MvbJXO7iDSt4N86NjElM8/s1600/DSC02303.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwqJ1Ai9akJdx8J4gAN-qZPoFCtwhyrRr6BEb-TEp2YGElXn_DG7pIdsP3P01gFxrLN00L254Bmp_jHofl83TTKqPD8inO1dd2S5T0o-AodaaQ5cnO7P_x5MvbJXO7iDSt4N86NjElM8/s320/DSC02303.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvq8vZdQ9_OxucVJi-fkETW58z2F7xgGg51HMK92cwVSUTevXUf3_M0M5IO1ABO9B-junTvnNqsl6JSPB9l2-aV_7texXphlSISk_Mr5epqVIWaYWQay2n8WSNtih6jfqWbqUXptHMrnk/s1600/DSC02308.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVdgh40QTFMucOH8-W5RXTMkq1gDX8Au75ttZQYIVDwcE_GPGCUge_KZI0BXb5qwcka-qM_9Pirz9zG_zem83rhZE40rs_UWLhIqOSdzraHSA7FUnTJulQ-YKxAIyrzJ7uT9tXOCLxjg/s1600/DSC02320.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVdgh40QTFMucOH8-W5RXTMkq1gDX8Au75ttZQYIVDwcE_GPGCUge_KZI0BXb5qwcka-qM_9Pirz9zG_zem83rhZE40rs_UWLhIqOSdzraHSA7FUnTJulQ-YKxAIyrzJ7uT9tXOCLxjg/s320/DSC02320.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqFWy6iEbX8V5tYCl-IswbbwVSZeobONkKpdx5Cyjn08pM5q5U9oXw_kcf08ZjQLFt8T6ZOabOh89RQCTArv_-mpDxseFUYu1pcwZSZl9lMpvFyIeYhgLMDA8X_g1ovd-EYMcEixx_UY/s1600/DSC02306.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqFWy6iEbX8V5tYCl-IswbbwVSZeobONkKpdx5Cyjn08pM5q5U9oXw_kcf08ZjQLFt8T6ZOabOh89RQCTArv_-mpDxseFUYu1pcwZSZl9lMpvFyIeYhgLMDA8X_g1ovd-EYMcEixx_UY/s320/DSC02306.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvq8vZdQ9_OxucVJi-fkETW58z2F7xgGg51HMK92cwVSUTevXUf3_M0M5IO1ABO9B-junTvnNqsl6JSPB9l2-aV_7texXphlSISk_Mr5epqVIWaYWQay2n8WSNtih6jfqWbqUXptHMrnk/s1600/DSC02308.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvq8vZdQ9_OxucVJi-fkETW58z2F7xgGg51HMK92cwVSUTevXUf3_M0M5IO1ABO9B-junTvnNqsl6JSPB9l2-aV_7texXphlSISk_Mr5epqVIWaYWQay2n8WSNtih6jfqWbqUXptHMrnk/s320/DSC02308.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEfjdRkAliBnj1bqiHC_gsn65sk3n01xjUQY41Qjepl0XBUEVIzmQF0wqkja-ZE5IVtF6cINapdk3NPX7o1KOJ7Ik9904vrCC-6aOeYMj6vhvhtt_nIpf6NUYhDtzaWLvkyN018BWUaU/s1600/DSC02305.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEfjdRkAliBnj1bqiHC_gsn65sk3n01xjUQY41Qjepl0XBUEVIzmQF0wqkja-ZE5IVtF6cINapdk3NPX7o1KOJ7Ik9904vrCC-6aOeYMj6vhvhtt_nIpf6NUYhDtzaWLvkyN018BWUaU/s320/DSC02305.JPG" /></a></b><br />
<br />
<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQrGhwcugg33ob-KM73pLM7YP9AFp_NdQq9XY-lhznETNYEmYtJG8xA3isdiop6V_sTurMplQAXPfckk_iqM6PfN3HP9WZNBYx0zcoRjL5ttMqu0ZtU7plNX0KLpJAxGjaqp1Drd0hvM/s1600/DSC02322.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQrGhwcugg33ob-KM73pLM7YP9AFp_NdQq9XY-lhznETNYEmYtJG8xA3isdiop6V_sTurMplQAXPfckk_iqM6PfN3HP9WZNBYx0zcoRjL5ttMqu0ZtU7plNX0KLpJAxGjaqp1Drd0hvM/s320/DSC02322.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVHUH_X6YTj0tWtmaQAPtKwO7x7zFmbdI6HGM8Zz_uGWTJZOeBLTQp-9s3wG36UcTSZj6XeeZIM45XjLYrP2SKQBO-1ad6tn9MJt5bQ5pfkx56wVJL211lWz9WDhNeSPOeuu30_D2Qk8/s1600/DSC02343.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVHUH_X6YTj0tWtmaQAPtKwO7x7zFmbdI6HGM8Zz_uGWTJZOeBLTQp-9s3wG36UcTSZj6XeeZIM45XjLYrP2SKQBO-1ad6tn9MJt5bQ5pfkx56wVJL211lWz9WDhNeSPOeuu30_D2Qk8/s320/DSC02343.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_WoFUFf_TR2TTHa11vtzAw0tVHaCRCsnKjJBWbcg7vwhsZHggJKZ6cmOd8bnlK0sIPhyTQ-xnLxcpqCn9-c0XnRFEgeNcQFvC-YSdewybxkmEFCOE0_SN8AiebNzlNznGSyHHgh8w3E/s1600/DSC02323.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_WoFUFf_TR2TTHa11vtzAw0tVHaCRCsnKjJBWbcg7vwhsZHggJKZ6cmOd8bnlK0sIPhyTQ-xnLxcpqCn9-c0XnRFEgeNcQFvC-YSdewybxkmEFCOE0_SN8AiebNzlNznGSyHHgh8w3E/s320/DSC02323.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />=<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL7OOU1-NYP7J6fBAT2oQzIAWxFo41zsMJWmepEh4I_2wtnts99TBVdYJqz6zL7djK-0dnjD34hNcX_CY9NxuH2oniz8gQMnoitxSdJQgNVsH3dhoXGuAKK43hqBsbmaG8QEy4GNp63M/s1600/DSC02345.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL7OOU1-NYP7J6fBAT2oQzIAWxFo41zsMJWmepEh4I_2wtnts99TBVdYJqz6zL7djK-0dnjD34hNcX_CY9NxuH2oniz8gQMnoitxSdJQgNVsH3dhoXGuAKK43hqBsbmaG8QEy4GNp63M/s320/DSC02345.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> In and around Calcutta<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyrex1Yz8uIKp53f4I3S97E0c5w9_X5ov-Ww_F4jFYPBmYUf6pPVznLXMhpGPRjs49HqrrMp0VZEmTef360g0RIEnR5bFrLBY2ZwZtjnpHas_tc-QOx0mQ_gLtM9i89cFn6Vq78Uw-OM/s1600/DSC02346.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyrex1Yz8uIKp53f4I3S97E0c5w9_X5ov-Ww_F4jFYPBmYUf6pPVznLXMhpGPRjs49HqrrMp0VZEmTef360g0RIEnR5bFrLBY2ZwZtjnpHas_tc-QOx0mQ_gLtM9i89cFn6Vq78Uw-OM/s320/DSC02346.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BL096LO6YyXvprH7lKvrGkbXdcEqrB-5-EpFPEtDx9J_Jr6Qyc6hmhVRpEF2IkNiIhckgUUkCo5gFglNyKX6sep7Khj43g0pZvSsBdlRet_3vAP_Avh-xApx0anvXXvU0aaWUs9wHEc/s1600/DSC02350.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BL096LO6YyXvprH7lKvrGkbXdcEqrB-5-EpFPEtDx9J_Jr6Qyc6hmhVRpEF2IkNiIhckgUUkCo5gFglNyKX6sep7Khj43g0pZvSsBdlRet_3vAP_Avh-xApx0anvXXvU0aaWUs9wHEc/s320/DSC02350.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienPSRiUKIo0AVzGfRsxw_jLBjYVg0xIzUOY_mKzPpNX-hLfPKDdRjKW6-pi-QhFscscAYqNf1ELcgT6pIBHy013rU7Ctk8ldS8_81yiIanZiHVXcqHnmWaBwq4KnCRVZkCywi8A71XCk/s1600/DSC02347.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienPSRiUKIo0AVzGfRsxw_jLBjYVg0xIzUOY_mKzPpNX-hLfPKDdRjKW6-pi-QhFscscAYqNf1ELcgT6pIBHy013rU7Ctk8ldS8_81yiIanZiHVXcqHnmWaBwq4KnCRVZkCywi8A71XCk/s320/DSC02347.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdPre9TB-xU-LUh-6cEJiPPcH9c4Hc-qJ21MwxHkFcXw12N-UrYt9tshUsHe6n8srGNagoj5G7dBi9aVh8dyoEMiERUVCA4_7IbVvwk22Lg_MclVszY3l3aCQPVI0wmDqTeGOME9vhH0/s1600/DSC02352.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdPre9TB-xU-LUh-6cEJiPPcH9c4Hc-qJ21MwxHkFcXw12N-UrYt9tshUsHe6n8srGNagoj5G7dBi9aVh8dyoEMiERUVCA4_7IbVvwk22Lg_MclVszY3l3aCQPVI0wmDqTeGOME9vhH0/s320/DSC02352.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlAPnvrHdOt9RWEiDNaYoeSSM-2l_-Oo_mE1zqIylbjZxnv5t3bmT4umT5SmsSb6LtbOvJXVyBK91PWK_FKPYIuaJrhSAGtu4oEyFQ2DjrBkgvsVJPkxy8J2p1lJDhtFwLfGlp_Mvw4E/s1600/DSC02358.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlAPnvrHdOt9RWEiDNaYoeSSM-2l_-Oo_mE1zqIylbjZxnv5t3bmT4umT5SmsSb6LtbOvJXVyBK91PWK_FKPYIuaJrhSAGtu4oEyFQ2DjrBkgvsVJPkxy8J2p1lJDhtFwLfGlp_Mvw4E/s320/DSC02358.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjv5GNxigsGRNCzWCFFp7GmclfAdS3VK2BHI5nbVHdoERc8Pl_5yyp9aLxi62EcwqHxPZrK_CEWJ8_xv4dHkq0P0TXulnjVWuoH7YyVGKbgETau9W_A-dkoiY8JVburuF6vELqPU0bNQ/s1600/DSC02356.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjv5GNxigsGRNCzWCFFp7GmclfAdS3VK2BHI5nbVHdoERc8Pl_5yyp9aLxi62EcwqHxPZrK_CEWJ8_xv4dHkq0P0TXulnjVWuoH7YyVGKbgETau9W_A-dkoiY8JVburuF6vELqPU0bNQ/s320/DSC02356.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwJunVH_iS7PdKw_4Kj4o1xu9jyxQjfOlVKrgzOntjRSxWyUAYmhbiSxBPDI2xvocWVgn5TaELtDDYTAgvX6k8r_3Arg69WC9QLAL_KDZxZOSgaNQ1kEgHiNX3dFV7JfqFLUxt2u9STE/s1600/DSC02363.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwJunVH_iS7PdKw_4Kj4o1xu9jyxQjfOlVKrgzOntjRSxWyUAYmhbiSxBPDI2xvocWVgn5TaELtDDYTAgvX6k8r_3Arg69WC9QLAL_KDZxZOSgaNQ1kEgHiNX3dFV7JfqFLUxt2u9STE/s320/DSC02363.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_fLiLcKGnjoUSW1eMpYUxdrcBl46HYxTT_LF4-4MtpWOLZktsDSD1bCRICllWdeJwMX3QHJRdqIh4p4xaMOb7o2_ZR00a2-ElfsL56TzN93io86jKLinUVUPzJ8iG2GCAIAmv2ql4k4/s1600/DSC02353.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_fLiLcKGnjoUSW1eMpYUxdrcBl46HYxTT_LF4-4MtpWOLZktsDSD1bCRICllWdeJwMX3QHJRdqIh4p4xaMOb7o2_ZR00a2-ElfsL56TzN93io86jKLinUVUPzJ8iG2GCAIAmv2ql4k4/s320/DSC02353.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZxCkM6HN6NydmoheBZcLyj0d8bmjp1a2OBRFjPuoO9jAaqo979HKPAigMAvTzAvv31_temGHt_7PF_EYz79jHIPvSDqD0WVtkH_bLAl7P9Id1Ak697U8E7nTGy4C-oVW1jiL-Y7KM9Q/s1600/DSC02377.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZxCkM6HN6NydmoheBZcLyj0d8bmjp1a2OBRFjPuoO9jAaqo979HKPAigMAvTzAvv31_temGHt_7PF_EYz79jHIPvSDqD0WVtkH_bLAl7P9Id1Ak697U8E7nTGy4C-oVW1jiL-Y7KM9Q/s320/DSC02377.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbUqoz7Z3dLGUVLFMVG30Qp7-mU5Z9gKh0cfs0kDzQcNJ-THkwES1Q_b6wLzr9qI9SzTC1hdjMeRih-mhUV4kRxkivlKY1nH9ARoBI1o3ATYYI7EJiLHGw2WJvi2pt_falmtCHsJCHYs/s1600/DSC02389.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbUqoz7Z3dLGUVLFMVG30Qp7-mU5Z9gKh0cfs0kDzQcNJ-THkwES1Q_b6wLzr9qI9SzTC1hdjMeRih-mhUV4kRxkivlKY1nH9ARoBI1o3ATYYI7EJiLHGw2WJvi2pt_falmtCHsJCHYs/s320/DSC02389.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCzq7qdgezpZWI2r6irXSUfTdDd1FROs3qcIf4pApDXhBIWigvc2z6XjUPnsxTNFSgj3O4qpxaim8lu4xrZrl1hoT9pGEKuwj_BnNiHr9bCTLr4slRXEFfTNFCmBUP-6N7HaAJOLXMHQ/s1600/DSC02390.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCzq7qdgezpZWI2r6irXSUfTdDd1FROs3qcIf4pApDXhBIWigvc2z6XjUPnsxTNFSgj3O4qpxaim8lu4xrZrl1hoT9pGEKuwj_BnNiHr9bCTLr4slRXEFfTNFCmBUP-6N7HaAJOLXMHQ/s320/DSC02390.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgGeIDOQr2h3Ni4iWbVh8Lg0oU5xjjax1zYVbQ2l7cOpY00uAD1tnlYll3ocivEQQKnIneKRyzXSs33Sb0Uel_pCi6Nrmy6jqiPnWdjD2OXAL_Gjp6doGxz8AcekJ44G5ShbQYW24QO8/s1600/DSC02404.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgGeIDOQr2h3Ni4iWbVh8Lg0oU5xjjax1zYVbQ2l7cOpY00uAD1tnlYll3ocivEQQKnIneKRyzXSs33Sb0Uel_pCi6Nrmy6jqiPnWdjD2OXAL_Gjp6doGxz8AcekJ44G5ShbQYW24QO8/s320/DSC02404.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzEJwcDW5uQ_xD1nfGFO2hZro_tYZxO1fEttq2BwMZp1qtwD_PNMQr35KRJ-JOxfzKQjpbGt_5pgFB8PSqj67Zy0DtEv4gqxopnajIGuUjEcHFelor9bk107kaiR9OZyRBC9TogEhV3U/s1600/DSC02421.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzEJwcDW5uQ_xD1nfGFO2hZro_tYZxO1fEttq2BwMZp1qtwD_PNMQr35KRJ-JOxfzKQjpbGt_5pgFB8PSqj67Zy0DtEv4gqxopnajIGuUjEcHFelor9bk107kaiR9OZyRBC9TogEhV3U/s320/DSC02421.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcI3AIn1dzAz8jyQ_zbDDrmzQI0EITzvGrHdnNg9QngZFq4SfI4_eo71tcqotS5waNZNL3aNN2P2wLveMJAKYcBOHGqzWq96FzfndzIINkLcAkHzDSZmhsd_K7T1EF39gnhdSFw-QycI/s1600/IMG_3396.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcI3AIn1dzAz8jyQ_zbDDrmzQI0EITzvGrHdnNg9QngZFq4SfI4_eo71tcqotS5waNZNL3aNN2P2wLveMJAKYcBOHGqzWq96FzfndzIINkLcAkHzDSZmhsd_K7T1EF39gnhdSFw-QycI/s320/IMG_3396.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89b_zyeXzSlVeV6-8chazM5qkUdTKcKt9rMgYP3HhoawExKsppTBEFE0yXlGAqXe69T5ZdCP_Nmd0lHc3r4fpdNm5bf3ZW-TFFye6OO5zDCQkcxzenxgSBJRZbgQ0c1NFm8uSgsEJ6qs/s1600/DSC02425.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89b_zyeXzSlVeV6-8chazM5qkUdTKcKt9rMgYP3HhoawExKsppTBEFE0yXlGAqXe69T5ZdCP_Nmd0lHc3r4fpdNm5bf3ZW-TFFye6OO5zDCQkcxzenxgSBJRZbgQ0c1NFm8uSgsEJ6qs/s320/DSC02425.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIufCojSwx5h5TOvKTR4FlU4qI1rpymIL-mXxvcJ5qg7Uwsczptl52UGQOL8F706b4nKu8tL9q-0AAXKE6lXvLWUlpeWbqeMKkaS2T4OLKKA5KFmV9O6ep26Lfzl9O7rKLn4BDV_rI0o/s1600/IMG_3378.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIufCojSwx5h5TOvKTR4FlU4qI1rpymIL-mXxvcJ5qg7Uwsczptl52UGQOL8F706b4nKu8tL9q-0AAXKE6lXvLWUlpeWbqeMKkaS2T4OLKKA5KFmV9O6ep26Lfzl9O7rKLn4BDV_rI0o/s320/IMG_3378.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYquZhp-QRIxQoe71dTrP5Rc63FubMrCa9vd41PqNXwqn-NvwMUhDchvhgRddhuawHT1ttzcfb_ZPg46cIxVPGvNaUI6A0GK42vCuVhiq6JQJBzK05umWBXHsAww7TQ8hg4RRK2h1iLWI/s1600/IMG_3385.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYquZhp-QRIxQoe71dTrP5Rc63FubMrCa9vd41PqNXwqn-NvwMUhDchvhgRddhuawHT1ttzcfb_ZPg46cIxVPGvNaUI6A0GK42vCuVhiq6JQJBzK05umWBXHsAww7TQ8hg4RRK2h1iLWI/s320/IMG_3385.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfEZoaNtjoLl38wi-M23CJBTLyUdQUYX_gKYY_uBl7r4bw4SIuhdfZuN47EbalmwTSZGRIhxSDg1_PGuFSMgv8puBZXoetZIeUgilQ6VSWTs589RmNxbdPUpnI-lxh2-CwbuWIcxNHAs/s1600/IMG_3380.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfEZoaNtjoLl38wi-M23CJBTLyUdQUYX_gKYY_uBl7r4bw4SIuhdfZuN47EbalmwTSZGRIhxSDg1_PGuFSMgv8puBZXoetZIeUgilQ6VSWTs589RmNxbdPUpnI-lxh2-CwbuWIcxNHAs/s320/IMG_3380.JPG" /></a><br /></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpFhNEci5-PaLOUm_hWl5yMh9R8XvnkKZGzoiMqS1o8lYEuKHp9rSY6iLxI4S1Ah6djlT4r5YJgIrQMYLO3pxUFe_TY1y4WMzyY0qtPd1HBwLk5FMtiVJjHtqufS5hMdApc8LS8Nuk4c/s1600/IMG_3392.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpFhNEci5-PaLOUm_hWl5yMh9R8XvnkKZGzoiMqS1o8lYEuKHp9rSY6iLxI4S1Ah6djlT4r5YJgIrQMYLO3pxUFe_TY1y4WMzyY0qtPd1HBwLk5FMtiVJjHtqufS5hMdApc8LS8Nuk4c/s320/IMG_3392.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4zjXqTArtQoETJBD91lO9dChI0FQ2u9QC3ryhbfP_J09gY87-EwajfMmxzX5iqrXhOMMf50FQbrCbwbqmBxNak8sI00kIX6jQfRkOgvmhGTZeZe6UOOjGKWbbJ3HjEjo3ezA3j5zo4k/s1600/IMG_3389.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4zjXqTArtQoETJBD91lO9dChI0FQ2u9QC3ryhbfP_J09gY87-EwajfMmxzX5iqrXhOMMf50FQbrCbwbqmBxNak8sI00kIX6jQfRkOgvmhGTZeZe6UOOjGKWbbJ3HjEjo3ezA3j5zo4k/s320/IMG_3389.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84nMvh5NvrG15GX2kkkXZfpcVa-6PpUAEKdBCTcGJg8bWlK4dLIqggSQJFMaDrpJfnIgTvzDH9IlB4IYu9tYtQHGfB6o_YggE_v0APUnkXam4Oy-pFZy-t7laDJGCdYvNCrOgPv5rHy8/s1600/IMG_3388.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84nMvh5NvrG15GX2kkkXZfpcVa-6PpUAEKdBCTcGJg8bWlK4dLIqggSQJFMaDrpJfnIgTvzDH9IlB4IYu9tYtQHGfB6o_YggE_v0APUnkXam4Oy-pFZy-t7laDJGCdYvNCrOgPv5rHy8/s320/IMG_3388.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_v0G1LIA3nG_6v_SdITghTZnTj_GI_5YjyzH-PZMrNkEhGazj-02ay6OHJUleQ40sfQ8iwo5oYwZcStvGeG5x830kxWU6vP7SxFFb6Jr16PbxMVDrzziOkVTWDjQaiYAAcL0q7tRBfY/s1600/IMG_3393.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_v0G1LIA3nG_6v_SdITghTZnTj_GI_5YjyzH-PZMrNkEhGazj-02ay6OHJUleQ40sfQ8iwo5oYwZcStvGeG5x830kxWU6vP7SxFFb6Jr16PbxMVDrzziOkVTWDjQaiYAAcL0q7tRBfY/s320/IMG_3393.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoci0zhP-Mp3ymZ8l66015bG83Dw_HUWbLNW80rYkxgHnJf0jFHW25ctBU-dzm1jYBq4QZIxfTUjpYpOQsB_OZJ2LwPv3IFGKsyyy-_77sCXgH4JUPay0tOjwrWeROJ6P6NNhp82PV8W0/s1600/IMG_3386.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoci0zhP-Mp3ymZ8l66015bG83Dw_HUWbLNW80rYkxgHnJf0jFHW25ctBU-dzm1jYBq4QZIxfTUjpYpOQsB_OZJ2LwPv3IFGKsyyy-_77sCXgH4JUPay0tOjwrWeROJ6P6NNhp82PV8W0/s320/IMG_3386.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /><br />Adina Mosque ruins, near Malda, West Bengal:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGm89zUGtybEd0GXgoJTFMkekC7tn50nTmBzK_aWciFycvnqOmGsYb6Wm46jSyfiKAIdHAekVqonO-1iXeniDDSj2jbZIX5ufpH-ydiNP0eUj8BvnL7yqIFEDi8SIJKBqxyPp7qya0JQ/s1600/DSC02522.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGm89zUGtybEd0GXgoJTFMkekC7tn50nTmBzK_aWciFycvnqOmGsYb6Wm46jSyfiKAIdHAekVqonO-1iXeniDDSj2jbZIX5ufpH-ydiNP0eUj8BvnL7yqIFEDi8SIJKBqxyPp7qya0JQ/s320/DSC02522.JPG" /></a><br /></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27BWImLJqgC7_3wSmWxSCtZfw0KQE1ojFN3xp-rjvbwPUkzIj5tasTFg2Y9mIAT0n66KitvnSmJ4_CCEmX1zvI9QVTmddKKpbqFLr8PEJSboUaJ6uzkJDTZsDW37_pmTcWXtNkIQLbtE/s1600/DSC02523.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27BWImLJqgC7_3wSmWxSCtZfw0KQE1ojFN3xp-rjvbwPUkzIj5tasTFg2Y9mIAT0n66KitvnSmJ4_CCEmX1zvI9QVTmddKKpbqFLr8PEJSboUaJ6uzkJDTZsDW37_pmTcWXtNkIQLbtE/s320/DSC02523.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_026-f9ZwRjFSKHc-QMVb8bTBqtvcYUh5MyQIhw-BJAu3KOgH0KcghFZwSZctlUt9Rn3rdbDJBQfuN-OiXDNdbueU30pudD_EaEaVVgFSgeRvCbLezX27aIYX4G4XYyyt-3itds8fRIM/s1600/DSC02524.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_026-f9ZwRjFSKHc-QMVb8bTBqtvcYUh5MyQIhw-BJAu3KOgH0KcghFZwSZctlUt9Rn3rdbDJBQfuN-OiXDNdbueU30pudD_EaEaVVgFSgeRvCbLezX27aIYX4G4XYyyt-3itds8fRIM/s320/DSC02524.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF_KLXjQvGhZ0GK6qifhZD4CLj3OnIdj2YL1mHv1lNyIqQMh2pc73dBuHp4jfsjUeVAS9vwrxHbsYIajDKiZkv3UF_TtKAoCv0T5kKILa5kGAKtyDDNH06oDyxgv8B4CNosUV9f-uVwo/s1600/DSC02553.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF_KLXjQvGhZ0GK6qifhZD4CLj3OnIdj2YL1mHv1lNyIqQMh2pc73dBuHp4jfsjUeVAS9vwrxHbsYIajDKiZkv3UF_TtKAoCv0T5kKILa5kGAKtyDDNH06oDyxgv8B4CNosUV9f-uVwo/s320/DSC02553.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsoQ8PB0THqabT_F_90emvipe1G9dzvvzUwnFIlntC4V2X0fCqb3TeGSnhNLCSUfcF3zHRDtESPaCgrOFjvk4LmbIsG5DrcH1GdXe4jcTbAcCGzHSl0TqoVQGJosdRjZ_mAfJcSxmkRs/s1600/DSC02556.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsoQ8PB0THqabT_F_90emvipe1G9dzvvzUwnFIlntC4V2X0fCqb3TeGSnhNLCSUfcF3zHRDtESPaCgrOFjvk4LmbIsG5DrcH1GdXe4jcTbAcCGzHSl0TqoVQGJosdRjZ_mAfJcSxmkRs/s320/DSC02556.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjySTJwg5JzMLlXn7_97psHs3xpYW-pQRa8iHznd0pyhjrKKNCYxceZ6VrlkjoB6n8Fwb9AioubrjVf6R4WdpKDYPpmi9Y_A3ssGkv199PJAlpg7sGC8hiFgSqgVy0I0hp5iFt7boCUmo/s1600/DSC02545.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjySTJwg5JzMLlXn7_97psHs3xpYW-pQRa8iHznd0pyhjrKKNCYxceZ6VrlkjoB6n8Fwb9AioubrjVf6R4WdpKDYPpmi9Y_A3ssGkv199PJAlpg7sGC8hiFgSqgVy0I0hp5iFt7boCUmo/s320/DSC02545.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDubpStLmAD-nRPEQFgYjJ_tmFGek13UFHU9YSQrpNEqkew87WjK7R37EcwGa1jBWBt5NqnLzku2DeXF5_g_FqOBIuRQpr_8oDg8MyIcOorPplSBM1GTJ_-Dmdq3P97fh-W78V3zF75gw/s1600/DSC02551.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDubpStLmAD-nRPEQFgYjJ_tmFGek13UFHU9YSQrpNEqkew87WjK7R37EcwGa1jBWBt5NqnLzku2DeXF5_g_FqOBIuRQpr_8oDg8MyIcOorPplSBM1GTJ_-Dmdq3P97fh-W78V3zF75gw/s320/DSC02551.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwHgy4_4BR_Fr7GXS7tomunbjQkmwDBDqiJTvvMqYaKoD6iLHI54YznIC-yCReZry9mtThU0-XJV39WB8NzrBn6laPuMwLsgL7JGddPykATHO5CsAHI9317l4k5MRCzZV-xMkRW3Xh30/s1600/DSC02542.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwHgy4_4BR_Fr7GXS7tomunbjQkmwDBDqiJTvvMqYaKoD6iLHI54YznIC-yCReZry9mtThU0-XJV39WB8NzrBn6laPuMwLsgL7JGddPykATHO5CsAHI9317l4k5MRCzZV-xMkRW3Xh30/s320/DSC02542.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSm1FHR_o1H03bXkwhLu66hfCevHgGRWDonqRBsX64xUD0I6KcmNqvuFOhcX7RsKbU_yzAPlwfcLj-qmnZ7WirklGXT974fpMwpYXO9qewfEIxGP2TbgOTqmluNtWXoRF5A6at5pzQN0/s1600/DSC02540.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNKF2hJScemY2DcpZ4c_ScrZLmxd09n6HFmgJrcqBqt32B6HY2N3IXFKgF-ppgLM0kdISN1rulS4U7cXEUlXLTA-JGqnZgMfOMVGV7m7UAljvIvu-VsIwIrKalEsahS9b7yDqTKef9J0/s1600/DSC02541.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNKF2hJScemY2DcpZ4c_ScrZLmxd09n6HFmgJrcqBqt32B6HY2N3IXFKgF-ppgLM0kdISN1rulS4U7cXEUlXLTA-JGqnZgMfOMVGV7m7UAljvIvu-VsIwIrKalEsahS9b7yDqTKef9J0/s320/DSC02541.JPG" /></a><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSm1FHR_o1H03bXkwhLu66hfCevHgGRWDonqRBsX64xUD0I6KcmNqvuFOhcX7RsKbU_yzAPlwfcLj-qmnZ7WirklGXT974fpMwpYXO9qewfEIxGP2TbgOTqmluNtWXoRF5A6at5pzQN0/s320/DSC02540.JPG" /> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TqWdlDQzLgdcX0cLTOHTFX77lSabHwvwD3iD2ojKSAed1VoGf8xM9OOqIy7_JmDw6LT8LS0dNn_fr569Ld3lshslwUuG3fNdg1JyocB4TpM5W4QCjdcN3lbp-JpBbyhCgfulqlptxx8/s1600/DSC02539.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TqWdlDQzLgdcX0cLTOHTFX77lSabHwvwD3iD2ojKSAed1VoGf8xM9OOqIy7_JmDw6LT8LS0dNn_fr569Ld3lshslwUuG3fNdg1JyocB4TpM5W4QCjdcN3lbp-JpBbyhCgfulqlptxx8/s320/DSC02539.JPG" /></a></b><br />
<b><br /></b><b><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1FOWUK7muFORmLnGVh0olRH6GXTbJateangA0lwIFv_5gxj8Lnehyphenhyphensi0FDaEXmlmPJPDhbRm5xzactFgRVsMmVLbrw48uh8gepDSZUKUw1oM2DWAsUGC6nXyBFv7twDqnp2covheid0/s1600/DSC02538.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1FOWUK7muFORmLnGVh0olRH6GXTbJateangA0lwIFv_5gxj8Lnehyphenhyphensi0FDaEXmlmPJPDhbRm5xzactFgRVsMmVLbrw48uh8gepDSZUKUw1oM2DWAsUGC6nXyBFv7twDqnp2covheid0/s320/DSC02538.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilWH4rL3aePqGDzgwoaRpt49VBlPohud0ABp0CIb25TLf7PsGs4AcxJaNY5lRqK2NY7mXw4f9oThHaVFcBNoXejUzl5L58GZeblHwC24xPe46JxA9AGxUdLoGhg5BYnwIwIFxSfvTD7c/s1600/DSC02526.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L3pDQa2G_acmgVq0TOsvw8jLQhoEB56JwDbUdyVwPyQO6dkgpr-wmPVkfxA_ie1O0oYscgD6eWkzRinm9ChpPe_tcJV83vqaaDOU4nncd3xKs9SVfBF9anUnhPSWChkRj4-6rNpcQX8/s1600/DSC02527.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L3pDQa2G_acmgVq0TOsvw8jLQhoEB56JwDbUdyVwPyQO6dkgpr-wmPVkfxA_ie1O0oYscgD6eWkzRinm9ChpPe_tcJV83vqaaDOU4nncd3xKs9SVfBF9anUnhPSWChkRj4-6rNpcQX8/s320/DSC02527.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilWH4rL3aePqGDzgwoaRpt49VBlPohud0ABp0CIb25TLf7PsGs4AcxJaNY5lRqK2NY7mXw4f9oThHaVFcBNoXejUzl5L58GZeblHwC24xPe46JxA9AGxUdLoGhg5BYnwIwIFxSfvTD7c/s320/DSC02526.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ki7Sp92K6K2baw3OnfIBGBjvX70H0UUfn6fcrsaUlX181-raeOzEIa9O86O1EstGtLglu5WZzWmM8ZzblIjQIwrYZU8CIvo_Q1cd787FxNrVdp5gEGPW02S6zwKry9TJH7MOMmmNfZ4/s1600/DSC02528.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ki7Sp92K6K2baw3OnfIBGBjvX70H0UUfn6fcrsaUlX181-raeOzEIa9O86O1EstGtLglu5WZzWmM8ZzblIjQIwrYZU8CIvo_Q1cd787FxNrVdp5gEGPW02S6zwKry9TJH7MOMmmNfZ4/s320/DSC02528.JPG" /></a><br /><br /></b><b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WLhuEbpc1Wor3ceX-EGIVZ38yoKL3OVBfNrSMufEeZaXeTdszh5RnBhOn3ZUHZKOdmPb135rbX3ZPYK24JhNBVPs_a4z7j2DYhBP4zzjqOzRCmLrhGdrEvkVvkyvswY_okdcMYSOlKk/s1600/DSC02536.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WLhuEbpc1Wor3ceX-EGIVZ38yoKL3OVBfNrSMufEeZaXeTdszh5RnBhOn3ZUHZKOdmPb135rbX3ZPYK24JhNBVPs_a4z7j2DYhBP4zzjqOzRCmLrhGdrEvkVvkyvswY_okdcMYSOlKk/s320/DSC02536.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZTP7D7pUzCuSsUbtoD7k1BgT4WQSn5hyEmrq1IRoEMXU8L7xQgctr-_mDAvgO8uLS9j0AVl-NkXOwQaxVWyANgq2vb94Kn2hc08xQJyuf91aT9Tx0iQIJYif2CVaP6iNUo4dm7q4G0U/s1600/DSC02530.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZTP7D7pUzCuSsUbtoD7k1BgT4WQSn5hyEmrq1IRoEMXU8L7xQgctr-_mDAvgO8uLS9j0AVl-NkXOwQaxVWyANgq2vb94Kn2hc08xQJyuf91aT9Tx0iQIJYif2CVaP6iNUo4dm7q4G0U/s320/DSC02530.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br />Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal:<br /><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhGLE9EVKUYOsahezZYTdaZjg-AW6FBiRNJ_h8fFzLeqb2YHb_zqPvsFEScu1lE157inh12MCM_-JwbB1d_BAisKQB1bC0tVOVZzROuYJvUiEZxM1jiKP6dscA25CkIJxm3kOBHlaXxs/s1600/DSC02573.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhGLE9EVKUYOsahezZYTdaZjg-AW6FBiRNJ_h8fFzLeqb2YHb_zqPvsFEScu1lE157inh12MCM_-JwbB1d_BAisKQB1bC0tVOVZzROuYJvUiEZxM1jiKP6dscA25CkIJxm3kOBHlaXxs/s320/DSC02573.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagfDiEE5MziXm1NCCC3ZaY7mZagX1aIPlZK7b_H0sl5i9CsDwiqgg1dd2PK4-Aa5c9nSesze3fvMvHZL4kOORL9sydPbDXASMn3uGmkJpgGQyo1W3ZAJTOOebNcNWDKWPmbieT1sRuUI/s1600/DSC02575.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagfDiEE5MziXm1NCCC3ZaY7mZagX1aIPlZK7b_H0sl5i9CsDwiqgg1dd2PK4-Aa5c9nSesze3fvMvHZL4kOORL9sydPbDXASMn3uGmkJpgGQyo1W3ZAJTOOebNcNWDKWPmbieT1sRuUI/s320/DSC02575.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62aV5lGbV5J-mPW08Q25z4zox6x80jQ92ctWimCCnn5DfS1tJ-zCgAH-tve1KowhbkJU1Q1NQ6uvBqAqE8aR-X6FQjcZvNUh92uKQXKVarPmz06AT8c7PPQzGKNAY0YBX2v1lymKab1I/s1600/DSC02578.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62aV5lGbV5J-mPW08Q25z4zox6x80jQ92ctWimCCnn5DfS1tJ-zCgAH-tve1KowhbkJU1Q1NQ6uvBqAqE8aR-X6FQjcZvNUh92uKQXKVarPmz06AT8c7PPQzGKNAY0YBX2v1lymKab1I/s320/DSC02578.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_sRG1vIoO8Qzd7W1-Zwk5yK9AMB-mn9c9g5DAeYzJpZX_anNz2pTVF1p1vUz-NgPbuMgrdWwFXrwEDH8vwb9_tV5H6xe1pg4cAy2cPosStbYSuDpt4D9FAqhQEFeEPtyAgDXgZF1qrY/s1600/DSC02576.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_sRG1vIoO8Qzd7W1-Zwk5yK9AMB-mn9c9g5DAeYzJpZX_anNz2pTVF1p1vUz-NgPbuMgrdWwFXrwEDH8vwb9_tV5H6xe1pg4cAy2cPosStbYSuDpt4D9FAqhQEFeEPtyAgDXgZF1qrY/s320/DSC02576.JPG" /></a> </b><br />
<b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe9zuXhzwIYCVV1Is0vrBSTYk3UtMiM4WmBEet3QPbQALiDLSaRQMLIbcwMBERZ0wdWJVeeSxakE5jiu60_-1cd5UdZxXbz7X3WPKRjlntBhyphenhyphenTd7UZ09HilXBGsLSg545NVZfqQQwcdo/s1600/DSC02581.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe9zuXhzwIYCVV1Is0vrBSTYk3UtMiM4WmBEet3QPbQALiDLSaRQMLIbcwMBERZ0wdWJVeeSxakE5jiu60_-1cd5UdZxXbz7X3WPKRjlntBhyphenhyphenTd7UZ09HilXBGsLSg545NVZfqQQwcdo/s320/DSC02581.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-jZX6Vn-EyT2aBtFK_0vQfrFS6lDgT9EHhVImvbgoJ9EupvmO-B-gEC4dcIgiUkLj-wccZ6tiTv81La6_XbIJuuDl1_uxsSajwaAUR-KjXB1WvLSnUl2MkjS602E_ohHM5CRXV71myE/s1600/DSC02586.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-jZX6Vn-EyT2aBtFK_0vQfrFS6lDgT9EHhVImvbgoJ9EupvmO-B-gEC4dcIgiUkLj-wccZ6tiTv81La6_XbIJuuDl1_uxsSajwaAUR-KjXB1WvLSnUl2MkjS602E_ohHM5CRXV71myE/s320/DSC02586.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJL5AyB4mc05aqmyR8P_FxoGSjRpNQzhq6NZSVQlHiHonlZltWJfDn2YSlaVzqTbL3sg-IrYTLTvtt6DewYSBC__eFdURQSeHxzs9HgjQE6_FspXhc07Ii9glXgR5dGb2XWfHn2BDq1g/s1600/DSC02577.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJL5AyB4mc05aqmyR8P_FxoGSjRpNQzhq6NZSVQlHiHonlZltWJfDn2YSlaVzqTbL3sg-IrYTLTvtt6DewYSBC__eFdURQSeHxzs9HgjQE6_FspXhc07Ii9glXgR5dGb2XWfHn2BDq1g/s320/DSC02577.JPG" /></a></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijF8QPfj3OYqOmN4wuT8YtCKm_YAXwzmia47aDhO8vg7QA7eQX3dSUUy-W6EQjA9h1v7R5qrJxscUYbvp3sLJidDl6doD4RGlZq9z-zWVtcGK4QJkbHyiAe-j79-xxbZpkEcJKpCOqU9A/s1600/DSC02583.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijF8QPfj3OYqOmN4wuT8YtCKm_YAXwzmia47aDhO8vg7QA7eQX3dSUUy-W6EQjA9h1v7R5qrJxscUYbvp3sLJidDl6doD4RGlZq9z-zWVtcGK4QJkbHyiAe-j79-xxbZpkEcJKpCOqU9A/s320/DSC02583.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor8mti2dFqWuL_YrYzfqgb7zknA0nx6eVvWDkhr2ZCFa5tOG6-VIEOecizrwcGGQhyiuZ5oPuX2jh_HbNN7YjDkS7Lja2-vQtqVsm06i2YC5wKZo_nJdrHnLeu7w_Puq8GjCoQMZN4mc/s1600/DSC02587.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor8mti2dFqWuL_YrYzfqgb7zknA0nx6eVvWDkhr2ZCFa5tOG6-VIEOecizrwcGGQhyiuZ5oPuX2jh_HbNN7YjDkS7Lja2-vQtqVsm06i2YC5wKZo_nJdrHnLeu7w_Puq8GjCoQMZN4mc/s320/DSC02587.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXldaJZTbUlIaS6-qAJ4vJi10vnT4VFsXutoE6lfAW9vCVYnKR8Db2hSsq_bnsb14oDa3JjRP1NlVbdAZ3BrgsHdDQT71NH99RckLkEYymkiPnuxJRx3-c2P8hv6zIUAGXQ0ubK5VnzNc/s1600/DSC02588.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXldaJZTbUlIaS6-qAJ4vJi10vnT4VFsXutoE6lfAW9vCVYnKR8Db2hSsq_bnsb14oDa3JjRP1NlVbdAZ3BrgsHdDQT71NH99RckLkEYymkiPnuxJRx3-c2P8hv6zIUAGXQ0ubK5VnzNc/s320/DSC02588.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6ndh4JoopBgnfesGeM3SrTu-SIbbtS9ijOSE5dJw9yDWcni-o0cC6e0VJ7IZX__7BE_iomyV9flrejWYrJGDE3-6ocGEqNqHwjS_8z13NvCAy7D-dkCGiGfwrepJN4VVrmfDZtmhh9U/s1600/DSC02592.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6ndh4JoopBgnfesGeM3SrTu-SIbbtS9ijOSE5dJw9yDWcni-o0cC6e0VJ7IZX__7BE_iomyV9flrejWYrJGDE3-6ocGEqNqHwjS_8z13NvCAy7D-dkCGiGfwrepJN4VVrmfDZtmhh9U/s320/DSC02592.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Q5JHT-4Tqd9OqW1bHtWgbpvyFBy0J_oikbdEhZcKnpHDFWSGDDN7mgsKyCom8MTLG7eSV7iz-rDiR5bzayZd7gbATjsT0RMk60LO5jCdvY3Cpkvo6SgdkQkycx2QhKfjG-JzpxPCdyg/s1600/DSC02593.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Q5JHT-4Tqd9OqW1bHtWgbpvyFBy0J_oikbdEhZcKnpHDFWSGDDN7mgsKyCom8MTLG7eSV7iz-rDiR5bzayZd7gbATjsT0RMk60LO5jCdvY3Cpkvo6SgdkQkycx2QhKfjG-JzpxPCdyg/s320/DSC02593.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZZNurDhVL6aEtUyz86FnxxCQWz2VbrUnA6YdE0n5MAIe7_8JnwDyLrzLzBzJZFr60wESImGetXTGcZkQs6dX8uN5d9my5AP1je4azep25PFypokiNQtJ6MwD-XhgY0WSR7gw3qAHAZo/s1600/DSC02590.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZZNurDhVL6aEtUyz86FnxxCQWz2VbrUnA6YdE0n5MAIe7_8JnwDyLrzLzBzJZFr60wESImGetXTGcZkQs6dX8uN5d9my5AP1je4azep25PFypokiNQtJ6MwD-XhgY0WSR7gw3qAHAZo/s320/DSC02590.JPG" /></a><br /></b><b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj2gLfhm6dWEq2vEJjSZ8XmXvM51Bx0W62mou9cC5xBI06eIBaWzq-kkthiA4HEHUa6pCOgvVYyus4P1NeUT3-xfpY9GTRZEqz3mR7LclpGOh2M11H3fRZL2Yes0uQofxmkDXcSwZus0/s1600/DSC02598.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj2gLfhm6dWEq2vEJjSZ8XmXvM51Bx0W62mou9cC5xBI06eIBaWzq-kkthiA4HEHUa6pCOgvVYyus4P1NeUT3-xfpY9GTRZEqz3mR7LclpGOh2M11H3fRZL2Yes0uQofxmkDXcSwZus0/s320/DSC02598.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f-N7fsgbZb1il1bq5b9gLJ12s0DYxFHg-jRKZMmQ8muFqhGMIgj80BmZU0OiJX6QFYgoheJqYIAfcZ70sr_yB_eQTLmho4DfSfsm2r37FD24BPLJd-BEkfAMMnwoFhGpaz7N9QE19ts/s1600/DSC02596.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f-N7fsgbZb1il1bq5b9gLJ12s0DYxFHg-jRKZMmQ8muFqhGMIgj80BmZU0OiJX6QFYgoheJqYIAfcZ70sr_yB_eQTLmho4DfSfsm2r37FD24BPLJd-BEkfAMMnwoFhGpaz7N9QE19ts/s320/DSC02596.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbWgCgNMpCRUOBgBSTblWYsXCaHqu4CanPOQoDGDFC-2NQ93pEzckhzMRe1VzP8B8qjIojDnDjl0mLjTiucNPkVx3spf-69iff-ILFy46QB1iDFushNuvnAPX627kUUbyRYlmfJFEfUQ/s1600/DSC02599.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbWgCgNMpCRUOBgBSTblWYsXCaHqu4CanPOQoDGDFC-2NQ93pEzckhzMRe1VzP8B8qjIojDnDjl0mLjTiucNPkVx3spf-69iff-ILFy46QB1iDFushNuvnAPX627kUUbyRYlmfJFEfUQ/s320/DSC02599.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziN4Tq5K78E1P1Zl9ikbgXH236itZ0FDjk9BKhJjiqPKA7xXw5xlQ0um3Gf0V5i7pFFqYhlFBHGUtptoEw-vikLQ8QTao7OD8oUFYeax98PQoYhz5zWwdl15moFgVac9CM6cbgXVyd_E/s1600/DSC02603.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziN4Tq5K78E1P1Zl9ikbgXH236itZ0FDjk9BKhJjiqPKA7xXw5xlQ0um3Gf0V5i7pFFqYhlFBHGUtptoEw-vikLQ8QTao7OD8oUFYeax98PQoYhz5zWwdl15moFgVac9CM6cbgXVyd_E/s320/DSC02603.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgrY0YB84flziiAOtDLk3z4p-YIel0IQKfOzSomw0DkMeua5Xe-EaUSmuh2j-5IVeMnFKgU2y0h9WwO7K6k3x7dzfL8RknZSumjQwDOD19HAIq6rR656lJI7yarp6s8LW1WzCTX99aO0/s1600/DSC02607.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgrY0YB84flziiAOtDLk3z4p-YIel0IQKfOzSomw0DkMeua5Xe-EaUSmuh2j-5IVeMnFKgU2y0h9WwO7K6k3x7dzfL8RknZSumjQwDOD19HAIq6rR656lJI7yarp6s8LW1WzCTX99aO0/s320/DSC02607.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAq6mqaB1WENJ8L8MdO8sHfVcyKqjpXD8yNRVacMEHZt_TQxG0-AfMh288DTW64ZQMWL-1FYTzaGOWceDhBi9RuvcHyoXl05y6xOXwWmqFJ0LmAy8_LuO8yJEgm5JWjCqiiebXn0j8sY/s1600/DSC02605.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAq6mqaB1WENJ8L8MdO8sHfVcyKqjpXD8yNRVacMEHZt_TQxG0-AfMh288DTW64ZQMWL-1FYTzaGOWceDhBi9RuvcHyoXl05y6xOXwWmqFJ0LmAy8_LuO8yJEgm5JWjCqiiebXn0j8sY/s320/DSC02605.JPG" /></a><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfiIaEv2J2Cm0rbnJFgQCdBZPaQfMrzdqdh7EWoWSKxlP-iDLQ2dElt3sAqHjMG4Ht4GKqKWXD1ptkFe0WFtw6BL1bD_xGSGUf8GwnKh1mz-mMG_CaWq5mh6rBHMg8q9MF9HA9GpVC68/s1600/DSC02609.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfiIaEv2J2Cm0rbnJFgQCdBZPaQfMrzdqdh7EWoWSKxlP-iDLQ2dElt3sAqHjMG4Ht4GKqKWXD1ptkFe0WFtw6BL1bD_xGSGUf8GwnKh1mz-mMG_CaWq5mh6rBHMg8q9MF9HA9GpVC68/s320/DSC02609.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <br /> Swayambhunath Monkey Temple, Kathmandu:<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGlAUphJ699kiOl2guCeLAzjDBXjUore6RogT3hAJ8WHGk7qoHATaspxp2ZTtmRNuZRdyZGiMs4dcDu-uOm6zM6B-HGRt8LRLXEpllB3rtYIdxrzB30d0ZTU3hbRiBB4awfQqSl88hgs/s1600/DSC02610.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGlAUphJ699kiOl2guCeLAzjDBXjUore6RogT3hAJ8WHGk7qoHATaspxp2ZTtmRNuZRdyZGiMs4dcDu-uOm6zM6B-HGRt8LRLXEpllB3rtYIdxrzB30d0ZTU3hbRiBB4awfQqSl88hgs/s400/DSC02610.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69H4dWmq8uq1InDox7FVRIMrgHDgRNI1Ol1vzl7HQEWAqZq0e56QV2PPkmmrtuIcVUwp4UFxUGlgVRLKuroidTfqb48ndHx-jS7_m2LpbXo7ZZ9agVtpdruQJ5Q5f9UleNE3TKEaJoek/s1600/DSC02615.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69H4dWmq8uq1InDox7FVRIMrgHDgRNI1Ol1vzl7HQEWAqZq0e56QV2PPkmmrtuIcVUwp4UFxUGlgVRLKuroidTfqb48ndHx-jS7_m2LpbXo7ZZ9agVtpdruQJ5Q5f9UleNE3TKEaJoek/s320/DSC02615.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b><br /><br /></b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovMOLLLbGOayJITIDZ-Egv4CrS6E9VI6-wRBQkqbntPCM9QlxDwU8oBb0fzEQytWpXLsraxhyphenhyphen0KpushtW1zn8FF3IKAGvcRScHmNH2IGUTmTMyQ6i8HRtQIn07FGvdNx2oOIR_05pCrQ/s1600/DSC02618.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovMOLLLbGOayJITIDZ-Egv4CrS6E9VI6-wRBQkqbntPCM9QlxDwU8oBb0fzEQytWpXLsraxhyphenhyphen0KpushtW1zn8FF3IKAGvcRScHmNH2IGUTmTMyQ6i8HRtQIn07FGvdNx2oOIR_05pCrQ/s320/DSC02618.JPG" /></a><br /></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDsF_B5Teqj0vrR4ifCMMRX5woFqOpGYCzHtRETcj4nHAfSacV9H0qYVhhtuCuxfKp-zPLwSZqG7Mma8_oGDeQPGYQGu1teVX6U_z4tEKkRVRQZSzv81wpm1yg3OajacOZlHRhlf5dk0/s1600/DSC02619.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDsF_B5Teqj0vrR4ifCMMRX5woFqOpGYCzHtRETcj4nHAfSacV9H0qYVhhtuCuxfKp-zPLwSZqG7Mma8_oGDeQPGYQGu1teVX6U_z4tEKkRVRQZSzv81wpm1yg3OajacOZlHRhlf5dk0/s320/DSC02619.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmHo-2HF6pXQuLZBDkmdRUODAz1QppEwny_59SIZ_XXcaMpCirN_zk4Yt5f61DqsiZJAzzkMjug-9g_YWrsM4GinYGrSAYEuOnCmWGGO89pa7KILn9RQIm9Vw2Oc1HOhdpAPh_blQPDU/s1600/DSC02623.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmHo-2HF6pXQuLZBDkmdRUODAz1QppEwny_59SIZ_XXcaMpCirN_zk4Yt5f61DqsiZJAzzkMjug-9g_YWrsM4GinYGrSAYEuOnCmWGGO89pa7KILn9RQIm9Vw2Oc1HOhdpAPh_blQPDU/s320/DSC02623.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4N51HXRTB12_xCdvREVNuwXmxArrfOoJekSmodNzri2Wd2HIUXtKIMTOUSxUvPaypEqxzx_oi1pmcY7yIdg9mwBM5XsD4fNVgO91wLyz6OuaQIYACCSDi-IFImwVqWb4OwUJOFi7nEY/s1600/DSC02627.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4N51HXRTB12_xCdvREVNuwXmxArrfOoJekSmodNzri2Wd2HIUXtKIMTOUSxUvPaypEqxzx_oi1pmcY7yIdg9mwBM5XsD4fNVgO91wLyz6OuaQIYACCSDi-IFImwVqWb4OwUJOFi7nEY/s320/DSC02627.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEm_VdhotFlfPUMrcDP12atisQ6-p_exne31jwb_DjD6Fe8036SCNj0GmtruBjimXyrCIYxlkvV6NE7IfyJJSnD3CCqYh6pUXQQTb9RegcjUGN9wZLtZfqo8JWNwse_KSSk6otTAcF1E/s1600/DSC02629.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEm_VdhotFlfPUMrcDP12atisQ6-p_exne31jwb_DjD6Fe8036SCNj0GmtruBjimXyrCIYxlkvV6NE7IfyJJSnD3CCqYh6pUXQQTb9RegcjUGN9wZLtZfqo8JWNwse_KSSk6otTAcF1E/s320/DSC02629.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv6Mk1JqR3HH2dvbGA-Qbg_2RggoOGlFfkDfxF2TiW8ofsp7VCvzHVjyK9c9pbxpJ-wqBDotlzQ1pcsanox4bNzRTpyOoQC-BRq5RZuNC0VOBy-RD2CzHcXFpTUjjvYxn9A9nT_Zy4E4/s1600/DSC02634.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv6Mk1JqR3HH2dvbGA-Qbg_2RggoOGlFfkDfxF2TiW8ofsp7VCvzHVjyK9c9pbxpJ-wqBDotlzQ1pcsanox4bNzRTpyOoQC-BRq5RZuNC0VOBy-RD2CzHcXFpTUjjvYxn9A9nT_Zy4E4/s320/DSC02634.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7uK2Q8x2k5P5qgRUkUDs7XXFCdN4BtbxbFOD4a45sDa7GNEAa5BL6YEYKS6_RGxGBcJ0gs89E3Lj8n8JLcSuiKpWsB7YMAUiINtgp-x5XPknbi_olWtzHQLp-o8VACdQij_SNYkkjsI/s1600/DSC02636.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7uK2Q8x2k5P5qgRUkUDs7XXFCdN4BtbxbFOD4a45sDa7GNEAa5BL6YEYKS6_RGxGBcJ0gs89E3Lj8n8JLcSuiKpWsB7YMAUiINtgp-x5XPknbi_olWtzHQLp-o8VACdQij_SNYkkjsI/s320/DSC02636.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPttzazuwS-mpkCopliTP_GFogy-Too2eYN3NIrMpjESPf1tbq6g58ZODxJqhwrPrGc2rBQl4KJNeMnx3vbypUcOnfGZKeFXvM2fR_bltd4vfbcHp16rtOqFvNcNkd6Jf8zp7i0z5LpM/s1600/DSC02635.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPttzazuwS-mpkCopliTP_GFogy-Too2eYN3NIrMpjESPf1tbq6g58ZODxJqhwrPrGc2rBQl4KJNeMnx3vbypUcOnfGZKeFXvM2fR_bltd4vfbcHp16rtOqFvNcNkd6Jf8zp7i0z5LpM/s320/DSC02635.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3K42wDurl9wjC1TOCaqwanQn9HdTJYmDk1AGbendsIpnLh8AHbtjZyOOOdCP-gPyc6z6KLbJ6dMi0nQ4GEv4djOGOv6QC3gNEPUFgbGpPKKihw-e2-oY4N4KWFp7pMbXe9u1JNgKidE/s320/DSC02633.JPG" /></b><b><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgp2WrVlTpC46Y3pDXDS6yEoS6ju8u7Ouo49D0iz8kNMhcJraQh6Wu9j7of6khg-bFKWWF0Eje1MgEh_iius8KuRHaaROnR_3FZDmHVfOsq6WOGi49bk86uDRWAqX5jDumE125QFATso/s1600/DSC02638.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGROIzC5dvJDgBVip0rlvlDSw0Bh639ZMUdJ2PYLxD5H80VGhsdZExgRs5efzZNkOfQgYq6tMTNMMtOCVCkxzzHmnLTIvxwaMakjQVt-WybAjhNjcP5ALm6xVCTz_UwrRBBTrr4_nN-c/s1600/DSC02637.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGROIzC5dvJDgBVip0rlvlDSw0Bh639ZMUdJ2PYLxD5H80VGhsdZExgRs5efzZNkOfQgYq6tMTNMMtOCVCkxzzHmnLTIvxwaMakjQVt-WybAjhNjcP5ALm6xVCTz_UwrRBBTrr4_nN-c/s320/DSC02637.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgp2WrVlTpC46Y3pDXDS6yEoS6ju8u7Ouo49D0iz8kNMhcJraQh6Wu9j7of6khg-bFKWWF0Eje1MgEh_iius8KuRHaaROnR_3FZDmHVfOsq6WOGi49bk86uDRWAqX5jDumE125QFATso/s320/DSC02638.JPG" /><br /></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP2D4ckKb4g5UnUskZQX2tH_wlImjqfbfgSvpbtJ5MjEWdRqDEAaN2zhrQ5QiLyggKgWJnfV4VotulszaOSb5EazSwdThh4JsRlv7V3gg_pN7g4zjZys1nlB5pGQK8NdXWpxVYhwF4yR4/s1600/DSC02645.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP2D4ckKb4g5UnUskZQX2tH_wlImjqfbfgSvpbtJ5MjEWdRqDEAaN2zhrQ5QiLyggKgWJnfV4VotulszaOSb5EazSwdThh4JsRlv7V3gg_pN7g4zjZys1nlB5pGQK8NdXWpxVYhwF4yR4/s320/DSC02645.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZWwT3XDdXJYi6dvCWqD7TtUAuP4UyJ7ZUGuANVvVJXkyRWShbMWE59Ok2ykEZ6XKbOPpc8QepQ3N_jY31euJ7bbQ0IJ6ZV9HptJmLwjR3HRBCT2EAZKEeS-ujbMPkuV8enF85DsGt9o/s1600/DSC02655.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZWwT3XDdXJYi6dvCWqD7TtUAuP4UyJ7ZUGuANVvVJXkyRWShbMWE59Ok2ykEZ6XKbOPpc8QepQ3N_jY31euJ7bbQ0IJ6ZV9HptJmLwjR3HRBCT2EAZKEeS-ujbMPkuV8enF85DsGt9o/s320/DSC02655.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXKUMlr8kg0U5LPc7q4WOA33BhxHNBOgCjgtp9jRk2jvSasRDXBIK1SlOd05blx73eJguw7pC871p6XhjkUVK50pGe92rJnXJ3RyjmpTi8dfJBmL3x4SuvUwe8CNZuUNG_QgrG8tHsRM/s1600/DSC02648.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5o-qSHHNNnD9BWWAS63zOT45O6VImyDRPsr8jOCTbrNsdVEl1GUR36J29yMjB-05iYcfKXG3cujtoB5l7UYHaA02-xM8-iU6tc-ez6LiKQLtmVmGjD176Uc48XT4sy3I1WLB7sM5W9w/s1600/DSC02656.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5o-qSHHNNnD9BWWAS63zOT45O6VImyDRPsr8jOCTbrNsdVEl1GUR36J29yMjB-05iYcfKXG3cujtoB5l7UYHaA02-xM8-iU6tc-ez6LiKQLtmVmGjD176Uc48XT4sy3I1WLB7sM5W9w/s320/DSC02656.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXKUMlr8kg0U5LPc7q4WOA33BhxHNBOgCjgtp9jRk2jvSasRDXBIK1SlOd05blx73eJguw7pC871p6XhjkUVK50pGe92rJnXJ3RyjmpTi8dfJBmL3x4SuvUwe8CNZuUNG_QgrG8tHsRM/s320/DSC02648.JPG" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsddHaUSBDU_HMz7wm9Oossgd0LiAyTc7-71-6YBrTrMltgAdaIXRSP6bISVu-Mb1klwvAW2J09RsOtwO9_bkOuF7jCqP-iPrdfKDYSiewH1qTERS2lnOBFJNXghLLPAj4Qm9PWgcRkdo/s1600/DSC02658.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp-U9WW5t1A7WVnuI11qbdArwTgXEdMgr_si1kbc71HNo_03ByOINxY0SV7dfQZ-R12VWRcKIiOTabZaZwM0xPD42rX5mXBU03XZ7rrS5ssQx2oSZ4-5DSXhNV6718hDreXUIfJ_0G9M/s1600/DSC02670.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp-U9WW5t1A7WVnuI11qbdArwTgXEdMgr_si1kbc71HNo_03ByOINxY0SV7dfQZ-R12VWRcKIiOTabZaZwM0xPD42rX5mXBU03XZ7rrS5ssQx2oSZ4-5DSXhNV6718hDreXUIfJ_0G9M/s320/DSC02670.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsddHaUSBDU_HMz7wm9Oossgd0LiAyTc7-71-6YBrTrMltgAdaIXRSP6bISVu-Mb1klwvAW2J09RsOtwO9_bkOuF7jCqP-iPrdfKDYSiewH1qTERS2lnOBFJNXghLLPAj4Qm9PWgcRkdo/s320/DSC02658.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-x7yyxaKX3admtcjBCr4BjGu-bkPHPNZvF0B3CXf4Isw2rZl-FTzRcTMwSB1-ehStqhAW_bMciO_F9ZRUtFRJA8H1C1U2lqghfTpcwcDMh-xuwcV49byHoxmRoKSwigpuhyR3c3z1V-8/s1600/DSC02665.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-x7yyxaKX3admtcjBCr4BjGu-bkPHPNZvF0B3CXf4Isw2rZl-FTzRcTMwSB1-ehStqhAW_bMciO_F9ZRUtFRJA8H1C1U2lqghfTpcwcDMh-xuwcV49byHoxmRoKSwigpuhyR3c3z1V-8/s320/DSC02665.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdkt-UbPRu5rGLVEEJifs6DAuJERRkUSujPBvb0KliCuL_ylzzLtpCaVrzd2bhhHZL5vNfTMSdYWzy1GVa_dBYx9UzQkDqPJnY8EC388VDPdJLznM49fUPI6Q6j4eUe4edef4YAKhUFs/s1600/DSC02669.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdkt-UbPRu5rGLVEEJifs6DAuJERRkUSujPBvb0KliCuL_ylzzLtpCaVrzd2bhhHZL5vNfTMSdYWzy1GVa_dBYx9UzQkDqPJnY8EC388VDPdJLznM49fUPI6Q6j4eUe4edef4YAKhUFs/s320/DSC02669.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7GBaK000G0I0yxB2MEhXBXVSdFFGrFs4fSx6e0mLfSB8WNVIU5RdVM7eR1i5I8I80B4HVWBoSiWWPIyLFG1ZIPmBPCXV-etBzzhs5byCaQoTc7YLF8u-xpf9lrm9APuaFlMaCbMoIbo/s1600/DSC02671.JPG"></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrT18NJ9kViuN3dFSZh84tcDcALwjIV4S9VUPJA-i8GPtvBr5CZ-X27fQhEba17Fcm7CAcOcfIqlbL6qVcJGPmYyMaXCu_bkq4hnjTPbIND6mAkAl8LkD_O4EeU8YAoAoBOQn4Hi8rPM/s1600/DSC02662.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrT18NJ9kViuN3dFSZh84tcDcALwjIV4S9VUPJA-i8GPtvBr5CZ-X27fQhEba17Fcm7CAcOcfIqlbL6qVcJGPmYyMaXCu_bkq4hnjTPbIND6mAkAl8LkD_O4EeU8YAoAoBOQn4Hi8rPM/s320/DSC02662.JPG" /></a> </b><b><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7GBaK000G0I0yxB2MEhXBXVSdFFGrFs4fSx6e0mLfSB8WNVIU5RdVM7eR1i5I8I80B4HVWBoSiWWPIyLFG1ZIPmBPCXV-etBzzhs5byCaQoTc7YLF8u-xpf9lrm9APuaFlMaCbMoIbo/s320/DSC02671.JPG" /> </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFY5RHr3l4PBe059tWZ4d0ki_m-64TKgLPpGyWXTfCy5-4sXViYjWhEAtzkjYT0UXYjWEmPFZbshJrLAvNYhDdtlCv-63saa6pBWt-Layn6sGPWNpZnPcCUjJWmiVmF_5aObMG0JacpyA/s1600/DSC02674.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFY5RHr3l4PBe059tWZ4d0ki_m-64TKgLPpGyWXTfCy5-4sXViYjWhEAtzkjYT0UXYjWEmPFZbshJrLAvNYhDdtlCv-63saa6pBWt-Layn6sGPWNpZnPcCUjJWmiVmF_5aObMG0JacpyA/s320/DSC02674.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzCgVLg97xXAiDNemwXlBkutZL6fuAK_Wk4FeDy1e_2mjadRjfLnqKqVNPYAzDkTW56P6o2ZANSixNO2z3Qzi9GwhgU3WnHy7tdzSxlR6-wCBDMzsZ63FJbqHwa8di-SeeoiEYUn0B4A/s1600/DSC02675.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzCgVLg97xXAiDNemwXlBkutZL6fuAK_Wk4FeDy1e_2mjadRjfLnqKqVNPYAzDkTW56P6o2ZANSixNO2z3Qzi9GwhgU3WnHy7tdzSxlR6-wCBDMzsZ63FJbqHwa8di-SeeoiEYUn0B4A/s320/DSC02675.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlrLOIB_kA9tz8eqebrZz_Z2DU-ka3bGdTmSsyx-HNk6dA1aVXsHYhanLWugxn4Yu3rK9Sp-3mn7S1vvajmEecwSIx4SGEzqJYiXKtPZYAqtmkp9l2wGNih4XUMr2fdwjckN3oua8PY4/s1600/DSC02672.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlrLOIB_kA9tz8eqebrZz_Z2DU-ka3bGdTmSsyx-HNk6dA1aVXsHYhanLWugxn4Yu3rK9Sp-3mn7S1vvajmEecwSIx4SGEzqJYiXKtPZYAqtmkp9l2wGNih4XUMr2fdwjckN3oua8PY4/s320/DSC02672.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkOoXdL2_GWifkKcfqwY41_mapXJ5MJHIc9JSTUsMpscQmDjWJNSF0rP8fvqcOzUozidY4yIOCLVjcl_pnf3idKvNygCCQr6BMrlsXepE2q0UR0m2-EaqTfwAm7jLe8eTvvY-Rl0xWlQ/s1600/DSC02678.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkOoXdL2_GWifkKcfqwY41_mapXJ5MJHIc9JSTUsMpscQmDjWJNSF0rP8fvqcOzUozidY4yIOCLVjcl_pnf3idKvNygCCQr6BMrlsXepE2q0UR0m2-EaqTfwAm7jLe8eTvvY-Rl0xWlQ/s320/DSC02678.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xZ37qH3m6zWSCe6xBTfHm5oLwsk10cYNltjaCOWQHguhaWQFNHI-2UibCXq-X30Oz2hCgXiEqfZC6C9aa2LCPTiODsvTgVnI0TeHWWG2ZwDFsAoC1n82xs4XnFyxB4Lth4SFaeFknfk/s1600/DSC02689.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFK1xn1Jqqb9vMh2s9GHzMv2-Vzcko1gjIJaaC6RKYcKW9YECLDAQj-ms2lpNWAwuUN7R0s8t08yWgB0whL7VsceqmjaV8DmhrEZF0G403Wi5qqzgQujAFtGyTvWitO-RAgmZ10_lPuNg/s1600/DSC02685.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFK1xn1Jqqb9vMh2s9GHzMv2-Vzcko1gjIJaaC6RKYcKW9YECLDAQj-ms2lpNWAwuUN7R0s8t08yWgB0whL7VsceqmjaV8DmhrEZF0G403Wi5qqzgQujAFtGyTvWitO-RAgmZ10_lPuNg/s320/DSC02685.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xZ37qH3m6zWSCe6xBTfHm5oLwsk10cYNltjaCOWQHguhaWQFNHI-2UibCXq-X30Oz2hCgXiEqfZC6C9aa2LCPTiODsvTgVnI0TeHWWG2ZwDFsAoC1n82xs4XnFyxB4Lth4SFaeFknfk/s320/DSC02689.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeRELki2FV9mipo7gE2f8mYtZi1qzn2fnoMyUApm3paxFjw8ziRY1zfnO_Zb88UfA_ilAeXab0KqUtFb1Yid_GiLiMQg4KW6TlD_LTg_liKYdaSAx6zIC8DH5waL3Lgu5o2ZMAGH7Nd4/s1600/DSC02679.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeRELki2FV9mipo7gE2f8mYtZi1qzn2fnoMyUApm3paxFjw8ziRY1zfnO_Zb88UfA_ilAeXab0KqUtFb1Yid_GiLiMQg4KW6TlD_LTg_liKYdaSAx6zIC8DH5waL3Lgu5o2ZMAGH7Nd4/s320/DSC02679.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvsQQ_bah-LIR3fD2L1OOKS9gSglx86jTQFa7pqD8Y62mOw5ZhULCtUSYM-mvIQikG6rkJuhZvAA436m5XHUGEuyQXHyREmTWcJ8XEdYjqy5FpNlsQC2VFruvJDB8MPLJKUgx05NYNcc/s1600/DSC02683.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvsQQ_bah-LIR3fD2L1OOKS9gSglx86jTQFa7pqD8Y62mOw5ZhULCtUSYM-mvIQikG6rkJuhZvAA436m5XHUGEuyQXHyREmTWcJ8XEdYjqy5FpNlsQC2VFruvJDB8MPLJKUgx05NYNcc/s320/DSC02683.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMRbpEbZCgwR0BBuuuTmrF7LwXqiJV5UNV7C889eEwLMuTJFgk7kaYwGl8Jl7uJ5gBVV9VExF8TfzqgId0yq0U0jZGmKezjbbT9GPTSObbE3GMgBMDeLkz25r_FvOcClbPiU9BxqW18o/s1600/DSC02691.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMRbpEbZCgwR0BBuuuTmrF7LwXqiJV5UNV7C889eEwLMuTJFgk7kaYwGl8Jl7uJ5gBVV9VExF8TfzqgId0yq0U0jZGmKezjbbT9GPTSObbE3GMgBMDeLkz25r_FvOcClbPiU9BxqW18o/s320/DSC02691.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7A1fIHKNN9LbI5oJjY1yMr5lcs6sEkqg8qhX8BtKlh0P3nqnD_34fmnnqkskdTrDpb5MmJ2mXzcVdd0-RYsyGE1hjmUNxohWT0Aqb_uEZlJWkzgdwaeB1hNqv0zYbE0yrgpz-m14Q_u4/s1600/DSC02692.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7A1fIHKNN9LbI5oJjY1yMr5lcs6sEkqg8qhX8BtKlh0P3nqnD_34fmnnqkskdTrDpb5MmJ2mXzcVdd0-RYsyGE1hjmUNxohWT0Aqb_uEZlJWkzgdwaeB1hNqv0zYbE0yrgpz-m14Q_u4/s320/DSC02692.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMstDAYthIRU-a_vi3z0mQ5rfjeoDNDmHT4J2bNYtz-moVi6z52IB5YgCUjakRat3W1lg2E4W5U7nYobuOG9iX2UyxL3UCKkHHcXtuczfxdz15aiGn2ZpEthvJrbPt33L4kJAt9rBjYA/s1600/DSC02695.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMstDAYthIRU-a_vi3z0mQ5rfjeoDNDmHT4J2bNYtz-moVi6z52IB5YgCUjakRat3W1lg2E4W5U7nYobuOG9iX2UyxL3UCKkHHcXtuczfxdz15aiGn2ZpEthvJrbPt33L4kJAt9rBjYA/s320/DSC02695.JPG" /></a></b><b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbf9mJ8vDpjeLSCwE0SftQFhdztQRhNn37-3CXfbEUGerYcEYslX2sNxlEZnOMjm1dys7u7LFAW4wBv3LYmnmYibEJo7LlqspevBAkEZUjg_uftkKeLTBGo9grXNf3h72fUuOsnIaGbM/s1600/DSC02703.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbf9mJ8vDpjeLSCwE0SftQFhdztQRhNn37-3CXfbEUGerYcEYslX2sNxlEZnOMjm1dys7u7LFAW4wBv3LYmnmYibEJo7LlqspevBAkEZUjg_uftkKeLTBGo9grXNf3h72fUuOsnIaGbM/s320/DSC02703.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8mhXlmVaSsi4qjehZsbBrYXUWUKqqhka6d7c23-OAlxqrhjrDR3NxfQvM9jlrqj5Z24UgTziYpD_jAVOyHD6ITMP5QLPlfl1w3BTSO_DuKBxkiBHRCrgn6zdKLg7NHLXsUWssKbD7kE/s1600/DSC02704.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8mhXlmVaSsi4qjehZsbBrYXUWUKqqhka6d7c23-OAlxqrhjrDR3NxfQvM9jlrqj5Z24UgTziYpD_jAVOyHD6ITMP5QLPlfl1w3BTSO_DuKBxkiBHRCrgn6zdKLg7NHLXsUWssKbD7kE/s320/DSC02704.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1nkK4g1-ggwI2snt4Ncap8TT91j18HSNuhRUD-oyDzwUVzfr7XGl0xxwE6djBANeh6oMsbhG2YGr2-MUW7Tikt_CGK2JqEPtS-2ZXkA6vIbcq27rVxQpdwr92-0Bp9NLAkmnagBSuZs/s1600/DSC02705.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTJnOrP1Cu4t_KeZJ66CwjY6_9cdLiAyEQcApxapu3_t1vH61_yQ41F0Q7SQjBsCk3W4sdYfN_woUjRhpT1awuh0REPUQQTPmj9fYVhqAccXbV1qY92N90wfznKJ_vIPfSym2xs1tbw0/s1600/DSC02706.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTJnOrP1Cu4t_KeZJ66CwjY6_9cdLiAyEQcApxapu3_t1vH61_yQ41F0Q7SQjBsCk3W4sdYfN_woUjRhpT1awuh0REPUQQTPmj9fYVhqAccXbV1qY92N90wfznKJ_vIPfSym2xs1tbw0/s320/DSC02706.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1nkK4g1-ggwI2snt4Ncap8TT91j18HSNuhRUD-oyDzwUVzfr7XGl0xxwE6djBANeh6oMsbhG2YGr2-MUW7Tikt_CGK2JqEPtS-2ZXkA6vIbcq27rVxQpdwr92-0Bp9NLAkmnagBSuZs/s320/DSC02705.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjTfHD-ttLHWDPps-DNgt0PVnGPolQJjr7rY67Yk14BGuBFlrIKGWFPZAd92tVmElLfTPmW6K5_Oxe8WJCABVpyA9IppcUiAnuFNfl2eFlCYbsn5v81sMxs1bJyJFAaloPN1JRSQH-9U/s1600/DSC02709.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjTfHD-ttLHWDPps-DNgt0PVnGPolQJjr7rY67Yk14BGuBFlrIKGWFPZAd92tVmElLfTPmW6K5_Oxe8WJCABVpyA9IppcUiAnuFNfl2eFlCYbsn5v81sMxs1bJyJFAaloPN1JRSQH-9U/s320/DSC02709.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtvoXm-fw-IK2zwPPGOLdhacZmlrIPPEN8Bl1GmukCEkkR_y4NU78uhJgVhNutl-_j8ZHWqngoNIZnRzDRBvbRVjcGF_mtExVLPtbKjVBIYOYSo4GSTh9g70NHrNY3W55vzqFoW_JVrQ/s1600/DSC02707.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtvoXm-fw-IK2zwPPGOLdhacZmlrIPPEN8Bl1GmukCEkkR_y4NU78uhJgVhNutl-_j8ZHWqngoNIZnRzDRBvbRVjcGF_mtExVLPtbKjVBIYOYSo4GSTh9g70NHrNY3W55vzqFoW_JVrQ/s320/DSC02707.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WyBE3s4pvFQc5Aw_0R_5Sj9CTMA35BDG1u1vj6pG6aVjeuV6s7DYQmj9eI1EOe_5jLsykKCAqbN8LaXocdHUhE_pXGltWFyW1h5CtdNFroZ7fNgCB6442IOPGVG-mODtc6SqpIMCpQg/s1600/DSC02714.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WyBE3s4pvFQc5Aw_0R_5Sj9CTMA35BDG1u1vj6pG6aVjeuV6s7DYQmj9eI1EOe_5jLsykKCAqbN8LaXocdHUhE_pXGltWFyW1h5CtdNFroZ7fNgCB6442IOPGVG-mODtc6SqpIMCpQg/s320/DSC02714.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAC-baY9-C2khmZx1wFyCOyBU4ov-N9uc1ZhyphenhyphenV6gkG0uD7Z1zseCirbc-M88JcEmPaSU7eJTq0bXb9E9_FrD_TTWvN8GHJH4on5SDuEHF015tL3vJlCFfachhGpPSYs6SPV3yRk60UXdk/s1600/DSC02710.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAC-baY9-C2khmZx1wFyCOyBU4ov-N9uc1ZhyphenhyphenV6gkG0uD7Z1zseCirbc-M88JcEmPaSU7eJTq0bXb9E9_FrD_TTWvN8GHJH4on5SDuEHF015tL3vJlCFfachhGpPSYs6SPV3yRk60UXdk/s320/DSC02710.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Garden of Dreams, Kathmandu:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJrfx9NY8moWARnRUGTsLl-6RKyj6poVnZAPhFLgeVrLXfe1B3PQ2dmacNOIQTEBxf45GuCFacDrHkivpBLleZj3oIM7yKqNB8T3n6OyNXBMimXA-cPrDpzyE_c12sY-EvQFtH_CndWo/s1600/DSC02730.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJrfx9NY8moWARnRUGTsLl-6RKyj6poVnZAPhFLgeVrLXfe1B3PQ2dmacNOIQTEBxf45GuCFacDrHkivpBLleZj3oIM7yKqNB8T3n6OyNXBMimXA-cPrDpzyE_c12sY-EvQFtH_CndWo/s320/DSC02730.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1LVUVJ9bZLN1YpldSwnPomq2E2QaL2ECvsawVEoQrrem2VQTXKNOeE-3KpmBAbZs3YMuLdA2DO3MPZtFNxBQtEMo6sDpMoLfs4O35H6yPPE-xJMrDlsJZ6WFMYd8_p25metKa3dwWTc/s1600/DSC02731.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1LVUVJ9bZLN1YpldSwnPomq2E2QaL2ECvsawVEoQrrem2VQTXKNOeE-3KpmBAbZs3YMuLdA2DO3MPZtFNxBQtEMo6sDpMoLfs4O35H6yPPE-xJMrDlsJZ6WFMYd8_p25metKa3dwWTc/s320/DSC02731.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLuy8L24pH56WsG1Dm-YOCHKsV8dtewSgm8DDL51M6w25DqO5BtqH00sahnIfr5IlGjMIZ2uQZmCvtWkBDplr_KkPZRXvmfJ5iaiIjoSL_T7HuHiFt5QALlYEiCxSzR_ZExiUQF35liY/s1600/DSC02737.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLuy8L24pH56WsG1Dm-YOCHKsV8dtewSgm8DDL51M6w25DqO5BtqH00sahnIfr5IlGjMIZ2uQZmCvtWkBDplr_KkPZRXvmfJ5iaiIjoSL_T7HuHiFt5QALlYEiCxSzR_ZExiUQF35liY/s320/DSC02737.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVRicOOf5FSEoMwz5OQ_P4ZVslzT4LJSF-q_x6Pv2cUUXt1iIhkvGIMrqq6Zp9Qde_Ni1b0HIVYXx3Hkbai7EvfXRHMr6Tz3640qjNlmi2T7xNKcT1dyPVs_NkN9pryGBaErnBbXt3yY/s1600/DSC02733.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVRicOOf5FSEoMwz5OQ_P4ZVslzT4LJSF-q_x6Pv2cUUXt1iIhkvGIMrqq6Zp9Qde_Ni1b0HIVYXx3Hkbai7EvfXRHMr6Tz3640qjNlmi2T7xNKcT1dyPVs_NkN9pryGBaErnBbXt3yY/s320/DSC02733.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrO7nDVBfOfih6E1KOicOt3PiGmJ0rqo_XNZVYIAvm1x3CTI9tzH40vgLcDaeJbrmoS21zE-BV-lhqMs5WgpkFe-CI7uQTzh4mSMwlRCbAfPu1S-asLgnocjA8nma4S117qV1iSUGYCGE/s1600/DSC02734.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrO7nDVBfOfih6E1KOicOt3PiGmJ0rqo_XNZVYIAvm1x3CTI9tzH40vgLcDaeJbrmoS21zE-BV-lhqMs5WgpkFe-CI7uQTzh4mSMwlRCbAfPu1S-asLgnocjA8nma4S117qV1iSUGYCGE/s320/DSC02734.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxu9suliILpD94aXl73uuqb-HxrH78EUJ3mc3xaNZwhYCb8vTUyH4oIVgFXZoBsFZjuYc4HuooDSz0l3uFeC0esEV3wpPWyiLa40MRMhS6YXC4vcC-a6I1rT-H9XcMERBRECLwVUoBtRg/s1600/DSC02736.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxu9suliILpD94aXl73uuqb-HxrH78EUJ3mc3xaNZwhYCb8vTUyH4oIVgFXZoBsFZjuYc4HuooDSz0l3uFeC0esEV3wpPWyiLa40MRMhS6YXC4vcC-a6I1rT-H9XcMERBRECLwVUoBtRg/s320/DSC02736.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDW0QVtqCRS9QUX9ET_7JPQaVlbtaBhM6MI3doYPJXxFhIftd9pw8gFFlplSsMHS5Osf79CfclEtmTepMyT-i1lkZd0HfpjooNqj_E6S0_rNZd_2-n4FRQD0LK8jCUiIW5tbp9cqHCJo/s1600/DSC02732.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDW0QVtqCRS9QUX9ET_7JPQaVlbtaBhM6MI3doYPJXxFhIftd9pw8gFFlplSsMHS5Osf79CfclEtmTepMyT-i1lkZd0HfpjooNqj_E6S0_rNZd_2-n4FRQD0LK8jCUiIW5tbp9cqHCJo/s320/DSC02732.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Old Patan City, and Patan Museum, Nepal:<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kcbu3Ce9jN48I5zymyRW45KDIW0upb2qMgv-r7SEHagI-xPkpvQ7BIaJI89_tU80ooCHRCElEXt4dHCJfMnzmlpqaUa2aQewYUaam8CJRehHpN8aGBxnVZ4OtbKe7ZTdTruGFN2Sbq4/s1600/DSC02740.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kcbu3Ce9jN48I5zymyRW45KDIW0upb2qMgv-r7SEHagI-xPkpvQ7BIaJI89_tU80ooCHRCElEXt4dHCJfMnzmlpqaUa2aQewYUaam8CJRehHpN8aGBxnVZ4OtbKe7ZTdTruGFN2Sbq4/s320/DSC02740.JPG" /></a></b><b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5jT4R_-D_R1cf5nR4B55glYQPxOj1BZ07KeoTqKTYgkPlYwC9rUmuaKIk0lpwDotW8aeMfBhZ3NrZQ-jhdsVBArcHjcKyvtoWIQwDNhM-LaVVwz_JoQ6xYk1FB7Fg69uANYID1wcv-M/s1600/DSC02743.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5jT4R_-D_R1cf5nR4B55glYQPxOj1BZ07KeoTqKTYgkPlYwC9rUmuaKIk0lpwDotW8aeMfBhZ3NrZQ-jhdsVBArcHjcKyvtoWIQwDNhM-LaVVwz_JoQ6xYk1FB7Fg69uANYID1wcv-M/s320/DSC02743.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNra_Hdzu47hioQTnuXBiTkS81iVR1aD3OBzdE9pKSd2BrkVF7eB5I9eLtj9EGr4X-gsTfeMgFfvsUEpehfZyHS9UTGYIpGWxejb7IpYXbqR6qFR27AMSWEn7c2XsHxrB-hdT2cs-jw9s/s320/DSC02741.JPG" /></b><b><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSeAIuvmTNFBwXlaHJWrZhpGpoYlmMJRykOiWwwzpL8ra3vZSqd6wi_5YuNnYr44vkqg9FqsgF9KY-PxUK_Jn24-ia0Z5SWbsFttn2snUn8TVpMTaZ9Gfad2E5UZB4nra14w5fah5HiA/s1600/DSC02744.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSeAIuvmTNFBwXlaHJWrZhpGpoYlmMJRykOiWwwzpL8ra3vZSqd6wi_5YuNnYr44vkqg9FqsgF9KY-PxUK_Jn24-ia0Z5SWbsFttn2snUn8TVpMTaZ9Gfad2E5UZB4nra14w5fah5HiA/s320/DSC02744.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaQ5U_f5BAL4qRces8CqAOLYd8HL1tG0mBZcM_3cxkRMtBSc0Px0pT-5jhU0tE2vCCdDHG2ggOdioW9KThbZXhwvU9B5OsBSz40Iod4DZv4pNvn0tVmth0NzLt4QS7IFKbgxwmgqKzZU/s1600/DSC02745.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaQ5U_f5BAL4qRces8CqAOLYd8HL1tG0mBZcM_3cxkRMtBSc0Px0pT-5jhU0tE2vCCdDHG2ggOdioW9KThbZXhwvU9B5OsBSz40Iod4DZv4pNvn0tVmth0NzLt4QS7IFKbgxwmgqKzZU/s320/DSC02745.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafNtBMJbKvs4geblUzaI0n395HLNeadXYyebArjhnwQ1yUNiHGm68SCDC2hZXuQBCvV6JxPfNC1CqDb3UoIWusB4gRJ7fd5V-mZnsFK0mrdaoOtASU_CbmlZN7fO2ix97HgMOTXTXliY/s1600/DSC02747.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafNtBMJbKvs4geblUzaI0n395HLNeadXYyebArjhnwQ1yUNiHGm68SCDC2hZXuQBCvV6JxPfNC1CqDb3UoIWusB4gRJ7fd5V-mZnsFK0mrdaoOtASU_CbmlZN7fO2ix97HgMOTXTXliY/s320/DSC02747.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgm0qMDubWgXutVEAyK46xHMLcACAcvNH_JOXoLXNM9dTKQBAeaQOl0P8OIEsJeU1QaTKX8KCL0s7hT8UV_EFDePI_mcd-VgXWVlw86L5G4EnnCnuHIoIzIxvpNJ37PsR8zMRdg6uChE/s1600/DSC02746.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgm0qMDubWgXutVEAyK46xHMLcACAcvNH_JOXoLXNM9dTKQBAeaQOl0P8OIEsJeU1QaTKX8KCL0s7hT8UV_EFDePI_mcd-VgXWVlw86L5G4EnnCnuHIoIzIxvpNJ37PsR8zMRdg6uChE/s320/DSC02746.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46_vH8zSBnumJOh31LEKMmj9MTwEoO6gTnMJiah4fGQ3dz_FWYt9CaUFR34Ctg56TQ-a9i4MY8z_-2oriSqXGpWuW8UYk_ne3TXY28fOc11VzYhB069GLDm9B7gYrw0IyvwxMDyGVXuo/s1600/DSC02749.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46_vH8zSBnumJOh31LEKMmj9MTwEoO6gTnMJiah4fGQ3dz_FWYt9CaUFR34Ctg56TQ-a9i4MY8z_-2oriSqXGpWuW8UYk_ne3TXY28fOc11VzYhB069GLDm9B7gYrw0IyvwxMDyGVXuo/s320/DSC02749.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBiloGl8M2ZjL745-kTNOtjp1zfk5gSs4rtpLEdlLvi7Xej1Y1eJMCtH9-IC8pQgcMrS75K21dA-DNCdcKiUZrfGM1IrSzBWkSRYWoKuFlZ9BlSGyW8U1OS3VxxAbI1Mi5k0FwFgxlI4/s1600/DSC02748.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBiloGl8M2ZjL745-kTNOtjp1zfk5gSs4rtpLEdlLvi7Xej1Y1eJMCtH9-IC8pQgcMrS75K21dA-DNCdcKiUZrfGM1IrSzBWkSRYWoKuFlZ9BlSGyW8U1OS3VxxAbI1Mi5k0FwFgxlI4/s320/DSC02748.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_d0_Mc3P3-7Rh7x_-Z99NkMSuNig-mOiANFBS9EgxF-fX-mrs4X4gtuQi47UvUcw4_0RCs14xLvzt9nio852nxKuimlOhXVjKY8eqXUipKPcbS1kts7IPTYLQFzGwkI1odPLlOjyi9Bw/s1600/DSC02752.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_d0_Mc3P3-7Rh7x_-Z99NkMSuNig-mOiANFBS9EgxF-fX-mrs4X4gtuQi47UvUcw4_0RCs14xLvzt9nio852nxKuimlOhXVjKY8eqXUipKPcbS1kts7IPTYLQFzGwkI1odPLlOjyi9Bw/s320/DSC02752.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggV4gn2WxkAB4u6g6YbalbOm5aOuUCOU1Bpa0tnfm3fy4FwlV0-F2jJSxm8ofC_YvY_aQx5DGDueV-hsGm80L9o7UqeqangQHBVQKeu6oZB9M9b0sgHxXawojMhh2UL8egjjcb7tWfIE4/s1600/DSC02755.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggV4gn2WxkAB4u6g6YbalbOm5aOuUCOU1Bpa0tnfm3fy4FwlV0-F2jJSxm8ofC_YvY_aQx5DGDueV-hsGm80L9o7UqeqangQHBVQKeu6oZB9M9b0sgHxXawojMhh2UL8egjjcb7tWfIE4/s320/DSC02755.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVOw4yRFnQrS747ZA0Rka00wLYq2M6ppIOHLFsrJA-WeDsuvIKAuBRFAFoqP0S0L8W-0C63YNUC16Z1TugvZ86-UP2zxhdoS-d69sjjZhUaJ9LUM2Hwtkoe2UdX4ZwEze-q6-40uCEVg/s1600/DSC02757.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVOw4yRFnQrS747ZA0Rka00wLYq2M6ppIOHLFsrJA-WeDsuvIKAuBRFAFoqP0S0L8W-0C63YNUC16Z1TugvZ86-UP2zxhdoS-d69sjjZhUaJ9LUM2Hwtkoe2UdX4ZwEze-q6-40uCEVg/s320/DSC02757.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsgOu_7ACI1a4vtw8mzt5K_yk-VArBIswr2yq-S9q1bRqu8JsXRArDbBCoJ4_h5y29MeyYaXB-vXhOqSBAlxjrQx1Ky42cji5OGs2-HvR8eWJ9WWu7Si151sAyWhAIVhe5v2SSG7HplI/s1600/DSC02764.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsgOu_7ACI1a4vtw8mzt5K_yk-VArBIswr2yq-S9q1bRqu8JsXRArDbBCoJ4_h5y29MeyYaXB-vXhOqSBAlxjrQx1Ky42cji5OGs2-HvR8eWJ9WWu7Si151sAyWhAIVhe5v2SSG7HplI/s320/DSC02764.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQjsqpZHagiB089J1UWcSlJah6bNqN_NlKIPfcH2e4TfCbV6SfDzklc39Jj2FDMJBmhfi9mofBHAuO5oxiAV3qVOf7gjlVEe7ITQeKFWTUvUm5fX4E3Ixx4zersyd0WLGunJxTc-aJiM/s1600/DSC02763.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQjsqpZHagiB089J1UWcSlJah6bNqN_NlKIPfcH2e4TfCbV6SfDzklc39Jj2FDMJBmhfi9mofBHAuO5oxiAV3qVOf7gjlVEe7ITQeKFWTUvUm5fX4E3Ixx4zersyd0WLGunJxTc-aJiM/s320/DSC02763.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-UbugdALxjDP0hlkdOQKYPD3C5X-3PooCIrw7F5sEMLh2Zs0kkg2AuSZXnDuQLaGZXz6030XrD7kSMghir3q-ELDAjmYj7VANkRnTvZ8oKdkPwlLkEdyZowJfBHSBNvhIBz41zy93UQ/s320/DSC02759.JPG" /></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItyTliyBciRnMKfBJw1eDwZFrviMLHqMW9iP37A3_o8eWe2B4WNBaunO0grKxatq7zRV7PAKt5QThyphenhyphenkT-Ef51BF33ewYPbg6QCZfe87yeoJjD09x5qlY5lS6t-evdCSUXegpFqXr_SA8/s1600/DSC02765.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItyTliyBciRnMKfBJw1eDwZFrviMLHqMW9iP37A3_o8eWe2B4WNBaunO0grKxatq7zRV7PAKt5QThyphenhyphenkT-Ef51BF33ewYPbg6QCZfe87yeoJjD09x5qlY5lS6t-evdCSUXegpFqXr_SA8/s320/DSC02765.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iaxnTQd71HmGiYRqCGnrzlFdxBQZZ-sPeI68H02V2OLT9za1t0ew8HMHvghZSiTl11qs_rQEO_tlZumfmXi9RfyOqaHjur1VS-n5vHPFm75L2IThMtBrdFZcLA06vF27xCCRpJVDb0E/s1600/DSC02767.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_0JO_71pQ09KXSdnpGg5yRDuE-VYaoaq1lwUuJm5Pmr0_yvavv3KHEk3oXzgcJKiUPnuX9xCfVFWsNY3-SGYnutsu9WztOL9SDFcIGKZKz4uytuDjIOOeUn8FVRlsZ7O69LMmB3sDg8/s1600/DSC02768.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_0JO_71pQ09KXSdnpGg5yRDuE-VYaoaq1lwUuJm5Pmr0_yvavv3KHEk3oXzgcJKiUPnuX9xCfVFWsNY3-SGYnutsu9WztOL9SDFcIGKZKz4uytuDjIOOeUn8FVRlsZ7O69LMmB3sDg8/s320/DSC02768.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iaxnTQd71HmGiYRqCGnrzlFdxBQZZ-sPeI68H02V2OLT9za1t0ew8HMHvghZSiTl11qs_rQEO_tlZumfmXi9RfyOqaHjur1VS-n5vHPFm75L2IThMtBrdFZcLA06vF27xCCRpJVDb0E/s320/DSC02767.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8r45mMFkpf7NULvN_W5TiyH8qXKwlEeeTHsEWT4iSkW5nIglPr-IaopqpwTwfDLaPFRqtB27j59_8-B5yO-bLU_1rJ2NiwdEVdYYrwAs6Ub7LMzioB4aOhecMEkRcn2opU-q2HkRu3k/s1600/DSC02770.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8r45mMFkpf7NULvN_W5TiyH8qXKwlEeeTHsEWT4iSkW5nIglPr-IaopqpwTwfDLaPFRqtB27j59_8-B5yO-bLU_1rJ2NiwdEVdYYrwAs6Ub7LMzioB4aOhecMEkRcn2opU-q2HkRu3k/s320/DSC02770.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4j9zzywzGRS6u8KK9_S__NLrlGMguaxxtHxie15kvTmsGe3DNnSu0dnXyfxuCjeZwDV44fr-IQmZFfdChm212iZobFOSLzBoGao4tgZFb2fOeMLtpaMM_dZ9jRr0D4I_ua7MMeDOIWSI/s1600/DSC02769.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4j9zzywzGRS6u8KK9_S__NLrlGMguaxxtHxie15kvTmsGe3DNnSu0dnXyfxuCjeZwDV44fr-IQmZFfdChm212iZobFOSLzBoGao4tgZFb2fOeMLtpaMM_dZ9jRr0D4I_ua7MMeDOIWSI/s320/DSC02769.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qM7Alw_4YpRYWOgPN8ci2r0COE4zZVdSFYeNIsywzSuJT5snbdXDxfgGhDlwMGStN8IERQPFEOpK52t0TbzJCdk9xWaHOS8VoVvkh3cIBHMlxvJ6s9zjAJ8QATnp5MMl_SHaMDQv_no/s1600/DSC02771.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qM7Alw_4YpRYWOgPN8ci2r0COE4zZVdSFYeNIsywzSuJT5snbdXDxfgGhDlwMGStN8IERQPFEOpK52t0TbzJCdk9xWaHOS8VoVvkh3cIBHMlxvJ6s9zjAJ8QATnp5MMl_SHaMDQv_no/s320/DSC02771.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gGUmtyT6icQEDQ3YXDosbG6J-dgWCZc6s2K1BefoAhH7jCAJXDeRknum-58XSnJVSpUT9zVnL1m3uw2_TcUGkAH2OSj1qUHSihzPmzfRUvnRzLi7C8HfjJ1ep1GBw9rViAMZ7-uTF3M/s1600/DSC02773.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglW9U_IdcojSfZibpK3-oKVB3tmEbfUzs1Zduj7mbam_CGIaoAKYG2GX7Nbwl3K65jK2RTYwcSbJ96H4XoAvrp8aMqw7X70FoiJCv4Pw5xvgaGCqwXkCU7iHr4SdOWwZdhhzMhz3E1C8/s1600/DSC02772.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglW9U_IdcojSfZibpK3-oKVB3tmEbfUzs1Zduj7mbam_CGIaoAKYG2GX7Nbwl3K65jK2RTYwcSbJ96H4XoAvrp8aMqw7X70FoiJCv4Pw5xvgaGCqwXkCU7iHr4SdOWwZdhhzMhz3E1C8/s320/DSC02772.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gGUmtyT6icQEDQ3YXDosbG6J-dgWCZc6s2K1BefoAhH7jCAJXDeRknum-58XSnJVSpUT9zVnL1m3uw2_TcUGkAH2OSj1qUHSihzPmzfRUvnRzLi7C8HfjJ1ep1GBw9rViAMZ7-uTF3M/s320/DSC02773.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGWm9qJJhwvSO6Xh6PVEZysBcEdmTZgyfZZVcio25m8mtPwXEKdSD_wfVFrPgjg-_jEpuXHesy9sKqoyq5ezasb3SJdjur_SrnlF4HhvGDoxmt-wXGclsJHnFNDz2_6lX8cwnTFkWlS4/s1600/DSC02777.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8ClYTnNCo0dxWQ4gZPL0Ypesxv80w97i53zruoWbLU2vCJEu0-21BfD7Ln_nSKLA-sU5p08WKhvgU4Gdb3M68x6Qjm1y1l6Kqi_ZoufbK_GMN85Gj7M4YutKCEqQzmFEzCe5Tim8_Xg/s1600/DSC02778.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsk0HEDwY-jSnFqcMOfPworPrOQ_Rmjmc4rLU4hXU4ZJJzSJoLAo-9fYJSTFcX6RgnJG8pnEeUWrBAg7yZjtlmZFzplXmKBBUC_TE8Zc2WGRQ-bPXtgm7gI8DhDKN8WR2EaBomvZjkwaY/s1600/DSC02779.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsk0HEDwY-jSnFqcMOfPworPrOQ_Rmjmc4rLU4hXU4ZJJzSJoLAo-9fYJSTFcX6RgnJG8pnEeUWrBAg7yZjtlmZFzplXmKBBUC_TE8Zc2WGRQ-bPXtgm7gI8DhDKN8WR2EaBomvZjkwaY/s320/DSC02779.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8ClYTnNCo0dxWQ4gZPL0Ypesxv80w97i53zruoWbLU2vCJEu0-21BfD7Ln_nSKLA-sU5p08WKhvgU4Gdb3M68x6Qjm1y1l6Kqi_ZoufbK_GMN85Gj7M4YutKCEqQzmFEzCe5Tim8_Xg/s320/DSC02778.JPG" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGWm9qJJhwvSO6Xh6PVEZysBcEdmTZgyfZZVcio25m8mtPwXEKdSD_wfVFrPgjg-_jEpuXHesy9sKqoyq5ezasb3SJdjur_SrnlF4HhvGDoxmt-wXGclsJHnFNDz2_6lX8cwnTFkWlS4/s320/DSC02777.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJsdbbvMcRb4eJd1mEKhqkQZOTBIKp8Rq9JbWvpLH1UPQgJP8yjUQH-ZuF0CF1kTu5htWp37zFVlLmgv8Ic80w3tBcvaau5uSGJzRLrNwTzoFmivUm9cbv6JSJdW0nbPXqy6dwEAa_SQ/s1600/DSC02782.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJsdbbvMcRb4eJd1mEKhqkQZOTBIKp8Rq9JbWvpLH1UPQgJP8yjUQH-ZuF0CF1kTu5htWp37zFVlLmgv8Ic80w3tBcvaau5uSGJzRLrNwTzoFmivUm9cbv6JSJdW0nbPXqy6dwEAa_SQ/s320/DSC02782.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_fFgx4XFH7LRzHMej5nE0vXwFiFx3ss0JDB8MU3TIjD1k1vijnqzB04NbwgXkN8KRPpq6GYxHXJ6JkOEg8YV1A__rAeKGmwmBTZG-IfAKhW_7evZmTevNW4XhxhIqV5-wW4fHcMezUc/s1600/DSC02781.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_fFgx4XFH7LRzHMej5nE0vXwFiFx3ss0JDB8MU3TIjD1k1vijnqzB04NbwgXkN8KRPpq6GYxHXJ6JkOEg8YV1A__rAeKGmwmBTZG-IfAKhW_7evZmTevNW4XhxhIqV5-wW4fHcMezUc/s320/DSC02781.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9gI5e1S9rdTE9Wy5So-mL2F2vsK9kDehimJ2BZozA8lUdmLvHIJPJWe6a16Acz2lhbHRVGtZX29I840EQoahAcSqSbmEa0T3OUJexDC4yuuHYZxUPoFZw-8NcnFVceUoEPUOKutsjpE/s1600/DSC02783.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9gI5e1S9rdTE9Wy5So-mL2F2vsK9kDehimJ2BZozA8lUdmLvHIJPJWe6a16Acz2lhbHRVGtZX29I840EQoahAcSqSbmEa0T3OUJexDC4yuuHYZxUPoFZw-8NcnFVceUoEPUOKutsjpE/s320/DSC02783.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyirLMqHYjM_k0xVQFT_mWYEvnBojm62FYpgD-LQqOn8GOFfhz5VlI6f_d6sO8y8MTGy7b4uyKmHfFfqya-7tWx3LGmES-C67wReElX8FHb4yJMcQW_L_9-ydKvZgjc3nJqcu22WZBv5M/s1600/DSC02785.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyirLMqHYjM_k0xVQFT_mWYEvnBojm62FYpgD-LQqOn8GOFfhz5VlI6f_d6sO8y8MTGy7b4uyKmHfFfqya-7tWx3LGmES-C67wReElX8FHb4yJMcQW_L_9-ydKvZgjc3nJqcu22WZBv5M/s320/DSC02785.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9Q7dnzk1RqYsw-wpOOPbQQfuv9LbpvjDEr26qSvWilzHCv7gd2RIaohLGdDKvrM1jYR0pGvKtJ1QmWSsV2WBFLMAzsJ9YqcossIfh__MOvdG4o4g3aUG_zNtmNy_F7L0eOrcgO7A-NI/s1600/DSC02784.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9Q7dnzk1RqYsw-wpOOPbQQfuv9LbpvjDEr26qSvWilzHCv7gd2RIaohLGdDKvrM1jYR0pGvKtJ1QmWSsV2WBFLMAzsJ9YqcossIfh__MOvdG4o4g3aUG_zNtmNy_F7L0eOrcgO7A-NI/s320/DSC02784.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqkyoXfm7F5EwlsB__MoOiUhVedqbs7GPgZ0bol1ua3j4MpX0lIzr3wYw5ToPs5pzOahdGnOri7ff89YCYCwGrU4GpQlwiELIxlKNGv7O3TlYXm2nPza54JSanEJWtWuPpgvYA8bMJDs/s1600/DSC02791.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqkyoXfm7F5EwlsB__MoOiUhVedqbs7GPgZ0bol1ua3j4MpX0lIzr3wYw5ToPs5pzOahdGnOri7ff89YCYCwGrU4GpQlwiELIxlKNGv7O3TlYXm2nPza54JSanEJWtWuPpgvYA8bMJDs/s320/DSC02791.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdf0DNhOOftIKt1KLQ6WmB4lF5DsDyFrst8dMuEAhEZ5yFgyL4nYsKh0hTskUcskTmZYUqy5Er7CiAEyAJC8eZw-Iy55w6S1Sh6oqKfZXVH5WLw0Uoanbo5hnhCutbShZnQPZJLd8IM8/s1600/DSC02788.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdf0DNhOOftIKt1KLQ6WmB4lF5DsDyFrst8dMuEAhEZ5yFgyL4nYsKh0hTskUcskTmZYUqy5Er7CiAEyAJC8eZw-Iy55w6S1Sh6oqKfZXVH5WLw0Uoanbo5hnhCutbShZnQPZJLd8IM8/s320/DSC02788.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej7Kx0OsoLQPGGpX42Ewro8LA5F4hUyMp_NI-PJ0J4gH4UY1eXRlVdWa5KNniRh_cvt9KAR9kk73Hhwjnd-kEhF1-ZnuseUerN8ae7j0erbqO23hgqVK9xKRNiTaTa7nUwWQSYnGR3Wg/s320/DSC02786.JPG" /></b><b><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCysyGIsrWRCcCuqPaYLnt1wGwMppAqnNClZ-etI_syKq1yrsyxGFCIHGJCT2gJoCulI_NfQqZZYGFKXbdIzL1aIJ8Ml_PZK9pkTUxc5PlJfHcZ5Vzj0Pg89i_Pm7PdbUBA-BXndWQhl4/s1600/DSC02799.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCysyGIsrWRCcCuqPaYLnt1wGwMppAqnNClZ-etI_syKq1yrsyxGFCIHGJCT2gJoCulI_NfQqZZYGFKXbdIzL1aIJ8Ml_PZK9pkTUxc5PlJfHcZ5Vzj0Pg89i_Pm7PdbUBA-BXndWQhl4/s320/DSC02799.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWcp5hwzhh3v7M7_ieNe7bLYhS-5SclRV6sDMDjrp_HQcXxFu7hrMDOgJlgsaAwyG1HbjGPUo3MmpPziqiCBaXdchJIRPQ8GtvIscLbqv1CPVG0BBagngD-lYL6PBZQWzu1HxJ-CHD14/s1600/DSC02801.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5ClgBHd67YJvU64cJSpYDnBcsVbcqr55I30vZbN3MoH-FSnNiTTvtb-lGNGw5yPiepOIcG0yTZ-HDLMS-kd2AvjeBBR6UsgBxEHlgcrmc-jb4ocw7Me-ibUnPukc4uVU9alkf9hck_c/s1600/DSC02804.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5ClgBHd67YJvU64cJSpYDnBcsVbcqr55I30vZbN3MoH-FSnNiTTvtb-lGNGw5yPiepOIcG0yTZ-HDLMS-kd2AvjeBBR6UsgBxEHlgcrmc-jb4ocw7Me-ibUnPukc4uVU9alkf9hck_c/s320/DSC02804.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWcp5hwzhh3v7M7_ieNe7bLYhS-5SclRV6sDMDjrp_HQcXxFu7hrMDOgJlgsaAwyG1HbjGPUo3MmpPziqiCBaXdchJIRPQ8GtvIscLbqv1CPVG0BBagngD-lYL6PBZQWzu1HxJ-CHD14/s320/DSC02801.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gYtGUm281i0QgeN-3zFeLxM1z4beC4x1sQ07vsJ2Q6UrLzFMp8PGmkFge6XMTERo7j_EFoIiZ4qrRwid28D3iaO7upX7_3bReApda_bPnBNaa8STl8PjdoSpcGyRnhSIDYy3HD0qLxM/s1600/DSC02805.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gYtGUm281i0QgeN-3zFeLxM1z4beC4x1sQ07vsJ2Q6UrLzFMp8PGmkFge6XMTERo7j_EFoIiZ4qrRwid28D3iaO7upX7_3bReApda_bPnBNaa8STl8PjdoSpcGyRnhSIDYy3HD0qLxM/s320/DSC02805.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFia-TF7fFHu3Hbk1Xt_IVi9FF2yR_jICA2LBjjq_9PkO5zQvT6ZLZNxr1Pw2x84Ru5-dESAXJFVgEDUGfJOQlZvqBsmZdOONDNM-I54bQKUwrSnmN6ZdDbMtzZiNi1_YFkMokaTooivQ/s1600/DSC02806.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj9uDy5sBtXlkqR6Qsln4I88kgbR3jQBx0VWM5u-eULy-LjoL9XSxfahjn2Hm_fPjp1HDzo4N5YOuIooLfj4B3IPtu7yTevlnRFGiraq33WSkhyEtA_mkk53wZYDgXAUl6PI8ZaXmNV0/s1600/DSC02807.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFia-TF7fFHu3Hbk1Xt_IVi9FF2yR_jICA2LBjjq_9PkO5zQvT6ZLZNxr1Pw2x84Ru5-dESAXJFVgEDUGfJOQlZvqBsmZdOONDNM-I54bQKUwrSnmN6ZdDbMtzZiNi1_YFkMokaTooivQ/s1600/DSC02806.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFia-TF7fFHu3Hbk1Xt_IVi9FF2yR_jICA2LBjjq_9PkO5zQvT6ZLZNxr1Pw2x84Ru5-dESAXJFVgEDUGfJOQlZvqBsmZdOONDNM-I54bQKUwrSnmN6ZdDbMtzZiNi1_YFkMokaTooivQ/s320/DSC02806.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj9uDy5sBtXlkqR6Qsln4I88kgbR3jQBx0VWM5u-eULy-LjoL9XSxfahjn2Hm_fPjp1HDzo4N5YOuIooLfj4B3IPtu7yTevlnRFGiraq33WSkhyEtA_mkk53wZYDgXAUl6PI8ZaXmNV0/s320/DSC02807.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfC6Fu9ScQLR7ZihkIgGjLmaq8-nv1aI7w8LhSH19Q8WiEGQExZDl3rAS4-CAlMbDd3oD-J_dfbzXQEu8yX_4NIpDw50J9_-tjcXKhZqCOX1IEiqm8UR-FYWdasl_9IeBURJNNYbXDh7w/s1600/DSC02808.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfC6Fu9ScQLR7ZihkIgGjLmaq8-nv1aI7w8LhSH19Q8WiEGQExZDl3rAS4-CAlMbDd3oD-J_dfbzXQEu8yX_4NIpDw50J9_-tjcXKhZqCOX1IEiqm8UR-FYWdasl_9IeBURJNNYbXDh7w/s320/DSC02808.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3v134y-RgVGmtGp6zA7k9P6YTGMfvW9YZMI7FRifRfInPnOlFVoJrQOuduDawNDE4z8MoOUQDLja0SLg2c6Q2_6MyHabVIIeyg7koGdWlPhOesClz1Fg8RrBZcJL2nY4AFrU_UUSq4n8/s1600/DSC02815.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3v134y-RgVGmtGp6zA7k9P6YTGMfvW9YZMI7FRifRfInPnOlFVoJrQOuduDawNDE4z8MoOUQDLja0SLg2c6Q2_6MyHabVIIeyg7koGdWlPhOesClz1Fg8RrBZcJL2nY4AFrU_UUSq4n8/s320/DSC02815.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwQ0rnIQFSWwhRaW9xDKtt7V4MmX76brHk0bQ_sKSAYaMS_g-f_YHzfW4lWXCf7TKk_66QazxmWCED9KXmBSoNhWXEuJQX9sXkzXNYXN9BSKLHXacYdZ-jQb3NzjkTQbUvERBsJ4kOxI/s1600/DSC02819.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwQ0rnIQFSWwhRaW9xDKtt7V4MmX76brHk0bQ_sKSAYaMS_g-f_YHzfW4lWXCf7TKk_66QazxmWCED9KXmBSoNhWXEuJQX9sXkzXNYXN9BSKLHXacYdZ-jQb3NzjkTQbUvERBsJ4kOxI/s320/DSC02819.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpAY-cc8FO0bNeaSW-fc7iuSEC4ZqqBfm-IgDZYWHKlvraX7WQop-5vTxPdWUCS_VllqIH69KhhmM3bAWarF_2Tqk0wb7rMcIYQPtmnxXO6WeN6a88bXni924WHBmaWkoZFl6ffKPfn8/s1600/DSC02823.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpAY-cc8FO0bNeaSW-fc7iuSEC4ZqqBfm-IgDZYWHKlvraX7WQop-5vTxPdWUCS_VllqIH69KhhmM3bAWarF_2Tqk0wb7rMcIYQPtmnxXO6WeN6a88bXni924WHBmaWkoZFl6ffKPfn8/s320/DSC02823.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YyaX40wkrNURd_6llAaqhezIT8rRXmxM-KupuaOuUfZavA03W6vwx0ImPiAbxfoz6-D-B10u6XZWQnAg_XKhhge1EcwEr1yGcSRxz33b5WdHY6X92ejBkc79EY0xkLt-7JfPzqhp0EA/s1600/DSC02824.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YyaX40wkrNURd_6llAaqhezIT8rRXmxM-KupuaOuUfZavA03W6vwx0ImPiAbxfoz6-D-B10u6XZWQnAg_XKhhge1EcwEr1yGcSRxz33b5WdHY6X92ejBkc79EY0xkLt-7JfPzqhp0EA/s320/DSC02824.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsccmY5sn38i6iO0XfZz7l4c8v8IqDDTK49DTkIydjVa3Q1v9Dpyj9VAwrK9xQN3S5EvoFrrhri3csI3J6VDS7k0sFs96sdYHcI2xSGwPXJO3gdNCzwJHpdzme4PJFSp98UepMkwzdkpM/s1600/DSC02825.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsccmY5sn38i6iO0XfZz7l4c8v8IqDDTK49DTkIydjVa3Q1v9Dpyj9VAwrK9xQN3S5EvoFrrhri3csI3J6VDS7k0sFs96sdYHcI2xSGwPXJO3gdNCzwJHpdzme4PJFSp98UepMkwzdkpM/s320/DSC02825.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1Poj9oph5wK-e9Ngo21uc8eKES7GyUlpZmP6Q8LUTbYv2TM0XmajKtkKPbL7Hf0LgdSAt_jzQL2TKfP_U-Afyiu010mfHc7ZQw30OLNSkzZgT_QAQ9nMRhXNp94VDg6SmDoWNMcxxds/s1600/DSC02827.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dRbvfmRxspxBahqA4TkuSDiJRCwTsduxZsc9U66AuGy-MXKTFdldCBr4TFKz8Qx6BMew0VSO_Wz-reUyOJx1TorRburb6eaLD_51TPI70W7k5u1BNLhS2lD6a4lGoHUJrEM9nk4yNgQ/s1600/DSC02828.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dRbvfmRxspxBahqA4TkuSDiJRCwTsduxZsc9U66AuGy-MXKTFdldCBr4TFKz8Qx6BMew0VSO_Wz-reUyOJx1TorRburb6eaLD_51TPI70W7k5u1BNLhS2lD6a4lGoHUJrEM9nk4yNgQ/s320/DSC02828.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1Poj9oph5wK-e9Ngo21uc8eKES7GyUlpZmP6Q8LUTbYv2TM0XmajKtkKPbL7Hf0LgdSAt_jzQL2TKfP_U-Afyiu010mfHc7ZQw30OLNSkzZgT_QAQ9nMRhXNp94VDg6SmDoWNMcxxds/s320/DSC02827.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwi3O5IUoRT7PH3TjZ7-u5z5oPBi0SXA8Vr_AoRFGKonIG9SnOH7Yjqn6gqWN5VMFi11yXan25Bk1s4VSWUaY1msiMoHkYaKy3-5v2UkefQ5klj0xZh3R30MMWvBbGXOrdRKbW94_1y4/s1600/DSC02832.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwi3O5IUoRT7PH3TjZ7-u5z5oPBi0SXA8Vr_AoRFGKonIG9SnOH7Yjqn6gqWN5VMFi11yXan25Bk1s4VSWUaY1msiMoHkYaKy3-5v2UkefQ5klj0xZh3R30MMWvBbGXOrdRKbW94_1y4/s320/DSC02832.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23V1sJ8Yre6p8DbvfgxZ_FjZTBMMoR-lCtmpEdGTvPy1_qIXaK1MHw6FNxsisa3XqN4FWz_uu6nV553H25aL0hMHFc1ec1v59igitJpzx0afeNes4w8rO00BZnET2Q2qX2b5reIexRsM/s1600/DSC02839.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23V1sJ8Yre6p8DbvfgxZ_FjZTBMMoR-lCtmpEdGTvPy1_qIXaK1MHw6FNxsisa3XqN4FWz_uu6nV553H25aL0hMHFc1ec1v59igitJpzx0afeNes4w8rO00BZnET2Q2qX2b5reIexRsM/s320/DSC02839.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGecNd8BfuYQyQb_MVb8LtRAgtze4WEqjEOrp3OBW_5DQh1rfUVNTfrCHDT0rxgFXRn_eiuB5-p-WM0sZU0dKwdKTyeOB-JEWsW2HYoFpaVypW5oKdZLu2fBKMpGqfUFJO0xBsx5r9g9k/s1600/IMG_3569.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGecNd8BfuYQyQb_MVb8LtRAgtze4WEqjEOrp3OBW_5DQh1rfUVNTfrCHDT0rxgFXRn_eiuB5-p-WM0sZU0dKwdKTyeOB-JEWsW2HYoFpaVypW5oKdZLu2fBKMpGqfUFJO0xBsx5r9g9k/s320/IMG_3569.JPG" /></a></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOEHemzP0VuJnH_dPDxN-mct3KlumgHPFcsnTuGa_a1_-11qOEFq5WyRErlg7q-lLHkMXx6ux_uelVe0yB0ZNcncf455sJd0-rS74tP2I4qyfz27ZpwRjLlOS1v2Pg-EzlFUm1FnOHxE/s1600/DSC02838.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOEHemzP0VuJnH_dPDxN-mct3KlumgHPFcsnTuGa_a1_-11qOEFq5WyRErlg7q-lLHkMXx6ux_uelVe0yB0ZNcncf455sJd0-rS74tP2I4qyfz27ZpwRjLlOS1v2Pg-EzlFUm1FnOHxE/s320/DSC02838.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdP8F5EECXyRutw9_u_oIVQQGjJL0ZQq_hpCyGnNhgwmR6xo7Njiq3Y0qYS-LBTXiGO9NvWOaNMJqGvIAkNGiL7I377064FLT8RqUUwtp1p091ET3YDtX-HMvFt5Aqsnth683o2ae-5M/s1600/DSC02840.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdP8F5EECXyRutw9_u_oIVQQGjJL0ZQq_hpCyGnNhgwmR6xo7Njiq3Y0qYS-LBTXiGO9NvWOaNMJqGvIAkNGiL7I377064FLT8RqUUwtp1p091ET3YDtX-HMvFt5Aqsnth683o2ae-5M/s320/DSC02840.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGueSsP0GIqzsHgq6kZbYGUfCKpWJrEmpk1l02BhqcklzV91NY_634HliTI1RR7hhjUGcxQiS6MeTLGHbmnq9s0eNsd3rITBOaZfY-12eVIUoDghdAjovgrLBooOd9SLOZaHmQNyo-vs/s1600/DSC02842.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGueSsP0GIqzsHgq6kZbYGUfCKpWJrEmpk1l02BhqcklzV91NY_634HliTI1RR7hhjUGcxQiS6MeTLGHbmnq9s0eNsd3rITBOaZfY-12eVIUoDghdAjovgrLBooOd9SLOZaHmQNyo-vs/s320/DSC02842.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtxyxKC1HwFIBmkyNLifb44pgsU1fB9xOwGQvM_LnaLSb0qBdM1c6WalNfnhrHkgfc8Pq0bvCVBtD5vhWV8JkUkZHEDh5B_4wE3eAhzKhDU5AmYFWS1mcq53ejfjk4Tp3ZdqT_2UMr70/s1600/DSC02845.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtxyxKC1HwFIBmkyNLifb44pgsU1fB9xOwGQvM_LnaLSb0qBdM1c6WalNfnhrHkgfc8Pq0bvCVBtD5vhWV8JkUkZHEDh5B_4wE3eAhzKhDU5AmYFWS1mcq53ejfjk4Tp3ZdqT_2UMr70/s320/DSC02845.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6fy0vKVPq1u9sZryVk_QaeLO1-fP5L0U5IUqTA-Pre2jeFL-uyFTF4LPlzyQ2i_trjbih7bGXZ9psxwVtzuhXel4hXTkYXdyl2gBQ5eSSkF24u-UczYBiKUJWJmInR2NtmF0n0lGaNI/s1600/DSC02851.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6fy0vKVPq1u9sZryVk_QaeLO1-fP5L0U5IUqTA-Pre2jeFL-uyFTF4LPlzyQ2i_trjbih7bGXZ9psxwVtzuhXel4hXTkYXdyl2gBQ5eSSkF24u-UczYBiKUJWJmInR2NtmF0n0lGaNI/s320/DSC02851.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfk7PeceRZoQ-keEVRLabPp-112mwDQOL4uDRi73XzwUeTgnxK3Tw2EcLlfYdby34G0-o1lSPfNwZG4y28y7OoTZ7HBc-hF6E9a8bNhoMEmZYLa8c0uQvtNCEN9X1V25d7TqOwtLcOEg/s1600/DSC02853.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfk7PeceRZoQ-keEVRLabPp-112mwDQOL4uDRi73XzwUeTgnxK3Tw2EcLlfYdby34G0-o1lSPfNwZG4y28y7OoTZ7HBc-hF6E9a8bNhoMEmZYLa8c0uQvtNCEN9X1V25d7TqOwtLcOEg/s320/DSC02853.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfoQ5W6iR4rUbCYBqij2XvsYB2Exj4QuTlALT89N37x0LaCtUUiSYJj_zDETSVMznt7xyn8R-cW5-RbxN67LyU0CAmUWkBTCSCmA2zW65-hj4weMjGBfDRXj_WE2g2XbFeoRAi1CSjzvA/s1600/DSC02855.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfoQ5W6iR4rUbCYBqij2XvsYB2Exj4QuTlALT89N37x0LaCtUUiSYJj_zDETSVMznt7xyn8R-cW5-RbxN67LyU0CAmUWkBTCSCmA2zW65-hj4weMjGBfDRXj_WE2g2XbFeoRAi1CSjzvA/s320/DSC02855.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMeQ-vYgyGw06Z4l_n9SIReYRVyCMMHArzHhnd7fIZjIfpqnvRcCda9YmP5TS9iAcbLqw5AaI6X_JiyZbsw5TO1nZVwZ92OoX9QBTRGJYUQ39nG_k4C10JPdwvW_jmTqV9V4MIZF8Ehs/s1600/DSC02864.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMeQ-vYgyGw06Z4l_n9SIReYRVyCMMHArzHhnd7fIZjIfpqnvRcCda9YmP5TS9iAcbLqw5AaI6X_JiyZbsw5TO1nZVwZ92OoX9QBTRGJYUQ39nG_k4C10JPdwvW_jmTqV9V4MIZF8Ehs/s320/DSC02864.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7zre-zmTtcD68_BDaerW9c1uMNRrWNC85PYBHc7lKPOwxnxNPP1Lpg462vin-OGajGW3GqJGuxp6ysM9TQEJNpBYtYFZzujzpbuX1kkKV9OAQao-aYXvwNkN-yghXO7iEgN0Rr-j3LQ/s1600/IMG_3578.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOTm1gGXvR1iUT_CNLC0JWxTZIjeNDeIpnJZkrAor5yixsh5fIf89RGEATuzuCr-TO2W_DpRe8W5GOvtmMR6zJj6w986ASOuNJYg5m5uzjkvP4nKc4AfmJqFTdWvSEJMvW08a5M62SdA/s1600/IMG_3579.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOTm1gGXvR1iUT_CNLC0JWxTZIjeNDeIpnJZkrAor5yixsh5fIf89RGEATuzuCr-TO2W_DpRe8W5GOvtmMR6zJj6w986ASOuNJYg5m5uzjkvP4nKc4AfmJqFTdWvSEJMvW08a5M62SdA/s320/IMG_3579.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7zre-zmTtcD68_BDaerW9c1uMNRrWNC85PYBHc7lKPOwxnxNPP1Lpg462vin-OGajGW3GqJGuxp6ysM9TQEJNpBYtYFZzujzpbuX1kkKV9OAQao-aYXvwNkN-yghXO7iEgN0Rr-j3LQ/s320/IMG_3578.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu:<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXHBWUoE1oYwFTzVIFfXngdaTaAsA9tnONwutPWvmeTPRpfliNilnQpF77NZoFkCt1B5RbY0fa4CJaBl27oC9CfIzEVns20BpCt3aATwlBUmUpRoQEDqM8Vm1e2b3iYnktxqyD5EW27Q/s1600/IMG_3625.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXHBWUoE1oYwFTzVIFfXngdaTaAsA9tnONwutPWvmeTPRpfliNilnQpF77NZoFkCt1B5RbY0fa4CJaBl27oC9CfIzEVns20BpCt3aATwlBUmUpRoQEDqM8Vm1e2b3iYnktxqyD5EW27Q/s320/IMG_3625.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwz7FZ7MOfz-0FBaiqn5rbwnNfRw88nisV3gdP1P9l6pk3xdW_tX2UWFUsZ4cBf3jBOszEt7r0meW79S-tK-Uc6nAYwTToQD4z21egZTtH-BeXcm5yNuPd7H4aTSfXVL2OT01NjjbZMr4/s1600/DSC02890.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrrozoMYsx-RJIjwO6hT89y5DEGMJKcrSSJpDbblqtTqhM1XdvSSQt4nT5VL93fhjPXY9h_tXVqSxKG1mOinKA0dHWeCvvRFYy_3RyS1UrPBGphTqok2WqIAXhD4AZCg336REXORb5rU/s1600/DSC02894.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrrozoMYsx-RJIjwO6hT89y5DEGMJKcrSSJpDbblqtTqhM1XdvSSQt4nT5VL93fhjPXY9h_tXVqSxKG1mOinKA0dHWeCvvRFYy_3RyS1UrPBGphTqok2WqIAXhD4AZCg336REXORb5rU/s320/DSC02894.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwz7FZ7MOfz-0FBaiqn5rbwnNfRw88nisV3gdP1P9l6pk3xdW_tX2UWFUsZ4cBf3jBOszEt7r0meW79S-tK-Uc6nAYwTToQD4z21egZTtH-BeXcm5yNuPd7H4aTSfXVL2OT01NjjbZMr4/s320/DSC02890.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E2jQEs281zczsRoW2KLXp_aFVpuXp3B2HV_H33eOSsXoEEvH8VMTHunfXfZrccn61uGNbFCjOI8fcQlYoqSnQGd1EUhE-6aK_2rfI1ENb0DRD6ftCkLGKbSwkXCiFNcg6KiM3Xpydx8/s1600/DSC02893.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E2jQEs281zczsRoW2KLXp_aFVpuXp3B2HV_H33eOSsXoEEvH8VMTHunfXfZrccn61uGNbFCjOI8fcQlYoqSnQGd1EUhE-6aK_2rfI1ENb0DRD6ftCkLGKbSwkXCiFNcg6KiM3Xpydx8/s320/DSC02893.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnpI_PYmVc8KY0IN-GJhm8dv5aTHS1dK43no1LNyFlS9OK4Jz3_1UwoVfwA4eLhhhaN7xjff8XyHkfAfMlJKbLVkXpkzcyInY0n5IbmSMUICOT_DgALB0rm-ao8-cu1Jq4SeJgJSFY_I/s1600/DSC02895.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnpI_PYmVc8KY0IN-GJhm8dv5aTHS1dK43no1LNyFlS9OK4Jz3_1UwoVfwA4eLhhhaN7xjff8XyHkfAfMlJKbLVkXpkzcyInY0n5IbmSMUICOT_DgALB0rm-ao8-cu1Jq4SeJgJSFY_I/s320/DSC02895.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGl0oiCxrf8p4waO-3oUklQYwfUTa4_-CaiuGk0CEVA79L46-pt_BPqMimFq16qtsxC64HCikIj6Ks_WhPjkmiGHwgJyTJqdL6Vc5cJYMG6PxJ50bBHGk6vBjJalrbYLndH3EwFhzR0D8/s1600/DSC02898.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGl0oiCxrf8p4waO-3oUklQYwfUTa4_-CaiuGk0CEVA79L46-pt_BPqMimFq16qtsxC64HCikIj6Ks_WhPjkmiGHwgJyTJqdL6Vc5cJYMG6PxJ50bBHGk6vBjJalrbYLndH3EwFhzR0D8/s320/DSC02898.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_aV6DpvqEO97VYnedBgLFPNuQNkMPpqMWXiACCVYYpvKG0iuXzz0WagqL1I1iNwS5lyQLlPntaSiYg-Qh9wSdErvdUZpVJlUs8_e98SxcccDs4p65l9z9KCK4cAj8kk4x2H-Yuzf9cw/s1600/DSC02897.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_aV6DpvqEO97VYnedBgLFPNuQNkMPpqMWXiACCVYYpvKG0iuXzz0WagqL1I1iNwS5lyQLlPntaSiYg-Qh9wSdErvdUZpVJlUs8_e98SxcccDs4p65l9z9KCK4cAj8kk4x2H-Yuzf9cw/s320/DSC02897.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj-7cR7ZGD31N5RzgjO8omRebk2eEt39neeIQlsDpAWmQ_KuFB2A-EbCUcDA7b4qJS5Z9Q2D8TpAfbZXlAQVk44S4rydKER_gvIgQI0-RYRXT9beZj-4tOZhmkLnslVw02FVOIOoAI8Y/s1600/DSC02900.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj-7cR7ZGD31N5RzgjO8omRebk2eEt39neeIQlsDpAWmQ_KuFB2A-EbCUcDA7b4qJS5Z9Q2D8TpAfbZXlAQVk44S4rydKER_gvIgQI0-RYRXT9beZj-4tOZhmkLnslVw02FVOIOoAI8Y/s320/DSC02900.JPG" /></a><br /></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj3hyrr26EKTc2XUu-xzCgF30HG86RdMfHf8ShdV6DoTpjQlALxS5RHg2c-huhJ8Ns4TGaS61zh78hb50LT7jnPC6_LhsV8kjGCTW7n5HL96c35giOvynnP8JaVWrLaEpzy-GuMJsFUs/s1600/DSC02902.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj3hyrr26EKTc2XUu-xzCgF30HG86RdMfHf8ShdV6DoTpjQlALxS5RHg2c-huhJ8Ns4TGaS61zh78hb50LT7jnPC6_LhsV8kjGCTW7n5HL96c35giOvynnP8JaVWrLaEpzy-GuMJsFUs/s320/DSC02902.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn0IDEIagYvhzkmu6OKUssGziYux1ADEqzfjQ7w312-Rza5NysWSdHuVzxDl-_s2sCwJv7XDUKUWG0u8G-A4uhzeF-sEww3axvWLCmVNcMmfUZxnqTZHLoERtZ7bO-ron-5DWtw1nUQI/s1600/DSC02903.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn0IDEIagYvhzkmu6OKUssGziYux1ADEqzfjQ7w312-Rza5NysWSdHuVzxDl-_s2sCwJv7XDUKUWG0u8G-A4uhzeF-sEww3axvWLCmVNcMmfUZxnqTZHLoERtZ7bO-ron-5DWtw1nUQI/s320/DSC02903.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBh3PeAKdPO8k721ubxl_bGxxYfMoy_CCvNz_Xx19ZOxEdeKpZcv3olXDvK7729m1HnZDUghUN-flDC9d0UAHYiAaW3Vl-Ehhsn3lnfUkhO48nMMxeE45Jopvg8HnBRzoH8RTQkKKJwuo/s1600/DSC02905.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBh3PeAKdPO8k721ubxl_bGxxYfMoy_CCvNz_Xx19ZOxEdeKpZcv3olXDvK7729m1HnZDUghUN-flDC9d0UAHYiAaW3Vl-Ehhsn3lnfUkhO48nMMxeE45Jopvg8HnBRzoH8RTQkKKJwuo/s320/DSC02905.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXiZvqIlEpdhq_2FIeIX78bMAccKZ8dzK3HzWzh-nOc6dY3sy80ybsN810WJTCHhovwLID5KdNPqNLpyid0R5FzcIjh8WV-oSCEZiHBqGBvWCp0m37aty5HXqRXfbFsFyjZaAGqn4l_4/s1600/DSC02904.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXiZvqIlEpdhq_2FIeIX78bMAccKZ8dzK3HzWzh-nOc6dY3sy80ybsN810WJTCHhovwLID5KdNPqNLpyid0R5FzcIjh8WV-oSCEZiHBqGBvWCp0m37aty5HXqRXfbFsFyjZaAGqn4l_4/s320/DSC02904.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3S-uoWxkNLFrwHhT47_clm0Vl0iUIFD7q3XxEA_LXpT-olAN4hAZSXHkXYGPB6lz5WWJ_TA2JyVKph6ED6fZIOAUYNMKc_PKo6hCvBPjWoWrbY92knIujJR-JpR-WKHkA4FrpZBZDrY/s1600/DSC02908.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3S-uoWxkNLFrwHhT47_clm0Vl0iUIFD7q3XxEA_LXpT-olAN4hAZSXHkXYGPB6lz5WWJ_TA2JyVKph6ED6fZIOAUYNMKc_PKo6hCvBPjWoWrbY92knIujJR-JpR-WKHkA4FrpZBZDrY/s320/DSC02908.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KfijYcW-CHzParjXHLIP8snje5QcTP1bSi8kjAHwbS8SA5rOR6BUbWt8GGLCW-Xzoy-b87kcHKg4Q4k-vM-m5J1dc1bWOcVH6yYg4S8Kp8z1QWwKRacoTCHJUkdVorDaTLfvYk5a2bQ/s1600/DSC02910.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KfijYcW-CHzParjXHLIP8snje5QcTP1bSi8kjAHwbS8SA5rOR6BUbWt8GGLCW-Xzoy-b87kcHKg4Q4k-vM-m5J1dc1bWOcVH6yYg4S8Kp8z1QWwKRacoTCHJUkdVorDaTLfvYk5a2bQ/s320/DSC02910.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD9twl9lgv3SPcVG_nT7BWFYqwL9IugLtTPxj1-L3AO95Zyvt7cecZCRs0Gm7b_tGKGjpQ6moRTooR1Enp_IDCMN7_tquieL2rvQH0tdxt_mjQouPkwzExaa-kLP3yRdKDJBBhV0BNJ4/s1600/DSC02911.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD9twl9lgv3SPcVG_nT7BWFYqwL9IugLtTPxj1-L3AO95Zyvt7cecZCRs0Gm7b_tGKGjpQ6moRTooR1Enp_IDCMN7_tquieL2rvQH0tdxt_mjQouPkwzExaa-kLP3yRdKDJBBhV0BNJ4/s320/DSC02911.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq9XdF1NAVihW_9UbnRHsZb_DFrGDGmwtKhN2lAG6n2jDJNRxdVSEe84MZGXd1K3m4GAHBr3BrLVjukFEzbTb5c4mOe4KdMfLnCzUCiOOMsZw4nBGB9Wj2rlW5y9jXKxAqF33uSD70gY/s1600/DSC02913.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZqIUGhoA6uTNT8SbsVKt_tgMK42_xRxgEsEbBrU3O8GxLT-Rb4KYF8azmbuXcD8dCrhLHyyadZ-H1rvqaJdawlldiYRSnLPj1zYoAMd3c4kx1Jww2_vAm_etYS_fkaK-fn2JpgUYMGE/s1600/DSC02914.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZqIUGhoA6uTNT8SbsVKt_tgMK42_xRxgEsEbBrU3O8GxLT-Rb4KYF8azmbuXcD8dCrhLHyyadZ-H1rvqaJdawlldiYRSnLPj1zYoAMd3c4kx1Jww2_vAm_etYS_fkaK-fn2JpgUYMGE/s320/DSC02914.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq9XdF1NAVihW_9UbnRHsZb_DFrGDGmwtKhN2lAG6n2jDJNRxdVSEe84MZGXd1K3m4GAHBr3BrLVjukFEzbTb5c4mOe4KdMfLnCzUCiOOMsZw4nBGB9Wj2rlW5y9jXKxAqF33uSD70gY/s320/DSC02913.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED_btaZv8qJ-pRP_Y2S8cqUIw3h6_IqJvyI88k1UwtOY9AJxtZqBHumgrMuaKPG1Yd07ve548zg4xpqU6NjEmElQlkVuAF6Bv5DMmMOnhw9pCn8wOacsBjdR4a2BEVBgJZU3zHdkat70/s1600/DSC02916.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XDAsBPcNgs8O-RmTqobVAPPypBW2FBQ2DxqFY8Hj4FJtKb70iXB-6Ee9fDxMjJyK-HB-qsZx1tqJ1oYXevIbLBrwGdGWtdAdbZmVCsqyq_oe-AmyM_Pum8v7pXcUwaFAWombSbzwwbM/s1600/DSC02917.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XDAsBPcNgs8O-RmTqobVAPPypBW2FBQ2DxqFY8Hj4FJtKb70iXB-6Ee9fDxMjJyK-HB-qsZx1tqJ1oYXevIbLBrwGdGWtdAdbZmVCsqyq_oe-AmyM_Pum8v7pXcUwaFAWombSbzwwbM/s320/DSC02917.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED_btaZv8qJ-pRP_Y2S8cqUIw3h6_IqJvyI88k1UwtOY9AJxtZqBHumgrMuaKPG1Yd07ve548zg4xpqU6NjEmElQlkVuAF6Bv5DMmMOnhw9pCn8wOacsBjdR4a2BEVBgJZU3zHdkat70/s320/DSC02916.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYODJsYgMY5DCoHVoicrwZluZNKntfvmS2g9i6dR0GbZSJfQQAc6Ei1eKIkSCPicJKUzPYuFQTihGrQnKYjW4Iad-uP98wzaRku57bh0bsL9XUosRHokJFL5jkG-yFQ6M2oUdlzMwHcc0/s1600/DSC02919.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYODJsYgMY5DCoHVoicrwZluZNKntfvmS2g9i6dR0GbZSJfQQAc6Ei1eKIkSCPicJKUzPYuFQTihGrQnKYjW4Iad-uP98wzaRku57bh0bsL9XUosRHokJFL5jkG-yFQ6M2oUdlzMwHcc0/s320/DSC02919.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnbU468YjrH7L2TeHzgf3W9kM6VDMAuvq7pxfRet3rhXWPLOyvlp8lh600VsVkZHvHg-ARBRsovZWFgLksBN1iDXEp0O3-d7xd9o55t1_dLqQJDeYQrJX5wR1U50GrfmQqPNoQCT_Nfk/s1600/DSC02921.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNnDHj_E_-5eNLI3cSrEBTXrMOwvSxwNCJ8ijrI2zikiM5C-urnWxvb7ISXaFceoIN6b3Wd9RBim08jwsymBLfrgY0CeXx98a37Qa_DHn3w3DjDvBmN_Red0pWs-TAJ_lbMxCfGiAHeA/s1600/DSC02923.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNnDHj_E_-5eNLI3cSrEBTXrMOwvSxwNCJ8ijrI2zikiM5C-urnWxvb7ISXaFceoIN6b3Wd9RBim08jwsymBLfrgY0CeXx98a37Qa_DHn3w3DjDvBmN_Red0pWs-TAJ_lbMxCfGiAHeA/s320/DSC02923.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnbU468YjrH7L2TeHzgf3W9kM6VDMAuvq7pxfRet3rhXWPLOyvlp8lh600VsVkZHvHg-ARBRsovZWFgLksBN1iDXEp0O3-d7xd9o55t1_dLqQJDeYQrJX5wR1U50GrfmQqPNoQCT_Nfk/s320/DSC02921.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ddipBBg0V_faGcuSjm3qmWtq9z5hXLErxeeJip1sKXmOBG2RDy5pgMcE34RCPuYal2hXzPCw8wWrFOXTJ8-r8dcBNUFoftTRU1S-L4bTGowALF0PWYvk8zMBJ-pSv4qxYcMaI-7jR8w/s1600/DSC02926.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ddipBBg0V_faGcuSjm3qmWtq9z5hXLErxeeJip1sKXmOBG2RDy5pgMcE34RCPuYal2hXzPCw8wWrFOXTJ8-r8dcBNUFoftTRU1S-L4bTGowALF0PWYvk8zMBJ-pSv4qxYcMaI-7jR8w/s320/DSC02926.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtiGVPyqcj_FaHsTIvNo3N1diPzlmpYm53rD5IkD7fLa5xqm-5SEy02XKwJCvWXipdL6Y0HxJejwreL-YUveE6u_QapUNX0CIv-23D0cvQW4k5IJvaORYD_0NU44pM4J64m8PSD-uKEk/s1600/DSC02925.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtiGVPyqcj_FaHsTIvNo3N1diPzlmpYm53rD5IkD7fLa5xqm-5SEy02XKwJCvWXipdL6Y0HxJejwreL-YUveE6u_QapUNX0CIv-23D0cvQW4k5IJvaORYD_0NU44pM4J64m8PSD-uKEk/s320/DSC02925.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zVo1AF-gpsNxR3rB_I8gl1-4pQchkbsjNPaQRvXUquHe3Q6xF7HemQp-EhBg1csmmY-GP3rfZ0QLTEMsNSImOk3br89MVhcDIkMo1-1AN7KhlxzulAwRQmye_enqntJP6-8LiqKYsx4/s1600/DSC02927.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zVo1AF-gpsNxR3rB_I8gl1-4pQchkbsjNPaQRvXUquHe3Q6xF7HemQp-EhBg1csmmY-GP3rfZ0QLTEMsNSImOk3br89MVhcDIkMo1-1AN7KhlxzulAwRQmye_enqntJP6-8LiqKYsx4/s320/DSC02927.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrlEbLOmqlpsh-jRRhS6FHDtOGsdm3hPiaJo9QWkaVBXO4MMMyopx_G2nCOh8FkKHMuU0fG8EKVwPs-ao4HmBXrWoEWdHq90JULp1ocyO06denbKAsnvNAeWl0ptaZjrzdKj1fRFR9lQ/s1600/DSC02933.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrlEbLOmqlpsh-jRRhS6FHDtOGsdm3hPiaJo9QWkaVBXO4MMMyopx_G2nCOh8FkKHMuU0fG8EKVwPs-ao4HmBXrWoEWdHq90JULp1ocyO06denbKAsnvNAeWl0ptaZjrzdKj1fRFR9lQ/s320/DSC02933.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBG60A1Bsc-jDq2P2_EmzxjhKU9wsApJ7ko4CslfBul2TOHBEmGuwYPElfvUTRfIQ07y_zkieq1lDTurzH4nZcgSoL1SEv9HwAqiXBUEUfGPN5lDq3T7kbOGJLennZ8xC41P3Q6aQzso/s1600/DSC02932.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBG60A1Bsc-jDq2P2_EmzxjhKU9wsApJ7ko4CslfBul2TOHBEmGuwYPElfvUTRfIQ07y_zkieq1lDTurzH4nZcgSoL1SEv9HwAqiXBUEUfGPN5lDq3T7kbOGJLennZ8xC41P3Q6aQzso/s320/DSC02932.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2qQ4pzDEwP3lO_3MumKhdVroTbZSNorwkl6mimp-U4BJYNnW6d7T68ymsEB8emtfZskyY68QoEyJR5eYhOv5-vItKA4vtqkKCiRoGvYXWJLUEN9m2Rbq4cY7f_LfOWH-kaUvOU2Kzf8/s1600/DSC02931.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2qQ4pzDEwP3lO_3MumKhdVroTbZSNorwkl6mimp-U4BJYNnW6d7T68ymsEB8emtfZskyY68QoEyJR5eYhOv5-vItKA4vtqkKCiRoGvYXWJLUEN9m2Rbq4cY7f_LfOWH-kaUvOU2Kzf8/s320/DSC02931.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQecKUkabggSgCj8ldXq_PmqqJ8eDeGtaDqaptvrB5LXEEsv5F2jB6O_75I9TxhTSQzwXqRR0DFNU8wuoDjy0fTC3q8ncrbPXA3pTsMXTe70yIjhz9f8mdmzzeelJ61bLOmbuCQt4SZQ/s1600/DSC02928.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQecKUkabggSgCj8ldXq_PmqqJ8eDeGtaDqaptvrB5LXEEsv5F2jB6O_75I9TxhTSQzwXqRR0DFNU8wuoDjy0fTC3q8ncrbPXA3pTsMXTe70yIjhz9f8mdmzzeelJ61bLOmbuCQt4SZQ/s320/DSC02928.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPG0tNToIdoQbVP4eGOF6ob1eMBSX82zMjPGLrUnVciq2xEZecITFAB1LaQDIghzVsiZ8fF9YgIaHyoCXM-3qBCT4wK3iNTrKx10jZ2yCIO-QhyphenhyphenRofSieo5ems7ZBh2IgrDfi7oqzHWo4/s1600/DSC02929.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPG0tNToIdoQbVP4eGOF6ob1eMBSX82zMjPGLrUnVciq2xEZecITFAB1LaQDIghzVsiZ8fF9YgIaHyoCXM-3qBCT4wK3iNTrKx10jZ2yCIO-QhyphenhyphenRofSieo5ems7ZBh2IgrDfi7oqzHWo4/s320/DSC02929.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2832qR2t9A-Hu2vv6uozi32YgTybQwOw3lB8qOqd1yqZd5OD2FunC847XwBPDTtnIS6aMWsCaBhXf8EQXgaAhM-bg57LYKOaK-0wHJuPsHbVpJSVOJnESx-_CwObmgP7F4Zu9a0l4n4/s1600/DSC02936.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2832qR2t9A-Hu2vv6uozi32YgTybQwOw3lB8qOqd1yqZd5OD2FunC847XwBPDTtnIS6aMWsCaBhXf8EQXgaAhM-bg57LYKOaK-0wHJuPsHbVpJSVOJnESx-_CwObmgP7F4Zu9a0l4n4/s320/DSC02936.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yIoqQTXeSXGgq8ssce05u7zz1fimmWTJZwfTEbgVQPFVcUaMcO_ihz5-_mQaQ1TiTXR-DNy9PYhpP5fJtpb3j8hYATzzYV3H1pXUT9eWAj1vGpVXV1afWcPdncuWVSBbqngzIHDdlcE/s1600/DSC02935.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yIoqQTXeSXGgq8ssce05u7zz1fimmWTJZwfTEbgVQPFVcUaMcO_ihz5-_mQaQ1TiTXR-DNy9PYhpP5fJtpb3j8hYATzzYV3H1pXUT9eWAj1vGpVXV1afWcPdncuWVSBbqngzIHDdlcE/s320/DSC02935.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74-6LRkCZmqWXnpoPFbSwh89R_gLJwYhYffIwnZFIZagbetsMT_bPjCnU9kSbEd1hxzOLI6Ll81auaOvWD8mJjtdYkh5h5ULZ4mI6BlcZH6THlPDJANp9JIvGvUW44bJzW2Rk3Qnn7BA/s1600/DSC02937.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsXTkjB_mCYtc04HGRtbkzk8imKmDY5bbQuNCxLUm3-T2NyoLDEfI0nqX9NReM5hujkmkJLybWj042c7slzMtJuk24SEv88Fc5pxM1ouPCDXU6RRVDVDL1NCL0mUn5hYgCxNJoVMu2h0/s1600/DSC02943.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsXTkjB_mCYtc04HGRtbkzk8imKmDY5bbQuNCxLUm3-T2NyoLDEfI0nqX9NReM5hujkmkJLybWj042c7slzMtJuk24SEv88Fc5pxM1ouPCDXU6RRVDVDL1NCL0mUn5hYgCxNJoVMu2h0/s320/DSC02943.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74-6LRkCZmqWXnpoPFbSwh89R_gLJwYhYffIwnZFIZagbetsMT_bPjCnU9kSbEd1hxzOLI6Ll81auaOvWD8mJjtdYkh5h5ULZ4mI6BlcZH6THlPDJANp9JIvGvUW44bJzW2Rk3Qnn7BA/s320/DSC02937.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDBfskAyQGmcHJ1fiOQEcuIzHl7FjK9QvrSf2yOA3koJB5-Zd-Gck5wxzjqgfnN29YLsVh6GQGpnRz88zvDO-VkondkkilPJMs_A6ryCg6uftzxoMMlx_OGT3x_1fKi8s-FKVm_8UKHI/s1600/DSC02940.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDBfskAyQGmcHJ1fiOQEcuIzHl7FjK9QvrSf2yOA3koJB5-Zd-Gck5wxzjqgfnN29YLsVh6GQGpnRz88zvDO-VkondkkilPJMs_A6ryCg6uftzxoMMlx_OGT3x_1fKi8s-FKVm_8UKHI/s320/DSC02940.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-v0aHeDwsoV4JXrB-sV8vfE_n_OpllWhp55iriF4vQhChUbcwmIVodluqdcmUVaY9A_SKsRIlxkvnul2j4rmrP9LdGRZGKaoNrCFiDwMRblSzXyojEaZnzFTlTGvXAg1C3zxqRQ1QlE/s1600/DSC02938.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-v0aHeDwsoV4JXrB-sV8vfE_n_OpllWhp55iriF4vQhChUbcwmIVodluqdcmUVaY9A_SKsRIlxkvnul2j4rmrP9LdGRZGKaoNrCFiDwMRblSzXyojEaZnzFTlTGvXAg1C3zxqRQ1QlE/s320/DSC02938.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />In and around Kathmandu:<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NnPqGj4ezXc4UKvTgC4CaQLnAqP7pXaauN4plmcJhziDpsJVVOBurtzItPhkuMogH7K2Dj3A1UuEVRDSoBR0hyDJA6PrH0e-tr2xIutpPsqcbUzRSlpOhS3juPIhtu0K8VZTRVvCwfg/s1600/IMG_3500.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NnPqGj4ezXc4UKvTgC4CaQLnAqP7pXaauN4plmcJhziDpsJVVOBurtzItPhkuMogH7K2Dj3A1UuEVRDSoBR0hyDJA6PrH0e-tr2xIutpPsqcbUzRSlpOhS3juPIhtu0K8VZTRVvCwfg/s320/IMG_3500.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI7KPv52adsblPq0UCoeyU9oCnYnzctrwvzbkRVJA4xF6UXgIFIFV7fHNwnVIU5neoXTt6DxfGbDr4Gt2dUcH0EGcWZEUQPfMC60zO0ZqOTpksIBB8bpAqC0lNjUmDZFOSylzyhBD42U/s1600/IMG_3611.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI7KPv52adsblPq0UCoeyU9oCnYnzctrwvzbkRVJA4xF6UXgIFIFV7fHNwnVIU5neoXTt6DxfGbDr4Gt2dUcH0EGcWZEUQPfMC60zO0ZqOTpksIBB8bpAqC0lNjUmDZFOSylzyhBD42U/s320/IMG_3611.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqaFbrmr3fA5BoamfNOiGf9O3FkmRZAYQWT8zLoSiQVTuKSD19cP8PBg__G-_d7DVQIxaWfnZQuUuAmoqJNa4DFwUhzXMAGN8weEoLYNm137i9mjYvNy72PbtbSgbqeqaZOsQxws6qAs/s1600/IMG_3605.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqaFbrmr3fA5BoamfNOiGf9O3FkmRZAYQWT8zLoSiQVTuKSD19cP8PBg__G-_d7DVQIxaWfnZQuUuAmoqJNa4DFwUhzXMAGN8weEoLYNm137i9mjYvNy72PbtbSgbqeqaZOsQxws6qAs/s320/IMG_3605.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hT7FTumIdkcSA740TNb-UStuUdfSv6P0IMasQZN4uxeC81Nhky935ERx4GTfyagd6YfGBVK6zp2wf0QZ_-O3q7zik76JVu1-7CTrCNeNRLm8KNl3wde27bzZ92xdo8i2TRXh9M4xHpE/s1600/IMG_3604.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hT7FTumIdkcSA740TNb-UStuUdfSv6P0IMasQZN4uxeC81Nhky935ERx4GTfyagd6YfGBVK6zp2wf0QZ_-O3q7zik76JVu1-7CTrCNeNRLm8KNl3wde27bzZ92xdo8i2TRXh9M4xHpE/s320/IMG_3604.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSu6tiHenZgCeZ0tqihx80tFUKWMB6LQjd-cKUmqw_YKQ7KY1rPJuRaDvTaiws450scsFtCIRfZHK5brLC4AqUNY70nVJd-I93pkkmvmOZWG4jZ5FysMMixcs_iyg3UiAoiHhZYUDV8WQ/s1600/IMG_3607.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSu6tiHenZgCeZ0tqihx80tFUKWMB6LQjd-cKUmqw_YKQ7KY1rPJuRaDvTaiws450scsFtCIRfZHK5brLC4AqUNY70nVJd-I93pkkmvmOZWG4jZ5FysMMixcs_iyg3UiAoiHhZYUDV8WQ/s320/IMG_3607.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPO53EPmSxE_LMcdsFacAfhZ_vj-kWCycD8Y9gfRfa6T3bwdEJhY8T5at6Jngarj5PxzDc2DtrxPxfu-2K4Xqob9gfbRfw9ts3VgsIkpGtK5aP2SuzOjTVAJorXIL9WUmgydh7J5AOYA/s1600/IMG_3608.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPO53EPmSxE_LMcdsFacAfhZ_vj-kWCycD8Y9gfRfa6T3bwdEJhY8T5at6Jngarj5PxzDc2DtrxPxfu-2K4Xqob9gfbRfw9ts3VgsIkpGtK5aP2SuzOjTVAJorXIL9WUmgydh7J5AOYA/s320/IMG_3608.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2U-b15Uu1zDv4doo_yuhDj0FriVUu4Ly-j88a4e-04LUQ0T1YZz-LuxlzzI9sYdGpqyEqilc3p_0Bk8Fod0X4b21y_LQHporzwJa1lp-yLm-ff59e5soGaeb8C3c44ddrOfMtcT32fc/s1600/IMG_3541.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2U-b15Uu1zDv4doo_yuhDj0FriVUu4Ly-j88a4e-04LUQ0T1YZz-LuxlzzI9sYdGpqyEqilc3p_0Bk8Fod0X4b21y_LQHporzwJa1lp-yLm-ff59e5soGaeb8C3c44ddrOfMtcT32fc/s320/IMG_3541.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JUIE5FQqR5lttwQnj9hNuo-m4EMyHsARavnydsHMQV9-03rI2lc04dppfaLPzgE2jkBccHXtPx4FVZo7ypgb64g9oKs-BVkbLHxeHUiBI0t5vq7rsTHE0A_AAzkUMwdxb1qUmVfhmp4/s1600/IMG_3527.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JUIE5FQqR5lttwQnj9hNuo-m4EMyHsARavnydsHMQV9-03rI2lc04dppfaLPzgE2jkBccHXtPx4FVZo7ypgb64g9oKs-BVkbLHxeHUiBI0t5vq7rsTHE0A_AAzkUMwdxb1qUmVfhmp4/s320/IMG_3527.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoj5eLjEWVw9ZJYwIXmbdqYuQowqA7Rb4lh3tlcRTTo-TUWfm7R0DQrI6YUeHMv-ZtFR0UkVypbxJUv7xbS814kgHnK3HOmopCxE78wc37K8qYg9yftwp9hAzc09uJya4zVtgY1bHO51I/s1600/IMG_3596.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoj5eLjEWVw9ZJYwIXmbdqYuQowqA7Rb4lh3tlcRTTo-TUWfm7R0DQrI6YUeHMv-ZtFR0UkVypbxJUv7xbS814kgHnK3HOmopCxE78wc37K8qYg9yftwp9hAzc09uJya4zVtgY1bHO51I/s320/IMG_3596.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuug9_tG5sKz2heTVCl9jHzhz1fTi48iJJS18EEnR-8OFTfKxnCzq_FZbigfDGEoYOIzLNjRSDVeGjz7K_YBKort2e9XkVxsO8hezlbUDTn2q-aoC83doBKzO_HsqIEro2T1vMtIwZcww/s1600/IMG_3598.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuug9_tG5sKz2heTVCl9jHzhz1fTi48iJJS18EEnR-8OFTfKxnCzq_FZbigfDGEoYOIzLNjRSDVeGjz7K_YBKort2e9XkVxsO8hezlbUDTn2q-aoC83doBKzO_HsqIEro2T1vMtIwZcww/s320/IMG_3598.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwf6EaCuttB4pqpMf-Z-VYkjYJ9KYBf0DsPnpUulpVq5jchhcdR1rAGx7KDQCJmOiUF4eepKlj0e9TtFq6ONiz9VxtWF_fTr5iDPIPhXVO9V43ayT1kdqX0i85AEux9uvw8UJaM0t0s9o/s1600/IMG_3509.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwf6EaCuttB4pqpMf-Z-VYkjYJ9KYBf0DsPnpUulpVq5jchhcdR1rAGx7KDQCJmOiUF4eepKlj0e9TtFq6ONiz9VxtWF_fTr5iDPIPhXVO9V43ayT1kdqX0i85AEux9uvw8UJaM0t0s9o/s320/IMG_3509.JPG" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWsgfNHgN-lPRXei6ekN8y99tmlcbQ6m9DJeZl3ZzbxFWKx67lTU4Q6Fiw7Ju4MaA71-v8nQwx46Xx_PmfGfJnnk2o3Ngy64MH-YQvgcvIE6RaVu1mDvjx7vgwft5T77ZhUAEcTiXfZ0/s1600/IMG_3498.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWsgfNHgN-lPRXei6ekN8y99tmlcbQ6m9DJeZl3ZzbxFWKx67lTU4Q6Fiw7Ju4MaA71-v8nQwx46Xx_PmfGfJnnk2o3Ngy64MH-YQvgcvIE6RaVu1mDvjx7vgwft5T77ZhUAEcTiXfZ0/s320/IMG_3498.JPG" /></a></b><b><br /></b><b><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvjNXa1RGb0OKsLj6kHMiX-AW7HCYGoUmmnXs4YgmLc7g4qFLD_lJH7svKtprLg5iFQ4TeKNJN9jVbJRX0JVJAx6udSnPAJhGyTh56OwyxYUfSc11dXZw-rhC2yN_Wdaohea0TweZlug/s1600/IMG_3546.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvjNXa1RGb0OKsLj6kHMiX-AW7HCYGoUmmnXs4YgmLc7g4qFLD_lJH7svKtprLg5iFQ4TeKNJN9jVbJRX0JVJAx6udSnPAJhGyTh56OwyxYUfSc11dXZw-rhC2yN_Wdaohea0TweZlug/s320/IMG_3546.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9e3Xbr8hQEbZSn7EwFUr3BknXOAxZbE_70WBqP3B2mCtYq2WK3wcGb5CKN3PXkJExSRVia3FCsNZzUtSWwQqiDQGJ6bBLDLmKIZvTOHnEg8KHP_A_tm5HG1MMwEI8bmlVor04QytMkU/s1600/IMG_3588.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9e3Xbr8hQEbZSn7EwFUr3BknXOAxZbE_70WBqP3B2mCtYq2WK3wcGb5CKN3PXkJExSRVia3FCsNZzUtSWwQqiDQGJ6bBLDLmKIZvTOHnEg8KHP_A_tm5HG1MMwEI8bmlVor04QytMkU/s320/IMG_3588.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzH-ACK8N3LRURQdhyphenhyphenjd8CFt7r2r1_m6CehUEJX0OfrMLzeRM9SNLy2SwVIn8gsGk8RL5WhJGr-d0l1K9SziAAQkvDeDMrrzaFWKS5ETLh2OakEmOUjWz7J64XnUaaAI0yrg_LNSl43Nk/s1600/IMG_3543.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzH-ACK8N3LRURQdhyphenhyphenjd8CFt7r2r1_m6CehUEJX0OfrMLzeRM9SNLy2SwVIn8gsGk8RL5WhJGr-d0l1K9SziAAQkvDeDMrrzaFWKS5ETLh2OakEmOUjWz7J64XnUaaAI0yrg_LNSl43Nk/s320/IMG_3543.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXpgbQBSukFWrqQIP3dq6n8FdYjoZbtO9038mL0S7BmTjjxSLHz6B97FFX2kGsBwrfjhAenqxzkiudIFLyDAVa_S-XDwI76BxaZJa_6Kt38mLM2dUxfy0nLDUDP7Bh6HkEuEg2zS_Ijw/s1600/IMG_3536.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXpgbQBSukFWrqQIP3dq6n8FdYjoZbtO9038mL0S7BmTjjxSLHz6B97FFX2kGsBwrfjhAenqxzkiudIFLyDAVa_S-XDwI76BxaZJa_6Kt38mLM2dUxfy0nLDUDP7Bh6HkEuEg2zS_Ijw/s320/IMG_3536.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJ5gvP8jS4ckDEnruuUNXH8nnv5M4KASiyq75STq05XtugvVSA57W7yKIfPCQTc05Rnj8othKl6pEj9sfw6kVuXc2hWfgbgeDHRD0bzMHngDVLdn4CiH258f_NUBNl7Qn8M1AKUzwdtg/s1600/IMG_3527.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJ5gvP8jS4ckDEnruuUNXH8nnv5M4KASiyq75STq05XtugvVSA57W7yKIfPCQTc05Rnj8othKl6pEj9sfw6kVuXc2hWfgbgeDHRD0bzMHngDVLdn4CiH258f_NUBNl7Qn8M1AKUzwdtg/s320/IMG_3527.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOeaLdx8NZpJj9VXrMzixW8NWFTKsVJdwH5btlHk2Bndz5uvkxin3JoaZO1jAL73n6cScte7Y2na9R6EfKAmcZOsXObp2My7IJBSAZHbFM4qXOOk-DS3DYx3e9iLHkQFXwqEALZCxbKg/s1600/IMG_3538.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOeaLdx8NZpJj9VXrMzixW8NWFTKsVJdwH5btlHk2Bndz5uvkxin3JoaZO1jAL73n6cScte7Y2na9R6EfKAmcZOsXObp2My7IJBSAZHbFM4qXOOk-DS3DYx3e9iLHkQFXwqEALZCxbKg/s320/IMG_3538.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JEOuXs8KDy7em1ifGGnyZtwhgSoy1k9MFDLi6n_FIc3fmvpsqyP_p1iMebdAu_IetdmI5MqpUqoCXc_NsmZPQAi4AF9LIIVpmJUvi9WlsNWjbmod1LOzqf8y9vsn3WXZ0jBpAuAqZME/s1600/IMG_3539.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JEOuXs8KDy7em1ifGGnyZtwhgSoy1k9MFDLi6n_FIc3fmvpsqyP_p1iMebdAu_IetdmI5MqpUqoCXc_NsmZPQAi4AF9LIIVpmJUvi9WlsNWjbmod1LOzqf8y9vsn3WXZ0jBpAuAqZME/s320/IMG_3539.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyGJyJ34LOWyGJ0rkCtqQYIST28wnQo4C0MPEdTpX5jchOFLNfL485lFzn0ttg8H-AKdoGbB1MomL88sEAzNqlCUz7nD87zTmAN0chzOT5YJV1-KwrFKuvBkWoWvyjh30_3bVzqDVGBM/s1600/IMG_3531.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyGJyJ34LOWyGJ0rkCtqQYIST28wnQo4C0MPEdTpX5jchOFLNfL485lFzn0ttg8H-AKdoGbB1MomL88sEAzNqlCUz7nD87zTmAN0chzOT5YJV1-KwrFKuvBkWoWvyjh30_3bVzqDVGBM/s320/IMG_3531.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLS-j3MZ4-IbBsB-ovO-Ec2RKNmwBGTDDZhI3n0deOL3WJ3iGl5kF86RGbq-EPnqIl21qAWZTCMwF5l7ye-s5TF6-fO2hal5ttD9moFPS8Kdr_7ymDhn9TfFfUzZ3rSnqYGfITgUQVkQ/s1600/IMG_3524.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLS-j3MZ4-IbBsB-ovO-Ec2RKNmwBGTDDZhI3n0deOL3WJ3iGl5kF86RGbq-EPnqIl21qAWZTCMwF5l7ye-s5TF6-fO2hal5ttD9moFPS8Kdr_7ymDhn9TfFfUzZ3rSnqYGfITgUQVkQ/s320/IMG_3524.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7UanTj3KaaMBOU1j_y0FuqPvLTppToJCyzp275FnAaecw_c5sjKuUuV_ma8Uiw6FwjrqyGrg1auBCGb2QeNEJScid9fPz-SaYHyRPBCs2BXT0hhaogVSC4DCbqfGDe0L7O-CEKzH_qs/s1600/IMG_3519.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7UanTj3KaaMBOU1j_y0FuqPvLTppToJCyzp275FnAaecw_c5sjKuUuV_ma8Uiw6FwjrqyGrg1auBCGb2QeNEJScid9fPz-SaYHyRPBCs2BXT0hhaogVSC4DCbqfGDe0L7O-CEKzH_qs/s320/IMG_3519.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WKV3JIMOUfIbDA6UBvo3BfjP1aKTe1-r53znBo4l1uGzKMzn-9z6bRDZgUomyOhKOgngOzlkKKxmWNYbmV28gYSzdwUPAV-rSX_2zmrn_DlhrltJgXU50eU0uylkUOV6p8lNPzhqxbo/s1600/IMG_3521.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WKV3JIMOUfIbDA6UBvo3BfjP1aKTe1-r53znBo4l1uGzKMzn-9z6bRDZgUomyOhKOgngOzlkKKxmWNYbmV28gYSzdwUPAV-rSX_2zmrn_DlhrltJgXU50eU0uylkUOV6p8lNPzhqxbo/s320/IMG_3521.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD365c6jyGVCI9ddUuuHkq_-35i2iW7tecqCAUhiLCh36W8dvDHoRpbusEgfPHQ5kd0-obBTVC9OTm0TP_HRYaGN1J90jgK-VIk5Yg_N97bulYzwe7vxk0AiqxqMmF0s4lPnV9ILRMDY/s1600/IMG_3505.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD365c6jyGVCI9ddUuuHkq_-35i2iW7tecqCAUhiLCh36W8dvDHoRpbusEgfPHQ5kd0-obBTVC9OTm0TP_HRYaGN1J90jgK-VIk5Yg_N97bulYzwe7vxk0AiqxqMmF0s4lPnV9ILRMDY/s320/IMG_3505.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtIc2Q4UtwxxH-6q_T56erlXp9pSPQVWFW81Ed6Cu1Pp9P0L3Z-N0V_iLcv4qOd3AIb9kemUpwFP51cIBV4G71l8khWZznCgIuEUZikQFsnFDieAHGDZVEbebWHElKyyDcSpb43EZVNo/s1600/DSC02944.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtIc2Q4UtwxxH-6q_T56erlXp9pSPQVWFW81Ed6Cu1Pp9P0L3Z-N0V_iLcv4qOd3AIb9kemUpwFP51cIBV4G71l8khWZznCgIuEUZikQFsnFDieAHGDZVEbebWHElKyyDcSpb43EZVNo/s320/DSC02944.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOqJiFVDnkd37s7UsNZbmF5Cpnu2WsjJDwaUh4S13X61lvdv5c2qpu887nC_aX1dewQSSIrWV2Jm56GazFCAJXYe-Y-uw7zrvku29JMnwIzjmqiH8N_-sLCRnwMCT2tmH8aVunum9sis/s1600/DSC02563.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOqJiFVDnkd37s7UsNZbmF5Cpnu2WsjJDwaUh4S13X61lvdv5c2qpu887nC_aX1dewQSSIrWV2Jm56GazFCAJXYe-Y-uw7zrvku29JMnwIzjmqiH8N_-sLCRnwMCT2tmH8aVunum9sis/s320/DSC02563.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVJ2-EonHhdjofR1wsan3SuwY2wQ0jJDUEQLEaPM_dJhF1ZCp528jTmyXbzaQRz80x1UDXKePTdtXcRxNpwrdypN4NfTtDo_D3X-yzS2fw9oFpeXwt3JU2BrMh_uY0pV2dJgFmClpjdo/s1600/DSC02885.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVJ2-EonHhdjofR1wsan3SuwY2wQ0jJDUEQLEaPM_dJhF1ZCp528jTmyXbzaQRz80x1UDXKePTdtXcRxNpwrdypN4NfTtDo_D3X-yzS2fw9oFpeXwt3JU2BrMh_uY0pV2dJgFmClpjdo/s320/DSC02885.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eu5SkWi__TbGKOf4nkLXl9xdH7544ZteiwIZOLHIOR1sTdMx0MfZxzjxPu7yMXqiYdJn5Dk0EOvyhqXwDOJgL53QZAkQ8o3bq7W2_ch_Whav5lv9P2MvTaVJNJ_W34dLgok5oQLp1bE/s1600/IMG_3581.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eu5SkWi__TbGKOf4nkLXl9xdH7544ZteiwIZOLHIOR1sTdMx0MfZxzjxPu7yMXqiYdJn5Dk0EOvyhqXwDOJgL53QZAkQ8o3bq7W2_ch_Whav5lv9P2MvTaVJNJ_W34dLgok5oQLp1bE/s320/IMG_3581.JPG" /></a> </b><br />
<b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh69VtKTY_8PVcoHEAWjDUCCRx9AQvWQHpCeMwDPUnpKAa6GzH4sZz2NCFksL8yoMQX0AGos1SVVjXwlI8can23DDAricPQnSjdffMz2DQdNJeT2rBmKxzT0a3LfMDIfsqbYMceqVkAZk/s1600/DSC02888.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh69VtKTY_8PVcoHEAWjDUCCRx9AQvWQHpCeMwDPUnpKAa6GzH4sZz2NCFksL8yoMQX0AGos1SVVjXwlI8can23DDAricPQnSjdffMz2DQdNJeT2rBmKxzT0a3LfMDIfsqbYMceqVkAZk/s320/DSC02888.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhVqUbSGH5XI00L-ViD-3AbJ4Cy1um-i3yLfokWA1JYwGMdHvdEvIL_CjfYCgN5Xeg3Oq1dU8BdIWhRRZm6DLmSa962k-nwPtq9O2jxZIV3Bpu_asU3FIU3Mw2vUBD54oQuA5Smob0Cw/s1600/DSC02887.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhVqUbSGH5XI00L-ViD-3AbJ4Cy1um-i3yLfokWA1JYwGMdHvdEvIL_CjfYCgN5Xeg3Oq1dU8BdIWhRRZm6DLmSa962k-nwPtq9O2jxZIV3Bpu_asU3FIU3Mw2vUBD54oQuA5Smob0Cw/s320/DSC02887.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BPXu9KozaYW9xM-C_Ibzk74qTtyWryO3kKuhhV6X307ac7H66_YDUa3ZuiautBk9jDFqWlB2LnQSu95cEfOIfEG3ImQQKPEIvcOMnW7f8kV0BQfLI58b8SuVFRA6gPKuXL804vDaDyk/s1600/DSC02868.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLUNauO0gyLDofvxNZJtkhshhb29Tn8Jj7yKOsIj8uBiT_kWkiDwCJ9tvfoVhk_KWS2Ev-wEn8qU4Hkfeho6-x4KkzAIPzF6gnt_uNC2dLpS4_sIULjZbBg6Zx9UPayBfaqjA2h4XlfI/s1600/DSC02874.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLUNauO0gyLDofvxNZJtkhshhb29Tn8Jj7yKOsIj8uBiT_kWkiDwCJ9tvfoVhk_KWS2Ev-wEn8qU4Hkfeho6-x4KkzAIPzF6gnt_uNC2dLpS4_sIULjZbBg6Zx9UPayBfaqjA2h4XlfI/s320/DSC02874.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BPXu9KozaYW9xM-C_Ibzk74qTtyWryO3kKuhhV6X307ac7H66_YDUa3ZuiautBk9jDFqWlB2LnQSu95cEfOIfEG3ImQQKPEIvcOMnW7f8kV0BQfLI58b8SuVFRA6gPKuXL804vDaDyk/s320/DSC02868.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZog4SSbMRqZO12c-OOU-VYpugxKk7xLHJMHIyVzpYC647JjU_czSjAVbbOwSy5eb-1ZmIgnZQeMNsRKXoFuSEv05PvwcgpEw8VLrRdD4VgUTt2ZD_gpjdHEIG4lxzLeZv2DtJ4DlmxM/s1600/DSC02738.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZog4SSbMRqZO12c-OOU-VYpugxKk7xLHJMHIyVzpYC647JjU_czSjAVbbOwSy5eb-1ZmIgnZQeMNsRKXoFuSEv05PvwcgpEw8VLrRdD4VgUTt2ZD_gpjdHEIG4lxzLeZv2DtJ4DlmxM/s320/DSC02738.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGLRONcSfhVKlkN3k54M3MEko2HX8zHoXcb9zeLvYvM0iBprvadRAR7v4Au3wC31Tvk-4cvCzIOaqWPg89Gla69XJvHGhFSlHWOaY0zXK2d85gTSoW7ihW9ykG651zctT9zwOpK4wqhI/s1600/IMG_3549.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGLRONcSfhVKlkN3k54M3MEko2HX8zHoXcb9zeLvYvM0iBprvadRAR7v4Au3wC31Tvk-4cvCzIOaqWPg89Gla69XJvHGhFSlHWOaY0zXK2d85gTSoW7ihW9ykG651zctT9zwOpK4wqhI/s320/IMG_3549.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGDoy1SKrcv_iMatGAa0maAlXEYYN0iKM8RBT9ZYxxJJn0jbPVcYsDfJBHl6lwxHi0VeRdR866ih45rJBuC8DJl3Qdp9DfTu9IJnThNmkVKPe4THZOCwD4o_cRi1j9NZs1g2jscdhf88/s1600/DSC02729.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGDoy1SKrcv_iMatGAa0maAlXEYYN0iKM8RBT9ZYxxJJn0jbPVcYsDfJBHl6lwxHi0VeRdR866ih45rJBuC8DJl3Qdp9DfTu9IJnThNmkVKPe4THZOCwD4o_cRi1j9NZs1g2jscdhf88/s320/DSC02729.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoxPts6qOvaUHS7bg0orJ1_9IXolF42hgIXR3ghXmMHeF-LerFN93wLN4PusWugdkkC1CKuPafqK4M0SU1ZjF2Hz7IzMB1TUBZdfsIyv3C266j2cjfIJnUEFlHA523ONeoo4QV0pfxSY/s1600/DSC02877.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoxPts6qOvaUHS7bg0orJ1_9IXolF42hgIXR3ghXmMHeF-LerFN93wLN4PusWugdkkC1CKuPafqK4M0SU1ZjF2Hz7IzMB1TUBZdfsIyv3C266j2cjfIJnUEFlHA523ONeoo4QV0pfxSY/s320/DSC02877.JPG" /></a><br /></b><b><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYxsI2hI_D5rfyJN4PXUx65Bijec_38UDISDUDRYTx55lc8NsUKYHE37Nl10wea1ogm2mJsH4w0ah402Fc-A2IXUJX0K193csOkEsN8I5hBcdvBJUt2XhW2YMyyB8D1oQaNQgy-oWlJc/s1600/DSC02883.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYxsI2hI_D5rfyJN4PXUx65Bijec_38UDISDUDRYTx55lc8NsUKYHE37Nl10wea1ogm2mJsH4w0ah402Fc-A2IXUJX0K193csOkEsN8I5hBcdvBJUt2XhW2YMyyB8D1oQaNQgy-oWlJc/s320/DSC02883.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFtGSEgDynm_BoP-cHXBcG6nZMZaOOll9xvj1Bal8HVqi5jsccwRwKNRb5-7n1Ib-iPwbb2-4d9FrcAS7KabtTp8UXQu7qZSV9-uUxg9hCeirBds9pOcGy-pVEIrQbHamEIEPVNSeyPM/s1600/DSC02884.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFtGSEgDynm_BoP-cHXBcG6nZMZaOOll9xvj1Bal8HVqi5jsccwRwKNRb5-7n1Ib-iPwbb2-4d9FrcAS7KabtTp8UXQu7qZSV9-uUxg9hCeirBds9pOcGy-pVEIrQbHamEIEPVNSeyPM/s320/DSC02884.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnUF20ix8pRRV2mptOXqyotUceDnly_PuJKJnVGtJk_QgmmCC9DmLF6LN-e4PtFUpaYuW3Bxt-7wt3_9qQvc5M4BCUD7gPQVD57QUYwQudtLHaVL7Ze5aS9tU8v3sVD1p6h2tx2LZap8/s1600/DSC02942.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnUF20ix8pRRV2mptOXqyotUceDnly_PuJKJnVGtJk_QgmmCC9DmLF6LN-e4PtFUpaYuW3Bxt-7wt3_9qQvc5M4BCUD7gPQVD57QUYwQudtLHaVL7Ze5aS9tU8v3sVD1p6h2tx2LZap8/s320/DSC02942.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TkBDE1EMbYloa7amEionR5AqIIzsEeZIKeNzFRhnihhcFt0g6sf81LDKrFmF6Lqg8t8Bpi-oKakZXDv7na2xRPv4Y58FTqYoWypI01bWzrbxTetC2FnBnsUKgM2isDLslHd0jW1BczE/s1600/DSC02728.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TkBDE1EMbYloa7amEionR5AqIIzsEeZIKeNzFRhnihhcFt0g6sf81LDKrFmF6Lqg8t8Bpi-oKakZXDv7na2xRPv4Y58FTqYoWypI01bWzrbxTetC2FnBnsUKgM2isDLslHd0jW1BczE/s320/DSC02728.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPR_nXOwwqRAOMBazMtJwbIZbNYHbfzQEQTsjjG2EoeKUxiqrveAJmXB1er-8paKFuOg3J9cZtkMmLmA6C8JvjdipU9q_Uvw6QQyjAU1DZ7IqAtbAv1n-ei-Tkp7UtKMhIdOh46nvMSdE/s1600/DSC02727.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPR_nXOwwqRAOMBazMtJwbIZbNYHbfzQEQTsjjG2EoeKUxiqrveAJmXB1er-8paKFuOg3J9cZtkMmLmA6C8JvjdipU9q_Uvw6QQyjAU1DZ7IqAtbAv1n-ei-Tkp7UtKMhIdOh46nvMSdE/s320/DSC02727.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRX5ONel6lcIlXJfFp27Aao-NZBIJ9OGHKZ3Ym_1aw0KbMSTgfGBuhtglbvavih_PYILCZkyQA618lkHBzi7Pki2gsaj10u-bl7VGY76S9WajM1_akki4TWiY_CUPHgvrN2F5ByvWohr0/s1600/DSC02721.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRX5ONel6lcIlXJfFp27Aao-NZBIJ9OGHKZ3Ym_1aw0KbMSTgfGBuhtglbvavih_PYILCZkyQA618lkHBzi7Pki2gsaj10u-bl7VGY76S9WajM1_akki4TWiY_CUPHgvrN2F5ByvWohr0/s320/DSC02721.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvasNI3iUiG-SlG34c7Xps1IB0tw5hxtXU92hkoxw5Cso50Ga_Pk2I4Nwaz40hZfO2RUB2_4Yx2VrPShNL_D_GV2t_PK-8iuEPWvaDKYXTEMKLVX-v_KZM8fQ0sRoOTRf53rqnCMBNPQw/s1600/DSC02723.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvasNI3iUiG-SlG34c7Xps1IB0tw5hxtXU92hkoxw5Cso50Ga_Pk2I4Nwaz40hZfO2RUB2_4Yx2VrPShNL_D_GV2t_PK-8iuEPWvaDKYXTEMKLVX-v_KZM8fQ0sRoOTRf53rqnCMBNPQw/s320/DSC02723.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4SORWQ-BxgQ-ivEApIJOMUCgcRyUqYfsYLFBV9k0Z9XyaXg71GtDPP9V1WEAMCMkN8IXUA4NaDPj-5vVO10vy2xjPgNTvxpwvXAjl6WY0M-jbm5s4srfVAnrwgA18_LX1Xpuz5ZZATw/s1600/DSC02725.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4SORWQ-BxgQ-ivEApIJOMUCgcRyUqYfsYLFBV9k0Z9XyaXg71GtDPP9V1WEAMCMkN8IXUA4NaDPj-5vVO10vy2xjPgNTvxpwvXAjl6WY0M-jbm5s4srfVAnrwgA18_LX1Xpuz5ZZATw/s320/DSC02725.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bbQI8K6yg7JGean9m7tI-vQLM2MaN5eWJdbUobk69k8HaSa0e5nMiX9WhPy1gS9OysdT423vu40gapsDoeVAmghuAiciw7gqGUKzMBI83-rzFeLwPtTZCUhYZRcsm878oWNY6XUxBYI/s1600/DSC02569.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bbQI8K6yg7JGean9m7tI-vQLM2MaN5eWJdbUobk69k8HaSa0e5nMiX9WhPy1gS9OysdT423vu40gapsDoeVAmghuAiciw7gqGUKzMBI83-rzFeLwPtTZCUhYZRcsm878oWNY6XUxBYI/s320/DSC02569.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZOEMwBYUBVqZ3srSCZWJ-h70RuKYNKd-QWs-XA27eh1ocOUtg7XiqkMYW7th5fWdEy7bF2EtIJJkJfnTD-yLhrhGpo5VIVVK_xa8828iUlu_u2F0K9n2TjYmHahyphenhyphenvhHmXq7YLPIS7VE/s1600/DSC02720.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYXRF3z3YeYleeynnLJXl4fWIqiw1AZ9ai9HFDJyaL-uGwkrWhnQwe8Xw-7cCG4TqC-wzxhH_wQApqIjYFQ5F8_JBeh1tEuBGyXPbfROJvkolfuD82HJYavTup9DmkdtSGxTvpR4VYzY/s1600/DSC02717.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYXRF3z3YeYleeynnLJXl4fWIqiw1AZ9ai9HFDJyaL-uGwkrWhnQwe8Xw-7cCG4TqC-wzxhH_wQApqIjYFQ5F8_JBeh1tEuBGyXPbfROJvkolfuD82HJYavTup9DmkdtSGxTvpR4VYzY/s320/DSC02717.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvTMYAf-p6K33JujZVbkumXAK-3wsNGJuaSeP7vlsQzQNJzA7bCrf9t2oD8WTjqk3qK2XdO91XZAliM8pxXiJIuMoADQmQAtASbp7SRvTlvrp2peB4k1ZQBEMAOoG3FmFRPDsgtMCr8A/s1600/DSC02570.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvTMYAf-p6K33JujZVbkumXAK-3wsNGJuaSeP7vlsQzQNJzA7bCrf9t2oD8WTjqk3qK2XdO91XZAliM8pxXiJIuMoADQmQAtASbp7SRvTlvrp2peB4k1ZQBEMAOoG3FmFRPDsgtMCr8A/s320/DSC02570.JPG" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZOEMwBYUBVqZ3srSCZWJ-h70RuKYNKd-QWs-XA27eh1ocOUtg7XiqkMYW7th5fWdEy7bF2EtIJJkJfnTD-yLhrhGpo5VIVVK_xa8828iUlu_u2F0K9n2TjYmHahyphenhyphenvhHmXq7YLPIS7VE/s320/DSC02720.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdTcuy_4ZAqJ1pDikTTzSwqwBjAyzgoLF1-BewjhQXedk4WAe-2rLFD6LEhsllx_mNKs_6VHjyGQE0XhCERhX_bJx_2u3XmC9HjgqHiIlpHC78EArNjQAINtEFuAIDchc17muyJTckiw/s1600/DSC02718.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdTcuy_4ZAqJ1pDikTTzSwqwBjAyzgoLF1-BewjhQXedk4WAe-2rLFD6LEhsllx_mNKs_6VHjyGQE0XhCERhX_bJx_2u3XmC9HjgqHiIlpHC78EArNjQAINtEFuAIDchc17muyJTckiw/s320/DSC02718.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pT7gBJ2jwUdIMmXz3GgBOmrYGnGnuWQyTwy45VqEUqdvCNtAku0h9hJf3D7_2cq1EsLvK8yAIh7VxzHH67Pom73RPkUMd5nQOrPrpg7S-K9ZVAdwuI0qcjWKmr9mkGajSCxC0fA1RKk/s1600/DSC02716.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pT7gBJ2jwUdIMmXz3GgBOmrYGnGnuWQyTwy45VqEUqdvCNtAku0h9hJf3D7_2cq1EsLvK8yAIh7VxzHH67Pom73RPkUMd5nQOrPrpg7S-K9ZVAdwuI0qcjWKmr9mkGajSCxC0fA1RKk/s320/DSC02716.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXrDrelhcsWPvrQ_8xNHg8CIRGLU8pwZ96YE1rl1ONZMH8UoxIlwOrZUz5g1TBQk9M-Jo_GG0hvWDpIZjkoCBMMhwuwuyPNyT8JOUeeJIhCpO3rNeVfzYzBI1MmeDyEmLltD0UgtoQ9g/s1600/DSC02565.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXrDrelhcsWPvrQ_8xNHg8CIRGLU8pwZ96YE1rl1ONZMH8UoxIlwOrZUz5g1TBQk9M-Jo_GG0hvWDpIZjkoCBMMhwuwuyPNyT8JOUeeJIhCpO3rNeVfzYzBI1MmeDyEmLltD0UgtoQ9g/s320/DSC02565.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSTo2cDE8HjYaUeZvmWR_DOFaZrnOMxqp-LdtObUBWjzmPrK_Qj-k0Zdkj3aa54pW9uKYHobLflqPLEf14os4KVMH_fm87FfG-rRCtHWTuhGrSDUqAdjlFAkOiH37tMePbSk2J_LcDaA/s1600/DSC02564.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSTo2cDE8HjYaUeZvmWR_DOFaZrnOMxqp-LdtObUBWjzmPrK_Qj-k0Zdkj3aa54pW9uKYHobLflqPLEf14os4KVMH_fm87FfG-rRCtHWTuhGrSDUqAdjlFAkOiH37tMePbSk2J_LcDaA/s320/DSC02564.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUqfLwmN8xsnOi-5HItts5Myl2ppigXYIPzA6kaRvYueymne4gmUujWvYwHMH3KPTN8my_UC7pKo2vmzmaAfSiMIOCfKFjseJT8E0G5L97L-6UQG_26cL0NXBnuQjOUOobs7E_TVy_NI/s1600/IMG_3612.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUqfLwmN8xsnOi-5HItts5Myl2ppigXYIPzA6kaRvYueymne4gmUujWvYwHMH3KPTN8my_UC7pKo2vmzmaAfSiMIOCfKFjseJT8E0G5L97L-6UQG_26cL0NXBnuQjOUOobs7E_TVy_NI/s320/IMG_3612.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1D-RwPPdx2CFSAm7kyvmIvXrAY7HsPI82IaZmRQT_euFyH1qryfSSGPjgkbHl5BdXKmWRNG4Ehf0ma1Jl688ItcGKOaW1gVbznE0CKnobd3WQG5tK10yRCG7Z80890QGASmIAhYHVYc/s1600/IMG_3618.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1D-RwPPdx2CFSAm7kyvmIvXrAY7HsPI82IaZmRQT_euFyH1qryfSSGPjgkbHl5BdXKmWRNG4Ehf0ma1Jl688ItcGKOaW1gVbznE0CKnobd3WQG5tK10yRCG7Z80890QGASmIAhYHVYc/s320/IMG_3618.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhLEYoozEPreM7-8T_pllNAGihThgyXs_9tIdIny_lHj9H0OSUVThub5udFOLVyI_yQGi7ekTONcdH0TE38s3yhvcZbpAfWQRX_kOGmZ991MFtnLYC4A7-YPiwg7is2kAtM03iM33kx4/s1600/IMG_3619.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhLEYoozEPreM7-8T_pllNAGihThgyXs_9tIdIny_lHj9H0OSUVThub5udFOLVyI_yQGi7ekTONcdH0TE38s3yhvcZbpAfWQRX_kOGmZ991MFtnLYC4A7-YPiwg7is2kAtM03iM33kx4/s320/IMG_3619.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBA1k6sm4BL84hAkxqK0ic1ViyH_TWPpSI4Koq4T6DmNxxmZNbydwYeeQKU9R7It_g0NBeSWBkfXMSYW_KS0SKKdv4UiqCNnyqrA_JznZgNBPtlIhOCkobULf0FK8h9QzaIKpCpTVX9o/s1600/IMG_3613.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBA1k6sm4BL84hAkxqK0ic1ViyH_TWPpSI4Koq4T6DmNxxmZNbydwYeeQKU9R7It_g0NBeSWBkfXMSYW_KS0SKKdv4UiqCNnyqrA_JznZgNBPtlIhOCkobULf0FK8h9QzaIKpCpTVX9o/s320/IMG_3613.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6LO7CKxT-W1l_1rqqbSXeA8WVT03VGKS0ciN05tq7ch-XhBcEBEZEEFwU8tCbfcOnJFfQK-VY8_ruXy-zFWqT5RKZtSuRN4bqDeiQ_a9Z9NZ-Wzt3nfe2kZPkC8f-ctX2JweVEzigrE/s1600/IMG_3501.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6LO7CKxT-W1l_1rqqbSXeA8WVT03VGKS0ciN05tq7ch-XhBcEBEZEEFwU8tCbfcOnJFfQK-VY8_ruXy-zFWqT5RKZtSuRN4bqDeiQ_a9Z9NZ-Wzt3nfe2kZPkC8f-ctX2JweVEzigrE/s320/IMG_3501.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbO4k_8XH4B4jCj6_14_uf1rJ6e_SNPJSs1tAYi7yr5nIZN40pjz00LqRZhBO07URh3XTmlyoPo4T0U_rwdMNL7KIBzsrZ5Eeox9oeg2d3ru7Lw1szcwaIoEswCy5wCc0UEUqWkaohw0/s1600/IMG_3615.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbO4k_8XH4B4jCj6_14_uf1rJ6e_SNPJSs1tAYi7yr5nIZN40pjz00LqRZhBO07URh3XTmlyoPo4T0U_rwdMNL7KIBzsrZ5Eeox9oeg2d3ru7Lw1szcwaIoEswCy5wCc0UEUqWkaohw0/s320/IMG_3615.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFuFizF1RixtIAtMdh_rDgTEQKkcSyYl89sbJbPuXNwdCXLxCEJ8LCrSzjD56Pq55YdX8fb_dQm2A3zEBvu2YIgYQ9-i-BCntqJSPQwCOVsprCFviSde3e0uPmrMfOCAqqVXpw2wCscc/s1600/IMG_3629.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFuFizF1RixtIAtMdh_rDgTEQKkcSyYl89sbJbPuXNwdCXLxCEJ8LCrSzjD56Pq55YdX8fb_dQm2A3zEBvu2YIgYQ9-i-BCntqJSPQwCOVsprCFviSde3e0uPmrMfOCAqqVXpw2wCscc/s320/IMG_3629.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0Q6pmT_Y7TXWQfK5rF3W1Gey_xbW-wXxhUgZrt7Is1_bOirPRv0fM8na5aKGoW7T-01gfnIhQCuLSKX00QjoWC2KgTfeZrE_efjrn3T5XyeyFW_q-8U-3y7u9A8hvnHOTAmrpsHNRpI/s1600/IMG_3706.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0Q6pmT_Y7TXWQfK5rF3W1Gey_xbW-wXxhUgZrt7Is1_bOirPRv0fM8na5aKGoW7T-01gfnIhQCuLSKX00QjoWC2KgTfeZrE_efjrn3T5XyeyFW_q-8U-3y7u9A8hvnHOTAmrpsHNRpI/s320/IMG_3706.JPG" /></a></b><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-75005547843582766722013-08-02T11:06:00.002-07:002013-08-02T11:06:32.810-07:00Sightseeing snapshots! (Part 1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So...I've realized that I've neglected posting pics of most of the weekend trips I've made.<br />
<br />
Here goes! (It will take a couple of goes to upload them all...)<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Humayun's Tomb, Delhi: </b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunkKbRaCQ8YDjP-lnv3qSS7_sAvFcbnEiK2-oxBhDhFECCm1oXeOu0nyCJL_bJaMYHNruxM98QTccjUDybh6ibN17R7iaPt6j_3Y-TafF88XllImAyljqmtOb5b9fE8TsshNEHrHEBU0/s1600/IMG_3022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunkKbRaCQ8YDjP-lnv3qSS7_sAvFcbnEiK2-oxBhDhFECCm1oXeOu0nyCJL_bJaMYHNruxM98QTccjUDybh6ibN17R7iaPt6j_3Y-TafF88XllImAyljqmtOb5b9fE8TsshNEHrHEBU0/s320/IMG_3022.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRhB_YzIS-m-Mqiapo9Ym5rl_Gj1CjfcazU-AgGrKJqIJ2CDERc3ix9VeJTmBHWv6xoS_bI_jmBjlEqBHrsw_YaEJIHo6IXc7X0z-4kiEBbdvUrT65k4nFZsxALTX7TCzFgIDHAXhRyc/s1600/IMG_3020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRhB_YzIS-m-Mqiapo9Ym5rl_Gj1CjfcazU-AgGrKJqIJ2CDERc3ix9VeJTmBHWv6xoS_bI_jmBjlEqBHrsw_YaEJIHo6IXc7X0z-4kiEBbdvUrT65k4nFZsxALTX7TCzFgIDHAXhRyc/s320/IMG_3020.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFd0ozElrE3-wWuG3oOwuU0Wlz0TVkJV3ctKwGbecbBM-Or870mDAdliFN6KZEiXLfPo2U7unHHd3tsI0LxCMu_vvOGUGEu9WRfGJbnjCAWXF62TypQ5mbPaYIjRcqjbqUQfYKxG519w/s1600/IMG_3036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFd0ozElrE3-wWuG3oOwuU0Wlz0TVkJV3ctKwGbecbBM-Or870mDAdliFN6KZEiXLfPo2U7unHHd3tsI0LxCMu_vvOGUGEu9WRfGJbnjCAWXF62TypQ5mbPaYIjRcqjbqUQfYKxG519w/s320/IMG_3036.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjxwdL-9pWHazb9wflcuwOeRn8Vy2WTSJ0klvWl64JB79v5Isd6RDD9rL9a7ERO-heIjOTMNWY56NN8hIiRj0YwbFzx_MYDBltOAmPKfZzf_r_PREuL24_GkIi-k85LCZ_lusHghkyZw/s1600/IMG_3033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjxwdL-9pWHazb9wflcuwOeRn8Vy2WTSJ0klvWl64JB79v5Isd6RDD9rL9a7ERO-heIjOTMNWY56NN8hIiRj0YwbFzx_MYDBltOAmPKfZzf_r_PREuL24_GkIi-k85LCZ_lusHghkyZw/s320/IMG_3033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-u3YAowYuZDabqqhhchcF_HKGSKb7UEHNjU3REXcj5RpacnbZ3WGye7otQeRKNJQkbTge1jTEcesGnRyFhyphenhyphen-PtcvkxyqDG9_n2HGXEivZDnGZGa7cq9ysNWubr9wapoKHBcAVWukoLHI/s1600/IMG_3038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-u3YAowYuZDabqqhhchcF_HKGSKb7UEHNjU3REXcj5RpacnbZ3WGye7otQeRKNJQkbTge1jTEcesGnRyFhyphenhyphen-PtcvkxyqDG9_n2HGXEivZDnGZGa7cq9ysNWubr9wapoKHBcAVWukoLHI/s320/IMG_3038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKs9A4dnJpWyInCSgX9-IFtDmai5yYEM2VZjbc6hRQYkcsselJW3THHsQZ6rYKKrvOoYD2dAF2ckZfy567zgZBAU-tHQnlACWRvz79FenxZ6gGXulpE2b5L6HadEDhK__UuAK6LpUG5M/s1600/IMG_3040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0X4SR4lcZRaGq4TpyfLUPMx-7xR11-3HQyyf507C4xny0XzLjsTCGkrKQmvD7aCABCvOVhP8DnKfw-jWVV-GT802YTgK6zhYvnC-OQIy0WfdCJLaS941BTpWk0o5npsEj3IM1WCMOEM/s1600/IMG_3044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0X4SR4lcZRaGq4TpyfLUPMx-7xR11-3HQyyf507C4xny0XzLjsTCGkrKQmvD7aCABCvOVhP8DnKfw-jWVV-GT802YTgK6zhYvnC-OQIy0WfdCJLaS941BTpWk0o5npsEj3IM1WCMOEM/s320/IMG_3044.JPG" width="238" /></a><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKs9A4dnJpWyInCSgX9-IFtDmai5yYEM2VZjbc6hRQYkcsselJW3THHsQZ6rYKKrvOoYD2dAF2ckZfy567zgZBAU-tHQnlACWRvz79FenxZ6gGXulpE2b5L6HadEDhK__UuAK6LpUG5M/s320/IMG_3040.JPG" width="238" /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ-1butn5mRFxx0Tj7NIrtBB7j86mrcG0A5nmJxm7HR16RTlLIm7xmnp0Y5CLXiYAcnMtyrd9Da2spKwavlRj69jiVjTirWc193KGxhA3BDfmknVtMU_X56RGCkPXbao7h03yt19pF68/s1600/IMG_3052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ-1butn5mRFxx0Tj7NIrtBB7j86mrcG0A5nmJxm7HR16RTlLIm7xmnp0Y5CLXiYAcnMtyrd9Da2spKwavlRj69jiVjTirWc193KGxhA3BDfmknVtMU_X56RGCkPXbao7h03yt19pF68/s320/IMG_3052.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3CfBGCcP3_a4gxxPxjrVXpYpNVZJ_RHQkhUKWF5Ljsc8KSEO3RFCfL3HQU5kRNes32RbZPoeS5TjgPq-8ayzWwjujmxhbxGoM5tT5MJLG6c1exMFOmTgqxeUzeaLVorLMyb1_3Q3fzQ/s1600/IMG_3054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3CfBGCcP3_a4gxxPxjrVXpYpNVZJ_RHQkhUKWF5Ljsc8KSEO3RFCfL3HQU5kRNes32RbZPoeS5TjgPq-8ayzWwjujmxhbxGoM5tT5MJLG6c1exMFOmTgqxeUzeaLVorLMyb1_3Q3fzQ/s320/IMG_3054.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHO4UfP11yFGY9LXwoIUrx-_bkFPYMkI4i28ThaP_H7suBqu6cKpnWGlY0-XqChlDim3xvCP_KbMmVWSLZwn04uw04Fn1DdeASwVzrbSmIQHpKEmUM9Db-7KCjICZwovqvsV_OzPr_hU/s1600/IMG_3066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHO4UfP11yFGY9LXwoIUrx-_bkFPYMkI4i28ThaP_H7suBqu6cKpnWGlY0-XqChlDim3xvCP_KbMmVWSLZwn04uw04Fn1DdeASwVzrbSmIQHpKEmUM9Db-7KCjICZwovqvsV_OzPr_hU/s320/IMG_3066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDspE51Aj6dOt0S9t2AKD7dqm2JXb3YmlgehX2c4P32c9WgHrx-D-xaamD1iRdHf9XAhpEPTYKpTqkLN3N996Cefjxi3jk71ZnKN7pAxU8kLVlk1a-7U5_d3PCkJWZ9ZU_2hr4oExgAYo/s1600/IMG_3071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDspE51Aj6dOt0S9t2AKD7dqm2JXb3YmlgehX2c4P32c9WgHrx-D-xaamD1iRdHf9XAhpEPTYKpTqkLN3N996Cefjxi3jk71ZnKN7pAxU8kLVlk1a-7U5_d3PCkJWZ9ZU_2hr4oExgAYo/s320/IMG_3071.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEmmJcbxqe8oAdryL6AM-wtX79JakCNstTEzOs4L0AhNNxSNrgjPW64PuyqsRyMZdbZFBWhW4NdA1T4BhHbZ1uIlxiPtP686xNlPZwqNSOucuUJE-XK7wmHi7svrtIXqlxI8i0qUFzA4/s1600/IMG_3068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEmmJcbxqe8oAdryL6AM-wtX79JakCNstTEzOs4L0AhNNxSNrgjPW64PuyqsRyMZdbZFBWhW4NdA1T4BhHbZ1uIlxiPtP686xNlPZwqNSOucuUJE-XK7wmHi7svrtIXqlxI8i0qUFzA4/s320/IMG_3068.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzP0cA9LLMiP7APHiVrPgPn02aK9qMgYU5pYs_GoUznUQVzOU3MpAjjXlqY-7UWETT9s_C1QmnxulvsVtrIzgLS8xLBuz97cQw-wosnSIMCACy07lTxEVWHfV7ks8FtsIX62k6HJcl8s/s1600/IMG_3073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzP0cA9LLMiP7APHiVrPgPn02aK9qMgYU5pYs_GoUznUQVzOU3MpAjjXlqY-7UWETT9s_C1QmnxulvsVtrIzgLS8xLBuz97cQw-wosnSIMCACy07lTxEVWHfV7ks8FtsIX62k6HJcl8s/s320/IMG_3073.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC686reBoIF4lvHOjgNmAo7o7jZs-3g6zent5CQcg8eS9vqqsvs81L3_EqKLz3KbhORYFc_nRTkCI4qYwbDf6zVT-Ey7Ejz9jmgt8ZCWqpbnnZG9s1wW69LDIBzDDsN6yaWA_8GPAC930/s1600/IMG_3072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC686reBoIF4lvHOjgNmAo7o7jZs-3g6zent5CQcg8eS9vqqsvs81L3_EqKLz3KbhORYFc_nRTkCI4qYwbDf6zVT-Ey7Ejz9jmgt8ZCWqpbnnZG9s1wW69LDIBzDDsN6yaWA_8GPAC930/s320/IMG_3072.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisg4CYi1voKnMpp7RhurFUr7jrsoLoeuvSPuvdcx1nZ6DGMWG3VKVJ4ilk3ty46ycnK60aMT9pI8BKKL8JFIzE2iGDGBIWvI1gRPLRMDqDVlaKIFT6obvDSO_Vfz29a78O3SNR9c_mgLk/s1600/IMG_3076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisg4CYi1voKnMpp7RhurFUr7jrsoLoeuvSPuvdcx1nZ6DGMWG3VKVJ4ilk3ty46ycnK60aMT9pI8BKKL8JFIzE2iGDGBIWvI1gRPLRMDqDVlaKIFT6obvDSO_Vfz29a78O3SNR9c_mgLk/s320/IMG_3076.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3SxRoL1YVPqaeC-q0K4jtDqnolrZYbgjL9HaHKNiJkNjivHpyyMXB4M-zaB7VB-ClcfLdf7InkMRN5niprbBjmO2A_dMgvav9SIfZp85ZMEFCovu8UALVWh7HFyjwmKzUojx2z0xYCw/s1600/IMG_3074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3SxRoL1YVPqaeC-q0K4jtDqnolrZYbgjL9HaHKNiJkNjivHpyyMXB4M-zaB7VB-ClcfLdf7InkMRN5niprbBjmO2A_dMgvav9SIfZp85ZMEFCovu8UALVWh7HFyjwmKzUojx2z0xYCw/s320/IMG_3074.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtvBciYkcbG6uZi-JvX_CS_0Xl17L-1nP91d_da_yH3wT5rVb5wRQv96KJIaifcCXTHS8UmOrvuzT7zVGeJujas7uyp1fdSbnSvUFzAhyphenhyphenzvwgHfCi59NndLWU7lb3vS9W8DVOcZ0RGEY/s1600/IMG_3080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtvBciYkcbG6uZi-JvX_CS_0Xl17L-1nP91d_da_yH3wT5rVb5wRQv96KJIaifcCXTHS8UmOrvuzT7zVGeJujas7uyp1fdSbnSvUFzAhyphenhyphenzvwgHfCi59NndLWU7lb3vS9W8DVOcZ0RGEY/s320/IMG_3080.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu1I8KQKhbh6FDRIHv2SdBuoFoxIVDkRVJ4YI-jkTmf9QcECeTwv0JqPiqTCo3MGqFDc3J6HVnWZdUofgvO-81b7aLjbk-AO-YkNRj9kX5wMRVDUNjsXdFpXodu7XdA1gnl717FTxlwA/s1600/IMG_3085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu1I8KQKhbh6FDRIHv2SdBuoFoxIVDkRVJ4YI-jkTmf9QcECeTwv0JqPiqTCo3MGqFDc3J6HVnWZdUofgvO-81b7aLjbk-AO-YkNRj9kX5wMRVDUNjsXdFpXodu7XdA1gnl717FTxlwA/s320/IMG_3085.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRzsThTLctHLmtLq9y9uhF9fUGPF-Glz3FOqp7OolovCzcvwkhO0Eome5sZ4ww2NEerycXdwRkamn6pO7v66ip0iIzpWT63jFwUSBits45dr7aD3vB8pKKNSUUwF3uWuDXSpZaoPPz-4/s1600/IMG_3102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRzsThTLctHLmtLq9y9uhF9fUGPF-Glz3FOqp7OolovCzcvwkhO0Eome5sZ4ww2NEerycXdwRkamn6pO7v66ip0iIzpWT63jFwUSBits45dr7aD3vB8pKKNSUUwF3uWuDXSpZaoPPz-4/s320/IMG_3102.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPvmsRE9R0PLCEm52nVHX_QYou0Vgjz-YWXP_SuBKzLxWrj7lEcvYDFA6FmcGICDEH_ScmJQuewwabqB9m1abwctbwGKjbwFsDasHrs-BgSKV8f2cg4dW1CrNt3xb0Ru2yKLVzIivta8/s1600/IMG_3107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPvmsRE9R0PLCEm52nVHX_QYou0Vgjz-YWXP_SuBKzLxWrj7lEcvYDFA6FmcGICDEH_ScmJQuewwabqB9m1abwctbwGKjbwFsDasHrs-BgSKV8f2cg4dW1CrNt3xb0Ru2yKLVzIivta8/s320/IMG_3107.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOCDs0zJv_p1NR_X_uSWVjP-MMnKt2AkSkQmqecsl9dMo9tbgga9sxNuZ5q-8uPl_a-ZPxbEKLs8Yxgb1mggPGJnsWR7OJnjcKkeZNZIO6XXwBvECsV1_T_rHt6U0jm_z5_EcfnjVMnE/s1600/IMG_3111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOCDs0zJv_p1NR_X_uSWVjP-MMnKt2AkSkQmqecsl9dMo9tbgga9sxNuZ5q-8uPl_a-ZPxbEKLs8Yxgb1mggPGJnsWR7OJnjcKkeZNZIO6XXwBvECsV1_T_rHt6U0jm_z5_EcfnjVMnE/s320/IMG_3111.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLywnoJBV8pfao0tSXdbX2baPOGmDIVJ4GqGaU7XATJrdmRxAYZ77igiG3Ak5kcTSE_CLzEgJ2nZ1QPo4qfJbc_AplCh3foAhllEKeqX_Kjt-IT7v7yRfKDuPqDjulS841oX49N9teZyY/s1600/IMG_3108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLywnoJBV8pfao0tSXdbX2baPOGmDIVJ4GqGaU7XATJrdmRxAYZ77igiG3Ak5kcTSE_CLzEgJ2nZ1QPo4qfJbc_AplCh3foAhllEKeqX_Kjt-IT7v7yRfKDuPqDjulS841oX49N9teZyY/s320/IMG_3108.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b>Baha'i Lotus Temple, Delhi:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMhTQvW55Eay2mb3xH2IWgKGbOLOGognooF38-OxYNHS8DjMzXCfXInYwjmmfo8GRPR145_2F2f2NfJR0zuxilaE_ts1Scuaf2EnzLChiVcihpgFpKbuv1e5wTt5vbZK-xwW9M3GC978/s1600/IMG_3117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMhTQvW55Eay2mb3xH2IWgKGbOLOGognooF38-OxYNHS8DjMzXCfXInYwjmmfo8GRPR145_2F2f2NfJR0zuxilaE_ts1Scuaf2EnzLChiVcihpgFpKbuv1e5wTt5vbZK-xwW9M3GC978/s320/IMG_3117.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxUvVoHTIpZTWiPEeoh5rZHB_yidmDaMCrnpSu_ig4mx2hx8bCOE2rUEAiNH3Z8RkAcHlat-XpA7jQhuSmE_jLn9rdGb8qBj7C6WjqUBGmgPoyfLxpVv2hG4KYEThIBG7Cgi6OGRl-K8/s1600/IMG_3114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxUvVoHTIpZTWiPEeoh5rZHB_yidmDaMCrnpSu_ig4mx2hx8bCOE2rUEAiNH3Z8RkAcHlat-XpA7jQhuSmE_jLn9rdGb8qBj7C6WjqUBGmgPoyfLxpVv2hG4KYEThIBG7Cgi6OGRl-K8/s320/IMG_3114.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowbSxfzynynl-7PTnn3Eq24ysxKzGMG4RexrpJjgMBlpwO88u95CfE5CGevyeMkHmSD7aO0ioVkzezYtL0Ib6_QeAsGkIULMMBUEtIaLQkiFE4ZcvpHrf4E9ZRbbVYK9C-LLA4w2llZk/s1600/IMG_3123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowbSxfzynynl-7PTnn3Eq24ysxKzGMG4RexrpJjgMBlpwO88u95CfE5CGevyeMkHmSD7aO0ioVkzezYtL0Ib6_QeAsGkIULMMBUEtIaLQkiFE4ZcvpHrf4E9ZRbbVYK9C-LLA4w2llZk/s320/IMG_3123.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJ76if-F7SPYKCBfWQNt24hlk6PHxVvrzh_d0ylc_BnXEjPZ1vQuykxZjNlJ0N_gBKVHXnm0zjTiVLXLZfIDt4jUijidVZZqh_GIbE-trtCvSvWxzLk2iWd0ECN7T1ahlW124680JS7o/s1600/IMG_3121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJ76if-F7SPYKCBfWQNt24hlk6PHxVvrzh_d0ylc_BnXEjPZ1vQuykxZjNlJ0N_gBKVHXnm0zjTiVLXLZfIDt4jUijidVZZqh_GIbE-trtCvSvWxzLk2iWd0ECN7T1ahlW124680JS7o/s320/IMG_3121.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKGJZQfWeRQ39Vy3NIEARUaHDejXgX7JOVwzED0aDmxIFDKXvKVNahAIsMrCs7aY1Yi3Fp7t9ZkkpHilwbcSHThEPt4RoCeLklzq5jo2jW0KD0hqLHS9g0cOpg_Lq4rXrrKhXtqphRCI/s1600/IMG_3124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNy4c2nNA5hLUZUsUeDHAm6bm4Rt0ryYIoSYZA5Wnq7EqbHSEEBZn66JmMkv3PT23qN_V3BDXBMgMWEWy420SPAdSDo88g79U2K8vsejsC4avg3iJ5cHTJg8FI2a6uiqQIYpyNpREQMA/s1600/IMG_3129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNy4c2nNA5hLUZUsUeDHAm6bm4Rt0ryYIoSYZA5Wnq7EqbHSEEBZn66JmMkv3PT23qN_V3BDXBMgMWEWy420SPAdSDo88g79U2K8vsejsC4avg3iJ5cHTJg8FI2a6uiqQIYpyNpREQMA/s320/IMG_3129.JPG" width="238" /></a><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKGJZQfWeRQ39Vy3NIEARUaHDejXgX7JOVwzED0aDmxIFDKXvKVNahAIsMrCs7aY1Yi3Fp7t9ZkkpHilwbcSHThEPt4RoCeLklzq5jo2jW0KD0hqLHS9g0cOpg_Lq4rXrrKhXtqphRCI/s320/IMG_3124.JPG" width="238" /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjU2gcFZf8_6_Gf-0soI9ysfQVORk4cn-dJpnVwEkV6Rdf8a15iP5F0AE-XGzkmLAuzd8s3h0Ij2MYkDLNzBZHu2rYVbBtrbgu63G5ADRWrCED7zB1KADfZ9_Ao1B3hjBmd6cqmLASmA/s1600/IMG_3130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjU2gcFZf8_6_Gf-0soI9ysfQVORk4cn-dJpnVwEkV6Rdf8a15iP5F0AE-XGzkmLAuzd8s3h0Ij2MYkDLNzBZHu2rYVbBtrbgu63G5ADRWrCED7zB1KADfZ9_Ao1B3hjBmd6cqmLASmA/s320/IMG_3130.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1SXyg9glSRQ9lkC1ADB_yW24q8IAbrqmFUPpHQE1MHnK7-EpbFEi1jYtXoeHirO_DqJGY862F4s-Q3prfkamPrLd6xY1a6vZPjfQBV-Il9KTBR51ypwv9xs8YN2pndhGTA1s1IbGpKw/s1600/IMG_3126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1SXyg9glSRQ9lkC1ADB_yW24q8IAbrqmFUPpHQE1MHnK7-EpbFEi1jYtXoeHirO_DqJGY862F4s-Q3prfkamPrLd6xY1a6vZPjfQBV-Il9KTBR51ypwv9xs8YN2pndhGTA1s1IbGpKw/s320/IMG_3126.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYxS8cKguKB47qC05LNHUnBdU2nKCk8t_LvJNDS-o1dGHEmpn0ETffz-TBL2Mrehc7LLu18FgC1E6HMZWql7RD2yb2uG0NpNtyMnT5gzN8079FIxx_TrfeEcC_MFudqh3tKTz0pGaLvA/s1600/IMG_3131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYxS8cKguKB47qC05LNHUnBdU2nKCk8t_LvJNDS-o1dGHEmpn0ETffz-TBL2Mrehc7LLu18FgC1E6HMZWql7RD2yb2uG0NpNtyMnT5gzN8079FIxx_TrfeEcC_MFudqh3tKTz0pGaLvA/s320/IMG_3131.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b>National Museum, Delhi: </b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2R50pJiDXhzk2AsoBmK3QtVZUh81XNC1UjHT0JFaZVegbhmSye7n_9MLb2pFVZ-KAu3O5rKNqBke2MMY2oURp8q0ZAR0qbwVoTsL0FPYgqSlZMKbgXwl96Lo_kzRo_L49OeZPga3eTM/s1600/IMG_3136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2R50pJiDXhzk2AsoBmK3QtVZUh81XNC1UjHT0JFaZVegbhmSye7n_9MLb2pFVZ-KAu3O5rKNqBke2MMY2oURp8q0ZAR0qbwVoTsL0FPYgqSlZMKbgXwl96Lo_kzRo_L49OeZPga3eTM/s320/IMG_3136.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpojn-0MYA1pgiXqMMc1_nynpsUX4Dsrh7SrMetZxBknewqSLPWFEygx-PjFGdofHGSfkb6RrZBPl9p_EtA_jlNAM9YB31o2LlusZttqr9HAqOMDjiecbGjvtICeAyspCqkvHwiPSl9Iw/s1600/IMG_3135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpojn-0MYA1pgiXqMMc1_nynpsUX4Dsrh7SrMetZxBknewqSLPWFEygx-PjFGdofHGSfkb6RrZBPl9p_EtA_jlNAM9YB31o2LlusZttqr9HAqOMDjiecbGjvtICeAyspCqkvHwiPSl9Iw/s320/IMG_3135.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rnOG7US808I3BCaBK_HKozYffYsIoAYG6F0rQAw-03GDXAVk3T-Ki2RGvp2yH1p_NM0ALmRo5Kd_tj0hfb36_4dxGfdapyv-rNQHMxcGD23uu4lFGqHRDo3GBPrFZK7hZeoczeU1gLc/s1600/DSC00666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rnOG7US808I3BCaBK_HKozYffYsIoAYG6F0rQAw-03GDXAVk3T-Ki2RGvp2yH1p_NM0ALmRo5Kd_tj0hfb36_4dxGfdapyv-rNQHMxcGD23uu4lFGqHRDo3GBPrFZK7hZeoczeU1gLc/s320/DSC00666.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4M7tm4bLFaafcvquTzL8Qk0-Dipm1ZrxpuaWSC7CBLHGEbMKpcJXKkDALL2Fv2OqOb2cj3vIeFcwqO-76uRf9gjtvyvkhHxGD6U81DChERsIbKDSCOcGLEY9wO1IQFrLu5r_w-Buik8/s1600/DSC00679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4M7tm4bLFaafcvquTzL8Qk0-Dipm1ZrxpuaWSC7CBLHGEbMKpcJXKkDALL2Fv2OqOb2cj3vIeFcwqO-76uRf9gjtvyvkhHxGD6U81DChERsIbKDSCOcGLEY9wO1IQFrLu5r_w-Buik8/s320/DSC00679.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6dc0nlTc8xOOz9cLgTNaGN-g-xod23bWNE2L7HXkvwWjRLwrNX55qUxVZCtd4ou-JdHSFxHjujoGOP0HPweVEtJDcW_ZIaEIJlan7LN8nQDbBsg1tqvqEcLan08lUEVOHXNSWglPyw4/s1600/DSC00674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6dc0nlTc8xOOz9cLgTNaGN-g-xod23bWNE2L7HXkvwWjRLwrNX55qUxVZCtd4ou-JdHSFxHjujoGOP0HPweVEtJDcW_ZIaEIJlan7LN8nQDbBsg1tqvqEcLan08lUEVOHXNSWglPyw4/s320/DSC00674.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GlJ3fmHXPdZqIm_3_2NbLKENESXvzzzwxjxfJCExHkJ701Ay7dm3ZPsph_LzE9fsrTJ1VcoCg6Bv8cwbe4QQQAtCqr-4nHNPcR75e0W9P1cde8o3OQtbg6CW_tLB9A6O0NrJmSehu1g/s1600/DSC00684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GlJ3fmHXPdZqIm_3_2NbLKENESXvzzzwxjxfJCExHkJ701Ay7dm3ZPsph_LzE9fsrTJ1VcoCg6Bv8cwbe4QQQAtCqr-4nHNPcR75e0W9P1cde8o3OQtbg6CW_tLB9A6O0NrJmSehu1g/s320/DSC00684.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7U44zQVMaekpZ1ZqOtRDPsf3MCsIXZFYrM4jHN7i1zkmVKWl5PGOGaQE0IEm14A7SdgXlQ0CT1BoMoC3bqCKhuGgs4P_Wq2CiAI5JK-gmiwCFA1BL-iTO8qi9LrG4v3qaC8ByWvBUfM/s1600/DSC00691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7U44zQVMaekpZ1ZqOtRDPsf3MCsIXZFYrM4jHN7i1zkmVKWl5PGOGaQE0IEm14A7SdgXlQ0CT1BoMoC3bqCKhuGgs4P_Wq2CiAI5JK-gmiwCFA1BL-iTO8qi9LrG4v3qaC8ByWvBUfM/s320/DSC00691.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9oVe9T5fqkCAQkSPinX5-7BhnSOeKsrrdhjfKIRelMF-EL321A1JXkIGWzigE24OGRY9954wpu1z3-5jS2AJU9xMTNjBHgYIPFMXnvfKK71QeKeLaQbccHicz-wHATbneALqmJl_DLE/s1600/DSC00696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9oVe9T5fqkCAQkSPinX5-7BhnSOeKsrrdhjfKIRelMF-EL321A1JXkIGWzigE24OGRY9954wpu1z3-5jS2AJU9xMTNjBHgYIPFMXnvfKK71QeKeLaQbccHicz-wHATbneALqmJl_DLE/s320/DSC00696.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqm8ConRFMBDOFsb5Gzw_KaKlEEu-7N3PgmOFUj75j8tPqu3ejNofEbwikh9Oh3u-2IdqShpB88cvVrco8wEmjzK4vC6oxY5UawodHQ7y8C3wg5-N_f7o7AyVpK5kqpwXJUAiYzUKYX0/s1600/DSC00704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqm8ConRFMBDOFsb5Gzw_KaKlEEu-7N3PgmOFUj75j8tPqu3ejNofEbwikh9Oh3u-2IdqShpB88cvVrco8wEmjzK4vC6oxY5UawodHQ7y8C3wg5-N_f7o7AyVpK5kqpwXJUAiYzUKYX0/s320/DSC00704.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_fMduqNb5OPRkZVpCXyddZMtqzUGqy3Kk8PEXE_BxoBWK7iKqWvykIH3ELGd1J_08iiKH7y7VgF3wQIHgWgfYON4trUUPkPKDt8lvKh9nWuUuI_Pj_mYIBMoIVDNXf_Qb3l9NwoT_B0/s1600/DSC00708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_fMduqNb5OPRkZVpCXyddZMtqzUGqy3Kk8PEXE_BxoBWK7iKqWvykIH3ELGd1J_08iiKH7y7VgF3wQIHgWgfYON4trUUPkPKDt8lvKh9nWuUuI_Pj_mYIBMoIVDNXf_Qb3l9NwoT_B0/s320/DSC00708.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SJiczsofn9DPGHyXCGukKnd46fuWJJdPLqa1CColNmIgiKMgiouRT24BTEkZ2QfmudZyPyBvr-y028UArMr7oo5CODghpp8beNfnvjthMfIQLYc4Ts7W68dHqRT1KXhiE2iwgpuLod0/s1600/DSC00781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SJiczsofn9DPGHyXCGukKnd46fuWJJdPLqa1CColNmIgiKMgiouRT24BTEkZ2QfmudZyPyBvr-y028UArMr7oo5CODghpp8beNfnvjthMfIQLYc4Ts7W68dHqRT1KXhiE2iwgpuLod0/s320/DSC00781.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAeASiHXEu3wzegVWaNAQhu0X2GfEPEy6lspfSfbpCveZ3pxb0ePRMSpZScZXnIQZTaRLoWp3Fb_yuMLr7lMnNHKFR5c7Ff7tqUXFywRD05KvZyQTQFoU8c2ZSkLED7nKNzZWAxfB6YJs/s1600/DSC00730.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAeASiHXEu3wzegVWaNAQhu0X2GfEPEy6lspfSfbpCveZ3pxb0ePRMSpZScZXnIQZTaRLoWp3Fb_yuMLr7lMnNHKFR5c7Ff7tqUXFywRD05KvZyQTQFoU8c2ZSkLED7nKNzZWAxfB6YJs/s320/DSC00730.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hyphenhyphenbDmBo7TihtvQkNH1UfuT8oC7FPlGzHWDBDiKYJuh6Q_BoJakJialaX-nTMBGXFBgN4lYXQYCAW_Xfab1RL4JxezBYqQMyVd1mXI3iebzU2Saze9qFwua02QAyKocAVUGNi_b4EpBM/s1600/DSC00758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hyphenhyphenbDmBo7TihtvQkNH1UfuT8oC7FPlGzHWDBDiKYJuh6Q_BoJakJialaX-nTMBGXFBgN4lYXQYCAW_Xfab1RL4JxezBYqQMyVd1mXI3iebzU2Saze9qFwua02QAyKocAVUGNi_b4EpBM/s320/DSC00758.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Y3gTZycOs1EuH_8n16eseWu66N8PPdirihzKLnXRrtmin7JNct_-OpRIS_467d_vCpMpN-SNXvk1WwFRuReC35sQ92jbm4K_Orjyh85g5tNMOIHokn3HFe3J0pSeFQ3lFpl05OHp_tY/s1600/DSC00723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Y3gTZycOs1EuH_8n16eseWu66N8PPdirihzKLnXRrtmin7JNct_-OpRIS_467d_vCpMpN-SNXvk1WwFRuReC35sQ92jbm4K_Orjyh85g5tNMOIHokn3HFe3J0pSeFQ3lFpl05OHp_tY/s320/DSC00723.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkQYAeT-4QxM_7MwxlpOOWwRKsuz87RPwSWgoFy0DaIuxJVsM7GEfjBUoT39DWx4FZzMwkOnfhh0Qh341OrnE78Xf7Nw3hOTsTddqRn7m-zXOZH8wDk8ghbfboaR8ECRhBSIi4MrVINQ/s1600/DSC00709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkQYAeT-4QxM_7MwxlpOOWwRKsuz87RPwSWgoFy0DaIuxJVsM7GEfjBUoT39DWx4FZzMwkOnfhh0Qh341OrnE78Xf7Nw3hOTsTddqRn7m-zXOZH8wDk8ghbfboaR8ECRhBSIi4MrVINQ/s320/DSC00709.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0akspjWMlXSUNC8oJ5NofKiDOa1id8RtMIpDh9YvWetctQX1ICFjfLZGSZIkjZv4rT9P14uF-Ln6BbnITSIiwaM7et0lA1ycRoNERRuYIk8wmLWHPMLceb1mfaEiqoGOyn4C82BXBnQ4/s1600/DSC00790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0akspjWMlXSUNC8oJ5NofKiDOa1id8RtMIpDh9YvWetctQX1ICFjfLZGSZIkjZv4rT9P14uF-Ln6BbnITSIiwaM7et0lA1ycRoNERRuYIk8wmLWHPMLceb1mfaEiqoGOyn4C82BXBnQ4/s320/DSC00790.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLgTERr8crgG3RVZntEZ0XQ40Ldgs8Dy8EZ3a-l94vEXt_DXxl1Zs7Z4WTTFYMOQPHIPAEG2BXSzHWiJEj7nhv9wfLGTFRAGZT0P7k6CWM4ir4wdVckdbnUG3oBJEQN3s9a0bW8pm5ac/s1600/DSC00727.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLgTERr8crgG3RVZntEZ0XQ40Ldgs8Dy8EZ3a-l94vEXt_DXxl1Zs7Z4WTTFYMOQPHIPAEG2BXSzHWiJEj7nhv9wfLGTFRAGZT0P7k6CWM4ir4wdVckdbnUG3oBJEQN3s9a0bW8pm5ac/s320/DSC00727.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMTYKEjO5oiAEaGv1RhoiPJvT6gbqcm7lntggYqBNtSDv6YeyND7jtdGnA-hJ-iTtJw50mLyV8QmbrGMFdb9SoSDgCdxfYUJbsphkwS0XEz3fmzG1aR93QnYCwHKjx-RhVYeqQaEa4Ew/s1600/DSC00788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMTYKEjO5oiAEaGv1RhoiPJvT6gbqcm7lntggYqBNtSDv6YeyND7jtdGnA-hJ-iTtJw50mLyV8QmbrGMFdb9SoSDgCdxfYUJbsphkwS0XEz3fmzG1aR93QnYCwHKjx-RhVYeqQaEa4Ew/s320/DSC00788.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Ranthambhore National Forest, Rajasthan:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmrWDxo4j8axsXbK-ibcASvHNF_-oB3t2n32n2kwf4fZX1CShLn7c9eygc9yyI9pUb25lltTklwHqTlHOM56ZmrbZ24RuYJiN4h8rCWI9jzQ5jJ6ZKSR2M0vmp33wCsPRkZ1WTq6aUHQ/s1600/DSC01164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmrWDxo4j8axsXbK-ibcASvHNF_-oB3t2n32n2kwf4fZX1CShLn7c9eygc9yyI9pUb25lltTklwHqTlHOM56ZmrbZ24RuYJiN4h8rCWI9jzQ5jJ6ZKSR2M0vmp33wCsPRkZ1WTq6aUHQ/s320/DSC01164.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiad00i4VpNdE0Ku8GY5Mx2ios2n4FxfKdM0UeQEPIY-XEEhhdhB0rkrVOXPGOtY2kqGPW4aIV2lQQU3MYaPY3EtAIg4uHK15qVzmYFRBVicPvtiI9ODRY34WAEvMjIMhHgLgoQOCQh0UE/s1600/DSC01166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiad00i4VpNdE0Ku8GY5Mx2ios2n4FxfKdM0UeQEPIY-XEEhhdhB0rkrVOXPGOtY2kqGPW4aIV2lQQU3MYaPY3EtAIg4uHK15qVzmYFRBVicPvtiI9ODRY34WAEvMjIMhHgLgoQOCQh0UE/s320/DSC01166.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohGeu9LIjSVGmulbpZYCviRwoRkZsCed-ZVQnkUczPV68Dd_UHDcBajcsqaa3LZprjULCDNEYwg_5o2xSgeEdui2tJQ3gdd5jbg1UG0uMqYc0BlQaPiIPsuLOBEmZBju86oRbZc6IW9E/s1600/DSC01168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohGeu9LIjSVGmulbpZYCviRwoRkZsCed-ZVQnkUczPV68Dd_UHDcBajcsqaa3LZprjULCDNEYwg_5o2xSgeEdui2tJQ3gdd5jbg1UG0uMqYc0BlQaPiIPsuLOBEmZBju86oRbZc6IW9E/s320/DSC01168.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KYEgIWJ3MCSPLDUUlcwQgMiZhqgU7BhvyCQ4FYGpMacOwdVwvr8Wt-M2YFxJkQvohXmtolPBgNibkpElIP9zX3xqHoFSUTgOWHTsaGXCl9GiYaOVVnm0OpncfXcXjI7OCsaFo_TA1-0/s1600/DSC01170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KYEgIWJ3MCSPLDUUlcwQgMiZhqgU7BhvyCQ4FYGpMacOwdVwvr8Wt-M2YFxJkQvohXmtolPBgNibkpElIP9zX3xqHoFSUTgOWHTsaGXCl9GiYaOVVnm0OpncfXcXjI7OCsaFo_TA1-0/s320/DSC01170.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2LW-fRdXdcazMBIoQ3pMH3ygmFooG6zUkz1-QpPUpKeRZ00siUMi18z7mg9lRXyZg5-xwm7g4qCmbXXsURBpIPPtLJtiorximgj6JlplCdaJAjlvUYGZ-oi_Zd9-hgEutMJ91m_ToEM/s1600/DSC01172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2LW-fRdXdcazMBIoQ3pMH3ygmFooG6zUkz1-QpPUpKeRZ00siUMi18z7mg9lRXyZg5-xwm7g4qCmbXXsURBpIPPtLJtiorximgj6JlplCdaJAjlvUYGZ-oi_Zd9-hgEutMJ91m_ToEM/s320/DSC01172.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0Gga7Oc649yD-7Kj1UyVn1J5SGWcmObShNulPcMe-7blenPdMFSltKpP9RX_4yoU-67w6hX-AafW8A6Lfegy8jv-EH8TL13vPW48q9aHs9KlBxz5PNn91FVqilaFS06s_bdgoDRX79s/s1600/DSC01173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0Gga7Oc649yD-7Kj1UyVn1J5SGWcmObShNulPcMe-7blenPdMFSltKpP9RX_4yoU-67w6hX-AafW8A6Lfegy8jv-EH8TL13vPW48q9aHs9KlBxz5PNn91FVqilaFS06s_bdgoDRX79s/s320/DSC01173.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NhgkOOGxZrGy3wyzj-LpmUblQsHOvxFu502L15nkHDJ97TbhKtV0m4pmQtoe6e-r1FC1Auz4hMORje0KptooyefmcsKNKG6_PhcW_kwKTthweUNOdaIrnUmbLg0nzeI59voQF_AVGGw/s1600/DSC01177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NhgkOOGxZrGy3wyzj-LpmUblQsHOvxFu502L15nkHDJ97TbhKtV0m4pmQtoe6e-r1FC1Auz4hMORje0KptooyefmcsKNKG6_PhcW_kwKTthweUNOdaIrnUmbLg0nzeI59voQF_AVGGw/s320/DSC01177.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vZ5lkPM0xd3yNMs3jhKOolTv168Xp0E58RJ-X5OeBc2gyqnsXu1WQbdG94EDJORcGQxTpYD1ZOgqM9F49gHfzDTH4CHjbKYXUeQVF8o6tLBVs0QfSj4k2g0ox33CoWEUWpsp0i83Kss/s1600/DSC01192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vZ5lkPM0xd3yNMs3jhKOolTv168Xp0E58RJ-X5OeBc2gyqnsXu1WQbdG94EDJORcGQxTpYD1ZOgqM9F49gHfzDTH4CHjbKYXUeQVF8o6tLBVs0QfSj4k2g0ox33CoWEUWpsp0i83Kss/s320/DSC01192.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPO0i2iGWJNf3pkplQjETPBTLFy6StjY9HhTILZ_NftIWs4etb4IMcr1SLa43ZmHhlDqTEkkH-sDYK7Sgxjx4W36YysLthxO6ktEbOHRiUFdD0uzZ8u2cbd5TBj9CqwcEdS4hXlLaLpAA/s1600/DSC01207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPO0i2iGWJNf3pkplQjETPBTLFy6StjY9HhTILZ_NftIWs4etb4IMcr1SLa43ZmHhlDqTEkkH-sDYK7Sgxjx4W36YysLthxO6ktEbOHRiUFdD0uzZ8u2cbd5TBj9CqwcEdS4hXlLaLpAA/s320/DSC01207.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9D2xA_ooS6U4W3xEnSqXNarDKR6kGVKSD6ZYbVWw9ytcB6okuhM1yqRBFeEUpwiqAJ4hXAl8kkQXISAiAKQR1EZJd0Qjr2IiM9IxtyzctlLZUlW2eVfUTmNx3KzTZDVP9g0oYAzxITE/s1600/DSC01213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9D2xA_ooS6U4W3xEnSqXNarDKR6kGVKSD6ZYbVWw9ytcB6okuhM1yqRBFeEUpwiqAJ4hXAl8kkQXISAiAKQR1EZJd0Qjr2IiM9IxtyzctlLZUlW2eVfUTmNx3KzTZDVP9g0oYAzxITE/s320/DSC01213.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZg-p1QDU9EDb8MJPwUWoZAxLf-bcqr3IHlNR6kT6A5f9hVvjM93BvhkLChEujRjthwN0Mr2GkNWqOhyPrmXqDH4DFztJjmi_ZwP7HTztQXlKwS8-tKIhSH3frCHc0pPHZDqM1Em11R3Q/s1600/DSC01216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZg-p1QDU9EDb8MJPwUWoZAxLf-bcqr3IHlNR6kT6A5f9hVvjM93BvhkLChEujRjthwN0Mr2GkNWqOhyPrmXqDH4DFztJjmi_ZwP7HTztQXlKwS8-tKIhSH3frCHc0pPHZDqM1Em11R3Q/s320/DSC01216.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJBZp4y3VkBseKcTBIBBS7qSphiVC3ANh7ntehlr-AJXkt1V8E2mz7iHA977T1D8EBM04DS5bgB_QmZwbZY4xGy6SC9UdtxmcoTsMC9RQNhXpbCohtdDU7LSgL1woC2RBtYPckBPddxo/s1600/DSC01217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJBZp4y3VkBseKcTBIBBS7qSphiVC3ANh7ntehlr-AJXkt1V8E2mz7iHA977T1D8EBM04DS5bgB_QmZwbZY4xGy6SC9UdtxmcoTsMC9RQNhXpbCohtdDU7LSgL1woC2RBtYPckBPddxo/s320/DSC01217.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBt9Cdt4tgXFFw2XHMvfQ6poiCO3ISOCbu7JHB58iC7tGuyqMV8JNvt_WHUCCPAs4oXnPQ2ifavQ1aylyTREnhCTI944KkYEF-su3Aramf5VkHlOgDgipKLtNZ3RbqApg-aeePNgctupM/s1600/DSC01245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBt9Cdt4tgXFFw2XHMvfQ6poiCO3ISOCbu7JHB58iC7tGuyqMV8JNvt_WHUCCPAs4oXnPQ2ifavQ1aylyTREnhCTI944KkYEF-su3Aramf5VkHlOgDgipKLtNZ3RbqApg-aeePNgctupM/s320/DSC01245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX2IIhz_Nu8FjpyU3hj74IIi8PwgB2G29iNe9r-8lUOl5_6xZXbtTqPu9If6RY8H21oyeGKYZ741617kxyrhYe_s182jniaRgfvajHoNu7_nOJTSH83HVLlP5GdPgQ4alDnefZhocc0M/s1600/DSC01257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX2IIhz_Nu8FjpyU3hj74IIi8PwgB2G29iNe9r-8lUOl5_6xZXbtTqPu9If6RY8H21oyeGKYZ741617kxyrhYe_s182jniaRgfvajHoNu7_nOJTSH83HVLlP5GdPgQ4alDnefZhocc0M/s320/DSC01257.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58kmQtthOQGAZZE7EMaXbrJgzIHF1BBMqyhpnyp31Sbg9ss3waIBdk5L3Qi32oXlj0IRX8KvRRJiutnK8k_5knPz8D6ypv71UEBcwpFepRzVflJIClm8sEL5svm7Mjx8YJMqW22Uvs6I/s1600/DSC01259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58kmQtthOQGAZZE7EMaXbrJgzIHF1BBMqyhpnyp31Sbg9ss3waIBdk5L3Qi32oXlj0IRX8KvRRJiutnK8k_5knPz8D6ypv71UEBcwpFepRzVflJIClm8sEL5svm7Mjx8YJMqW22Uvs6I/s320/DSC01259.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BiRYhAFNzaXmVwyX3IsO6Cbsw22z6FaSCCFweRJmyJNpAeyuWN_ayIDfj90WnvD9OZuvMj7Dwr4ba5akJ6Z1dkur2uuBMAkKnMaEPNY6DAyTy1KrH6rX7ItwqPOTr5ym3Wis9lS8wFI/s1600/DSC01262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BiRYhAFNzaXmVwyX3IsO6Cbsw22z6FaSCCFweRJmyJNpAeyuWN_ayIDfj90WnvD9OZuvMj7Dwr4ba5akJ6Z1dkur2uuBMAkKnMaEPNY6DAyTy1KrH6rX7ItwqPOTr5ym3Wis9lS8wFI/s320/DSC01262.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcdovryEZNO9BcVtow3_famgyz57TCjkaUgmCOv6p-oQ9flzXZvPGV4Ez8CBigT59bESElM0VhsWt1Dud30cY_KSaGxnpzbTih4LrpGqh3gHPwdnDDLXkyrKRvOBZ7mnIeywsgtEzlXA/s1600/DSC01271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcdovryEZNO9BcVtow3_famgyz57TCjkaUgmCOv6p-oQ9flzXZvPGV4Ez8CBigT59bESElM0VhsWt1Dud30cY_KSaGxnpzbTih4LrpGqh3gHPwdnDDLXkyrKRvOBZ7mnIeywsgtEzlXA/s320/DSC01271.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEl8HQg7ccNOGsD0v72Zr-Xd5KPaC4n_dxfZtrVfVbUkv9g0lyxkLw-TU9OqkH-yfvzSQ-zW143V3V7ZRitP7OzU4NkVohhuJR4xxL9B6hezLGqaokmPlk9rElENzgLviyM1RRIaTruuE/s1600/DSC01273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEl8HQg7ccNOGsD0v72Zr-Xd5KPaC4n_dxfZtrVfVbUkv9g0lyxkLw-TU9OqkH-yfvzSQ-zW143V3V7ZRitP7OzU4NkVohhuJR4xxL9B6hezLGqaokmPlk9rElENzgLviyM1RRIaTruuE/s320/DSC01273.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjWijPylX72wjdbqcsD6Hrtrokt_VL3OAyhbtC1JQNywY3-6ELuSloSPS6trKLjrc0iLBg63nkjtfQNoxS7xkeDQ4HmHke6Bi_v-_Uo8bqsM2bpHqm6qBQCIuL90skbVmvo34NZrrtng/s1600/DSC01277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjWijPylX72wjdbqcsD6Hrtrokt_VL3OAyhbtC1JQNywY3-6ELuSloSPS6trKLjrc0iLBg63nkjtfQNoxS7xkeDQ4HmHke6Bi_v-_Uo8bqsM2bpHqm6qBQCIuL90skbVmvo34NZrrtng/s320/DSC01277.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKHN2aXZlr0q9tWjpD5Y1jp130kMkUEemnWusTAo1ji3PLpc8N1yOGDVFsDgOW78Odm6s-EyrzzQX1CLk-AOiZTvwFYxWefcb14AfPx6MV3BnfvWdR7ZGieuMH6OjtqbKixa1dFj2fq4/s1600/DSC01278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKHN2aXZlr0q9tWjpD5Y1jp130kMkUEemnWusTAo1ji3PLpc8N1yOGDVFsDgOW78Odm6s-EyrzzQX1CLk-AOiZTvwFYxWefcb14AfPx6MV3BnfvWdR7ZGieuMH6OjtqbKixa1dFj2fq4/s320/DSC01278.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvI-8EU8P9Tnwr3UO64I5luR-37xJAvwO5FqqKNcyv32DDVGj7gY9xG2Q0b3KzSM_l97OoPvAyZV4_SKqMCGcctwB_QfJkYQYHGptDMAo1O7JuG6L13fKtbR56XVlWF-e4sv7NJqVrpU/s1600/DSC01280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvI-8EU8P9Tnwr3UO64I5luR-37xJAvwO5FqqKNcyv32DDVGj7gY9xG2Q0b3KzSM_l97OoPvAyZV4_SKqMCGcctwB_QfJkYQYHGptDMAo1O7JuG6L13fKtbR56XVlWF-e4sv7NJqVrpU/s320/DSC01280.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Daiq1eejGUwUVt2fyT6e7FDDG_EQ1qmMfD7Qb9J4WlIgNpkfYwVuK0XrlJTJlyPLnnOc-q5FxdNr7LrjcjhGn39uFUGZ53a39Z9v5Pfl595Z16kSWyuVrtk586LORZar7SrEFqZT99Q/s1600/DSC01282.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Daiq1eejGUwUVt2fyT6e7FDDG_EQ1qmMfD7Qb9J4WlIgNpkfYwVuK0XrlJTJlyPLnnOc-q5FxdNr7LrjcjhGn39uFUGZ53a39Z9v5Pfl595Z16kSWyuVrtk586LORZar7SrEFqZT99Q/s320/DSC01282.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7m65BNpCTd1ho4qGNSqA8b2sptnp8OWQk4fI7-btQ-k6Zt-eFHYuN3vsn7QCHCx2QTeJPuvdDVX0kmdWuSgyqDgHKPPWc9YgODRQgAG50-Xxe82GtpxHS0YSYyoci2QNW_g8Q8coYLw/s1600/DSC01289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7m65BNpCTd1ho4qGNSqA8b2sptnp8OWQk4fI7-btQ-k6Zt-eFHYuN3vsn7QCHCx2QTeJPuvdDVX0kmdWuSgyqDgHKPPWc9YgODRQgAG50-Xxe82GtpxHS0YSYyoci2QNW_g8Q8coYLw/s320/DSC01289.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_DldpWLTh6yYylBvL1rECU68koPMScVYTZXBFqb7WbHNvsySJhjq402e3wpSbwD2PI6TwE99VEkTDOKh9fp-KTgEotuIMsJXDi5W22fou32YvTGPY6t8yJimkC5FlSiVgronYp6SMow/s1600/DSC01295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_DldpWLTh6yYylBvL1rECU68koPMScVYTZXBFqb7WbHNvsySJhjq402e3wpSbwD2PI6TwE99VEkTDOKh9fp-KTgEotuIMsJXDi5W22fou32YvTGPY6t8yJimkC5FlSiVgronYp6SMow/s320/DSC01295.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEQdAZxENdDCA1OJdwZAL9WwbBcoT7VOjL1kh2xaRR4iTiVDLfre0RFxZwEMpLayubVlJfcX9TX4J8INzcdAnZzrq0RyFoLIvr9aWjqO8etXNoikLgMTrc2X2h1DR2MP4ZJ8w-Q3jD7A/s1600/DSC01297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEQdAZxENdDCA1OJdwZAL9WwbBcoT7VOjL1kh2xaRR4iTiVDLfre0RFxZwEMpLayubVlJfcX9TX4J8INzcdAnZzrq0RyFoLIvr9aWjqO8etXNoikLgMTrc2X2h1DR2MP4ZJ8w-Q3jD7A/s320/DSC01297.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MpbvkobYEoBnvIjb6tNpRpGODBgtlHens70_YUeMpFV0H_QFQI3UkohALW_ri1eL5HG_dFi4ppjqWuZ26KsVlzKT8YzetH1Lf35akgg38qsOOc0kihmFqgBhMPOj5sLKS9SmhYkNuDk/s1600/DSC01305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MpbvkobYEoBnvIjb6tNpRpGODBgtlHens70_YUeMpFV0H_QFQI3UkohALW_ri1eL5HG_dFi4ppjqWuZ26KsVlzKT8YzetH1Lf35akgg38qsOOc0kihmFqgBhMPOj5sLKS9SmhYkNuDk/s320/DSC01305.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4gd5c3E_jRflmM-ba5ygVUtGpQlHFypYirKjG-IigoKj4YwwZvSNcZ7lx20POxvqmeCOBt7H5EF0jCROSp0UeUOWxS-Pt9v6-dLdHjMPTTPGHl0X5TqB7J_v7TmaCRCqQT9njxdKVJ4/s1600/DSC01315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4gd5c3E_jRflmM-ba5ygVUtGpQlHFypYirKjG-IigoKj4YwwZvSNcZ7lx20POxvqmeCOBt7H5EF0jCROSp0UeUOWxS-Pt9v6-dLdHjMPTTPGHl0X5TqB7J_v7TmaCRCqQT9njxdKVJ4/s320/DSC01315.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir55THL_tkDMm_VpIs0RnUwbjwMF_edkkfhUtSL3gBMRt8HZTipo38Y0FtaxRjMTEgo-9a6eOlXMDpmJ4caggdEJLNkO97we0A8gjA3rC47B1orux9kH4TKEAS1xr-NiI6_i3TtPbejaA/s1600/DSC01324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir55THL_tkDMm_VpIs0RnUwbjwMF_edkkfhUtSL3gBMRt8HZTipo38Y0FtaxRjMTEgo-9a6eOlXMDpmJ4caggdEJLNkO97we0A8gjA3rC47B1orux9kH4TKEAS1xr-NiI6_i3TtPbejaA/s320/DSC01324.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeEhEc_BWjAjyCI_1dibTqJ2C16ImHkmLWlR_tpxts1AqMDsOLtgj6FKaIBCK2yfxN4wsL_BIMnwuw_86tY9ErDJ1Rtmt8aX7I62PX4_WVcrmgrbs-8axDbViPNcmqXdsJoOihSxIUC0/s1600/DSC01333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeEhEc_BWjAjyCI_1dibTqJ2C16ImHkmLWlR_tpxts1AqMDsOLtgj6FKaIBCK2yfxN4wsL_BIMnwuw_86tY9ErDJ1Rtmt8aX7I62PX4_WVcrmgrbs-8axDbViPNcmqXdsJoOihSxIUC0/s320/DSC01333.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbYgVdUT99K0bXBxcCBmC-YOBL6yJ4L-3kLw5rhfMdimVXAKiofO4_LvdvY9JtTf_579tW_wOWLhTZz5b7De6O6_FU5xJCL0jmW-qS1axwBHxt7Nl1ZjAnk3gDzym82FK-LQaWTVpqU8/s1600/DSC01350.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbYgVdUT99K0bXBxcCBmC-YOBL6yJ4L-3kLw5rhfMdimVXAKiofO4_LvdvY9JtTf_579tW_wOWLhTZz5b7De6O6_FU5xJCL0jmW-qS1axwBHxt7Nl1ZjAnk3gDzym82FK-LQaWTVpqU8/s320/DSC01350.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBQVmiX3Zdvoga11W9X5kRKMAgXKp8G_B1S2747iYyKHHFHfu2V0yobytQcZODOwFIY3IaWl_U7QJXwHEG6h8twvm3UM2N2UKJfMZ2rJHevYZhH6N8Ggc-6Q4P98eswddrQdM9msO_-U/s1600/DSC01346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBQVmiX3Zdvoga11W9X5kRKMAgXKp8G_B1S2747iYyKHHFHfu2V0yobytQcZODOwFIY3IaWl_U7QJXwHEG6h8twvm3UM2N2UKJfMZ2rJHevYZhH6N8Ggc-6Q4P98eswddrQdM9msO_-U/s320/DSC01346.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgMCl8Cdh5Lt9e0z75pISp-1M-CZXX_aRl3SHssZkL05Te3Q-AOmgOWmGds7ojgfyvu5K9HBhDNFMkPu0xHVMHH0S18-YEluSm3pqv4EsZXy4lgX7710okTVh_eiCY9AnlR2_62FOSi0/s1600/DSC01357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4jUUrx0PasnKUXQCCxfstq9ZDzqqdalWb98j7v0RDS7a7SJGJyiFdcVA_-R68qpoPfUx9fYwpJHS7RDWKVYSuPoihrnPPyUHZmRReLX7qdCIlo5pCBK8Ujr2AMm2t5QnxK_qBA0P0yQ/s1600/DSC01358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4jUUrx0PasnKUXQCCxfstq9ZDzqqdalWb98j7v0RDS7a7SJGJyiFdcVA_-R68qpoPfUx9fYwpJHS7RDWKVYSuPoihrnPPyUHZmRReLX7qdCIlo5pCBK8Ujr2AMm2t5QnxK_qBA0P0yQ/s320/DSC01358.JPG" width="180" /></a><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgMCl8Cdh5Lt9e0z75pISp-1M-CZXX_aRl3SHssZkL05Te3Q-AOmgOWmGds7ojgfyvu5K9HBhDNFMkPu0xHVMHH0S18-YEluSm3pqv4EsZXy4lgX7710okTVh_eiCY9AnlR2_62FOSi0/s320/DSC01357.JPG" width="320" /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1gnMYf3xD8MGKGnqfXww4yb3vUKnhQlvEXB9BgzWbXkjywepFbm963bcLxYl-krFrXFnI4CczvmeiPlcIqbj9n39Xp_dUXUx9349UfUMXdqPx28k-Qof74HF2SvLsxvEC2SBOemEHi8/s1600/DSC01359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1gnMYf3xD8MGKGnqfXww4yb3vUKnhQlvEXB9BgzWbXkjywepFbm963bcLxYl-krFrXFnI4CczvmeiPlcIqbj9n39Xp_dUXUx9349UfUMXdqPx28k-Qof74HF2SvLsxvEC2SBOemEHi8/s320/DSC01359.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YfFiFKjwzAGZjHmdetM1wpFdJeSaHx-Vr5GiG53naqvGM5rnhKXtATiIEnzu1okDUpF8proKvfj92iwmGYWHQ9NEofuAsN8cfH9vyQqppJkNZLSBUv42rqQ_aMpByxmEryzKNNVmgC4/s1600/DSC01360.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YfFiFKjwzAGZjHmdetM1wpFdJeSaHx-Vr5GiG53naqvGM5rnhKXtATiIEnzu1okDUpF8proKvfj92iwmGYWHQ9NEofuAsN8cfH9vyQqppJkNZLSBUv42rqQ_aMpByxmEryzKNNVmgC4/s320/DSC01360.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK1nX5CGDfezuil5c3T1KNiaqM_Zm7u879z7FtRQMzqzIUNKR_bD5VgUpg2bov7XzMAr3zMgcwaK9WvrmkovuA4iYciKeLi_R5m3efAEsxt_Wu9m6iziMSu4Oc9tG-nJLot4XvE4dMic/s1600/DSC01361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK1nX5CGDfezuil5c3T1KNiaqM_Zm7u879z7FtRQMzqzIUNKR_bD5VgUpg2bov7XzMAr3zMgcwaK9WvrmkovuA4iYciKeLi_R5m3efAEsxt_Wu9m6iziMSu4Oc9tG-nJLot4XvE4dMic/s320/DSC01361.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6m-M5A0SYaQcgcHF6L5poTM8h9RMuAw0j4-APZBfJGTr1VDS7VfI_IM41jiHZFbxlopCNzpoMD_Me_npxvLHxzQV6IfmI_B3ZG5UpzSgyJvvFawAO3icaO_WQx871IjnMSd3xMJDgLE/s1600/DSC01362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6m-M5A0SYaQcgcHF6L5poTM8h9RMuAw0j4-APZBfJGTr1VDS7VfI_IM41jiHZFbxlopCNzpoMD_Me_npxvLHxzQV6IfmI_B3ZG5UpzSgyJvvFawAO3icaO_WQx871IjnMSd3xMJDgLE/s320/DSC01362.JPG" width="180" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-Am9LFvAJQ6qql4Hq2blWDGVSxVcV_DymjqlyNBO4stB3a_zBFi2oHDxq0VxJDmyPv8_-9rCiVqcqu-fsrxYeNXcTHP6cCANGxZIwtf01nga8R6C7O7LrXnYhLQXhtBpnUmoZNa0p74/s1600/DSC01363.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-Am9LFvAJQ6qql4Hq2blWDGVSxVcV_DymjqlyNBO4stB3a_zBFi2oHDxq0VxJDmyPv8_-9rCiVqcqu-fsrxYeNXcTHP6cCANGxZIwtf01nga8R6C7O7LrXnYhLQXhtBpnUmoZNa0p74/s320/DSC01363.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKmckY1GhfXW-bq4Lmc6t_c49ZdLzdDzCMnERDeV5joVRMVccw4pwtV99rWXyUQI5g65un-XzFje0bRmpejXegSyMq2SIuOq2_BwGAj5HdKnHD3wWENxJn1h_-t_1aW-WPS2gOGcYSJ4/s1600/DSC01367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKmckY1GhfXW-bq4Lmc6t_c49ZdLzdDzCMnERDeV5joVRMVccw4pwtV99rWXyUQI5g65un-XzFje0bRmpejXegSyMq2SIuOq2_BwGAj5HdKnHD3wWENxJn1h_-t_1aW-WPS2gOGcYSJ4/s320/DSC01367.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji719K-p3yFQlcFzs9QK6LDoQ-yG-WgMjRy9eD-C9JH0dlqFvsvDxDuy9gaX6TRg-Z1syBOqZ0cD1DnVn9GgjSj2J4ZZ3zVMiQDId4j-QnpkPY0M_3961AkXdG-bZoAA3l58nSCRZJZOI/s1600/DSC01370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji719K-p3yFQlcFzs9QK6LDoQ-yG-WgMjRy9eD-C9JH0dlqFvsvDxDuy9gaX6TRg-Z1syBOqZ0cD1DnVn9GgjSj2J4ZZ3zVMiQDId4j-QnpkPY0M_3961AkXdG-bZoAA3l58nSCRZJZOI/s320/DSC01370.JPG" width="180" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yE8lf2tY66hdKDZo8J38Fjvue69Nl-R6cxrLGRnZhjaDKAy7KKd5mojBh0LjzQKG0IctPCIw0tOnacJRd4ixo9rOowOV3FmxdGO5gpEI5wGn82x7ms8XU2kISxhh8D9YO0nXOR8ZllI/s1600/DSC01371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinprqMDVg6ejT5QKjNFg2xOg3aT7IZxGb0RPPs-88ajOtpP0n-ZlNj-r9DSYc-Hf64TXEM5jSnnxaWyEuHYYBafkuVNfzh7GhdHF0frgwkkXxUB8W-5kgXQCUHbAp8EFgtbW9NERZdMmk/s1600/DSC01568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2N1CxxD8C_xkzHVv5A5KVIdLAjj3I-1gSynEfJ5tTQ83EnAmKizs-n6eBS2oAO0uqHb9eCDm5OZbD6gHty2QJP_yiniOSP0JcB0nkyvRjCJS9LWoEXNqEFLTH_2DqIETw9nAwvQi6lbo/s1600/DSC01574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2N1CxxD8C_xkzHVv5A5KVIdLAjj3I-1gSynEfJ5tTQ83EnAmKizs-n6eBS2oAO0uqHb9eCDm5OZbD6gHty2QJP_yiniOSP0JcB0nkyvRjCJS9LWoEXNqEFLTH_2DqIETw9nAwvQi6lbo/s320/DSC01574.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinprqMDVg6ejT5QKjNFg2xOg3aT7IZxGb0RPPs-88ajOtpP0n-ZlNj-r9DSYc-Hf64TXEM5jSnnxaWyEuHYYBafkuVNfzh7GhdHF0frgwkkXxUB8W-5kgXQCUHbAp8EFgtbW9NERZdMmk/s1600/DSC01568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinprqMDVg6ejT5QKjNFg2xOg3aT7IZxGb0RPPs-88ajOtpP0n-ZlNj-r9DSYc-Hf64TXEM5jSnnxaWyEuHYYBafkuVNfzh7GhdHF0frgwkkXxUB8W-5kgXQCUHbAp8EFgtbW9NERZdMmk/s320/DSC01568.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yE8lf2tY66hdKDZo8J38Fjvue69Nl-R6cxrLGRnZhjaDKAy7KKd5mojBh0LjzQKG0IctPCIw0tOnacJRd4ixo9rOowOV3FmxdGO5gpEI5wGn82x7ms8XU2kISxhh8D9YO0nXOR8ZllI/s1600/DSC01371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yE8lf2tY66hdKDZo8J38Fjvue69Nl-R6cxrLGRnZhjaDKAy7KKd5mojBh0LjzQKG0IctPCIw0tOnacJRd4ixo9rOowOV3FmxdGO5gpEI5wGn82x7ms8XU2kISxhh8D9YO0nXOR8ZllI/s320/DSC01371.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuJvIGeQvfY4NM3EUNPuFQoALjavnQYkBvux8th1P9vcEdvWUv-wf5mPG5C7OPzareCDuJR3pmCMxCGjfO5gaiJfZz5a36XSsLbzmdhHJwTNC6fG6mi4jv33WM2Ssei6MUbJvT_2vLJE/s1600/DSC01578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuJvIGeQvfY4NM3EUNPuFQoALjavnQYkBvux8th1P9vcEdvWUv-wf5mPG5C7OPzareCDuJR3pmCMxCGjfO5gaiJfZz5a36XSsLbzmdhHJwTNC6fG6mi4jv33WM2Ssei6MUbJvT_2vLJE/s320/DSC01578.JPG" width="320" /></a><b><br /></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbsnzaKpcML9wPxObaX5fGUINVl0v4BfQ6sYIaeEMAXL9_8YzkD0c-0Qx1QrOk8nNbjn5WlC-YZtIkh5F2pwB1L3EVz7SEGmWE0-lHcNNMnYVnZ6XCI1QyMrHJDiGpIIAXGo4u_5Gn28/s1600/DSC01580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbsnzaKpcML9wPxObaX5fGUINVl0v4BfQ6sYIaeEMAXL9_8YzkD0c-0Qx1QrOk8nNbjn5WlC-YZtIkh5F2pwB1L3EVz7SEGmWE0-lHcNNMnYVnZ6XCI1QyMrHJDiGpIIAXGo4u_5Gn28/s320/DSC01580.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1X8GuXEBrSZ2GoB1g8A3bBHJydyCL4tmJYV9pLKI42v1CCZ4fcEtNfGZkfsfALsvKzBD7383YyA-kY07kcfDsAi4RccbTDsWVrVhQXCciKIUdgfSn_6lra_Z1w1Tu_Kutl2teFJaJg6E/s1600/DSC01585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1X8GuXEBrSZ2GoB1g8A3bBHJydyCL4tmJYV9pLKI42v1CCZ4fcEtNfGZkfsfALsvKzBD7383YyA-kY07kcfDsAi4RccbTDsWVrVhQXCciKIUdgfSn_6lra_Z1w1Tu_Kutl2teFJaJg6E/s320/DSC01585.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-E0TV3r5kpzawkE9t5_82_rTkaKBylen5Q7t5oTOF9CrfrDg4-8mwZjLBxXhjPym4PQnRuLq2ZQYwkWcHbgrdgqlkhQ0XA-mXIdzJmpalWLdhF51CcN2Sm87kPKcBX8Gpdrnl6Tvdjs/s1600/DSC01596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-E0TV3r5kpzawkE9t5_82_rTkaKBylen5Q7t5oTOF9CrfrDg4-8mwZjLBxXhjPym4PQnRuLq2ZQYwkWcHbgrdgqlkhQ0XA-mXIdzJmpalWLdhF51CcN2Sm87kPKcBX8Gpdrnl6Tvdjs/s320/DSC01596.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5_AQopwc6n_fKde7fcvLEDRDA9QV8yaZRSJeRHKpfBbzxk69cm-gzGOpAPFqVwqhw_nls6DQvAA1TdrJQ_WnhPCaaokuhcUFtJuTlxifBA45gXjey-F-kwk4uLQ1IIUCg_0NTW0QpHg/s1600/DSC01603.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5_AQopwc6n_fKde7fcvLEDRDA9QV8yaZRSJeRHKpfBbzxk69cm-gzGOpAPFqVwqhw_nls6DQvAA1TdrJQ_WnhPCaaokuhcUFtJuTlxifBA45gXjey-F-kwk4uLQ1IIUCg_0NTW0QpHg/s320/DSC01603.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6A-TvSnccZZdXWpDqLB8Ja5CDm2kBnlmX9NvIBmCfEurttXZSyvhpvr0_kVQPnyKAyC5svKZEet9704UY1wmrttoR0qfQe9PN-yQ7wD0KDE9YuZi9O58jRC9YW8OxA5IIP_Db2rYLrVI/s1600/DSC01608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">x</a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFHPOq9Ecz_qFnQC5LA0mjpS-Qh3mJgoNwf6jya1GvvqUcwKbG328YG-JOgby3uOCeMdJ83-HWx_buTCSeyo6q2Fj5WNx7rBmOTzD0QF4_eHLN_nXLMaEn7pc04HNATWTpjpkoRYPGCY/s1600/DSC01609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFHPOq9Ecz_qFnQC5LA0mjpS-Qh3mJgoNwf6jya1GvvqUcwKbG328YG-JOgby3uOCeMdJ83-HWx_buTCSeyo6q2Fj5WNx7rBmOTzD0QF4_eHLN_nXLMaEn7pc04HNATWTpjpkoRYPGCY/s320/DSC01609.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQc5kHiMG7eI10RRMSnizBIBqvLapt0hpyp-RwzFSEa8NHDmXYKSqcaf5OGiQGAC2IcH-kuqTr8VH8tCkstKP8kOum3YTRrGjGsLQDMyqsKwqEGDAdORsCiFldp2_7-7JqbHMD0K7NnA/s1600/DSC01616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gDBXDRM1bTPpGyIGNCDjW6DIZJ2SEYnOuKkTyX6icnpBuR6IeUhillhLwb04ocbJi1hDro8TOrOaUtOH4Idc5HgP0A7gZdKYTustnansbl-k9K4ve0s0XEF2Kn20bICWW0hO2G-gCB8/s1600/DSC01617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPve2SaX3NhRMBHgwXVE6_nr8fCvGCeeZmzLUhmjgjeSh4anvlkrHohd0ICD7V8RylA4oIq9Ms-d73-1f537msNoRwoSmx3o9wpL6ccDkDEG5pZq4j0DxyRH1S4F6RErHukdmjxmVB3c/s1600/DSC01374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPve2SaX3NhRMBHgwXVE6_nr8fCvGCeeZmzLUhmjgjeSh4anvlkrHohd0ICD7V8RylA4oIq9Ms-d73-1f537msNoRwoSmx3o9wpL6ccDkDEG5pZq4j0DxyRH1S4F6RErHukdmjxmVB3c/s320/DSC01374.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4UYsqGpvppjOIInIVK_MDJWFEGAI6S-inMyhf5ZTSI_VZC13wETViSBrb9LZWi5JLEZUvuNpYMdZGT7hpyYGTkt1cxbGIVcmTnJr_M-7yhyphenhyphenJweRnXZk5fB9GsKuxwf6Hzxh1xBHBgDE/s1600/DSC01375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4UYsqGpvppjOIInIVK_MDJWFEGAI6S-inMyhf5ZTSI_VZC13wETViSBrb9LZWi5JLEZUvuNpYMdZGT7hpyYGTkt1cxbGIVcmTnJr_M-7yhyphenhyphenJweRnXZk5fB9GsKuxwf6Hzxh1xBHBgDE/s320/DSC01375.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8W1yVVtWhK1UlLrkXmwYOnlyNQk6uIgXRtPD3Ol1c3BVJycEg89GngodiPSJK9TReZUJqN2Vqa7LW8yIia8GZ08Rh3WSjjLLyn18arowUOrOllyKUzI-ctRdnTTNxaW45FWx2FzGGcw/s1600/DSC01384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8W1yVVtWhK1UlLrkXmwYOnlyNQk6uIgXRtPD3Ol1c3BVJycEg89GngodiPSJK9TReZUJqN2Vqa7LW8yIia8GZ08Rh3WSjjLLyn18arowUOrOllyKUzI-ctRdnTTNxaW45FWx2FzGGcw/s320/DSC01384.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrrkTAjh8d8rCCMITDfsA12hlQDrLAlgnlOjVTsRcgiBzsvtTytA3ovd-mJmooDTUDLSMvrTzalmuDaIwdqgvoEgO0I-DEWk2PllDLTwEtDqLLViv3wmrRZH9xpSkAUcRaQo0VxM4htA/s1600/DSC01383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrrkTAjh8d8rCCMITDfsA12hlQDrLAlgnlOjVTsRcgiBzsvtTytA3ovd-mJmooDTUDLSMvrTzalmuDaIwdqgvoEgO0I-DEWk2PllDLTwEtDqLLViv3wmrRZH9xpSkAUcRaQo0VxM4htA/s320/DSC01383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxRMJnXF49nIdFOGIdlYhTVo7V664Ox3S8UVkzPg60Xk6UksnqZ1IDXZOBRsDhILBdQd1Bfdzy5ludsNaINMcWuEjrBjSw0Acano-AV27XL38pLn-SAxBHF7-hJFHWsFPp5KAIk4J5s4/s1600/DSC01389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxRMJnXF49nIdFOGIdlYhTVo7V664Ox3S8UVkzPg60Xk6UksnqZ1IDXZOBRsDhILBdQd1Bfdzy5ludsNaINMcWuEjrBjSw0Acano-AV27XL38pLn-SAxBHF7-hJFHWsFPp5KAIk4J5s4/s320/DSC01389.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ4qDx7F_Yfdswtjxvv3SCnJFruw4Deexkdpg8T8J3UKdGL_EQyimfyDoNSiQQlMEOwmRkSTMTaq5LB__XtDA1T3MwaSrd85DFrd7CU-L47O_sgRO0OGD5t6VtxyiUt1nuo6x6ghShHk/s1600/DSC01387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ4qDx7F_Yfdswtjxvv3SCnJFruw4Deexkdpg8T8J3UKdGL_EQyimfyDoNSiQQlMEOwmRkSTMTaq5LB__XtDA1T3MwaSrd85DFrd7CU-L47O_sgRO0OGD5t6VtxyiUt1nuo6x6ghShHk/s320/DSC01387.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI4IwvXFOfT6XvZEdaDgupk6ulfeuDU_rKb3nFfxSzrwTHQg5e7josJjCi2S_OTqNG1fDEQhOafGmkUGBPARyTEgarD39qbfbuVLeUs0ju3-InQp88SJ4UtcZz8MwqISvAdmkx7kzBFc/s1600/DSC01386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI4IwvXFOfT6XvZEdaDgupk6ulfeuDU_rKb3nFfxSzrwTHQg5e7josJjCi2S_OTqNG1fDEQhOafGmkUGBPARyTEgarD39qbfbuVLeUs0ju3-InQp88SJ4UtcZz8MwqISvAdmkx7kzBFc/s320/DSC01386.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTxgbT0r4IZw9wkxz0nb6Bzd8hwUF7cLnOReTbGokM1joNjPllZedRk-AW6ZN6NiRkFv81dR_r7k__KNlzcnSj6Sh1I3YmMfwjG65P-Cyvmwug7g1GqVPYQHEbkhHpkvp6e4RgvFhhqA/s1600/DSC01385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTxgbT0r4IZw9wkxz0nb6Bzd8hwUF7cLnOReTbGokM1joNjPllZedRk-AW6ZN6NiRkFv81dR_r7k__KNlzcnSj6Sh1I3YmMfwjG65P-Cyvmwug7g1GqVPYQHEbkhHpkvp6e4RgvFhhqA/s320/DSC01385.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8r0Hk03dXpAFTaz5wyvOFrlNYldnXnFq_rFz2MvkHPTqob57XG-iL69QmwX80q0Pn4cJcBUJnKxuxhUK16MVgSL9MdsQA7DDZ04NwtFnOX8v_zA7Qyir1fNMlDXTjeGi1IzWyttbNKk/s1600/DSC01398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8r0Hk03dXpAFTaz5wyvOFrlNYldnXnFq_rFz2MvkHPTqob57XG-iL69QmwX80q0Pn4cJcBUJnKxuxhUK16MVgSL9MdsQA7DDZ04NwtFnOX8v_zA7Qyir1fNMlDXTjeGi1IzWyttbNKk/s320/DSC01398.JPG" width="180" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAO-jczajGyySaaiS_QGfAC5Z9LzO1iBKbGbf27UyZNKOWVXLg-xMs7oQZsgR_9bCfT_Va3-RPGwL57-kWiHlydz1THVKZVraoItvtVCVDq9bg1tJHEGA7ILMslAha_MvA_XV93qLzUK0/s1600/DSC01396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAO-jczajGyySaaiS_QGfAC5Z9LzO1iBKbGbf27UyZNKOWVXLg-xMs7oQZsgR_9bCfT_Va3-RPGwL57-kWiHlydz1THVKZVraoItvtVCVDq9bg1tJHEGA7ILMslAha_MvA_XV93qLzUK0/s320/DSC01396.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOmJZ817GtlaHGR9epa2sTL9eWtk3z9NlaX1J1g8jjA8zBBfqb9mJQisij6ax_BAbr6WKkCmbnIWxtHk1Tg-GwlFMCfjjc8vhrPTiGI6tPPF3ovmRRUSvQSN_BQ8beEncjUg-sYZs0I0/s1600/DSC01392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOmJZ817GtlaHGR9epa2sTL9eWtk3z9NlaX1J1g8jjA8zBBfqb9mJQisij6ax_BAbr6WKkCmbnIWxtHk1Tg-GwlFMCfjjc8vhrPTiGI6tPPF3ovmRRUSvQSN_BQ8beEncjUg-sYZs0I0/s320/DSC01392.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJmyDLecRIJj-pzXnkmojYxMLog8oTrNX9XqYg9XyNpaczXr7-oQ8nNJKvFvhBpPfoql6s6At1om792eHzQHsM8U7RldMChosVaB7qiJ5XXa5-4wyNpIQjz3S301tOPCWNOv3kHf6HQw/s1600/DSC01394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJmyDLecRIJj-pzXnkmojYxMLog8oTrNX9XqYg9XyNpaczXr7-oQ8nNJKvFvhBpPfoql6s6At1om792eHzQHsM8U7RldMChosVaB7qiJ5XXa5-4wyNpIQjz3S301tOPCWNOv3kHf6HQw/s320/DSC01394.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pnfz8uvW7mSxD5zjoidKQ3xoZXnNl7Zb2dmW977aDdpA94jYTWJ1xxVNBe6XXa5QXX13WjkbZ1JJLiXhW-R1T_GahQtpTbURHY5hRHmUcq3cPExGqqpmVXRltXUCor4J8qF-CvDeElE/s1600/DSC01390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pnfz8uvW7mSxD5zjoidKQ3xoZXnNl7Zb2dmW977aDdpA94jYTWJ1xxVNBe6XXa5QXX13WjkbZ1JJLiXhW-R1T_GahQtpTbURHY5hRHmUcq3cPExGqqpmVXRltXUCor4J8qF-CvDeElE/s320/DSC01390.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMDqyEbFCmQXA5sPNwtfUsr3sCoioZ6a70KuRzKzM4zDysyI20Jrv1-aH48m8J5Hmzuk9b9bSZqAEYmoqxllRE3fbkSSNzZfnmbA_wf-S5XtY07YCW7xW8lkZmQMTk-2R8AE_10DmGlE/s1600/DSC01399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMDqyEbFCmQXA5sPNwtfUsr3sCoioZ6a70KuRzKzM4zDysyI20Jrv1-aH48m8J5Hmzuk9b9bSZqAEYmoqxllRE3fbkSSNzZfnmbA_wf-S5XtY07YCW7xW8lkZmQMTk-2R8AE_10DmGlE/s320/DSC01399.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_N4PkSC_N_0HEwv4z7niZaI1fSp9arCXOzN6oA2HZjHhe5DeE5j6EYBmVanyIPtxOehDUhvT8uSENxftjXcHs2g3tFEgfdtugSHMSd_AgfOzwF23J7depfJ88r5PXyCC93UgJGw5Emc/s1600/DSC01400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_N4PkSC_N_0HEwv4z7niZaI1fSp9arCXOzN6oA2HZjHhe5DeE5j6EYBmVanyIPtxOehDUhvT8uSENxftjXcHs2g3tFEgfdtugSHMSd_AgfOzwF23J7depfJ88r5PXyCC93UgJGw5Emc/s320/DSC01400.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTLgWDtMBY6ttj1-VcoSkVl7cHG-i5vvc5mGnAh0qXWExRPsr6o3p7ZqLi1UQKXPjGuctQF8Gi7iZIEDBktPobhgOVCA2ykDoMKwl_HTOIVdYqtK8CTNfha3KrjMgr9ipQC2_xNc4Uqc/s1600/DSC01406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTLgWDtMBY6ttj1-VcoSkVl7cHG-i5vvc5mGnAh0qXWExRPsr6o3p7ZqLi1UQKXPjGuctQF8Gi7iZIEDBktPobhgOVCA2ykDoMKwl_HTOIVdYqtK8CTNfha3KrjMgr9ipQC2_xNc4Uqc/s320/DSC01406.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDw-oFhIYatSZAxJr8F7RCML_I3bst9TFzyit84_D_Z0hbaJBtFsegglS4F6uRQ7jM_OnBULD8pV5__Bwk8IUEv7cCxgoJo_ldH3Dov85z-rd_Qgri8N1r450jnkYjnh03eWddS4Osdo/s1600/DSC01416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDw-oFhIYatSZAxJr8F7RCML_I3bst9TFzyit84_D_Z0hbaJBtFsegglS4F6uRQ7jM_OnBULD8pV5__Bwk8IUEv7cCxgoJo_ldH3Dov85z-rd_Qgri8N1r450jnkYjnh03eWddS4Osdo/s320/DSC01416.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpz63BEjBM7-kNB_Q_VXVzm1GS_IctJENskhsvaxnh5ksy57VfmmVjrU5x1FfuS_uWkdhQ0gJwUXAJJ8eaO_ubB-5Y6ep-y7I8HHyaGsSBKlVm8nZJweYAl4i_KDQYh-hec-Yz32nH7GE/s1600/DSC01414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpz63BEjBM7-kNB_Q_VXVzm1GS_IctJENskhsvaxnh5ksy57VfmmVjrU5x1FfuS_uWkdhQ0gJwUXAJJ8eaO_ubB-5Y6ep-y7I8HHyaGsSBKlVm8nZJweYAl4i_KDQYh-hec-Yz32nH7GE/s320/DSC01414.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfflaJ3a2jWnYkWrcYs5_x9ce_rtYZgwOu0aaELiBRq4-EcT-0oWi68bEADJPrFyAF78CWpOHwJu5Sp1u9qXBi_-B1ifxAD9Uvy0A7wbeZzseb2mB4VqjjE6-3l3I2OpSK_aeWlu5f9g/s1600/DSC01412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfflaJ3a2jWnYkWrcYs5_x9ce_rtYZgwOu0aaELiBRq4-EcT-0oWi68bEADJPrFyAF78CWpOHwJu5Sp1u9qXBi_-B1ifxAD9Uvy0A7wbeZzseb2mB4VqjjE6-3l3I2OpSK_aeWlu5f9g/s320/DSC01412.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWyHAk9Ko1ZyDrhp-ktXZwWrD2HoOCi8vtEGe_aqtrPnlWvKHwxLK7wanMjN7bd5eCXqCUvJYPOUisklvFZk5nGFuSpMwfsPuldFt_mSqjwukIUxGjMJB92Ui1cyDT454pO9nYq-iWas/s1600/DSC01410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWyHAk9Ko1ZyDrhp-ktXZwWrD2HoOCi8vtEGe_aqtrPnlWvKHwxLK7wanMjN7bd5eCXqCUvJYPOUisklvFZk5nGFuSpMwfsPuldFt_mSqjwukIUxGjMJB92Ui1cyDT454pO9nYq-iWas/s320/DSC01410.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfINb1pMD3m3pxTJlkJsdEPOfwz5ed6fKyYNoS0PUrLnbqVUKI9GyTG7I7x_eA5JJZdaH8mMwuCDO4hDEObZ7frFetrynA2Q7q9-4YkAqNQG9mbO9Lmpaxbjs8XzMpzCrM2zqHDxMcJ4U/s1600/DSC01434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfINb1pMD3m3pxTJlkJsdEPOfwz5ed6fKyYNoS0PUrLnbqVUKI9GyTG7I7x_eA5JJZdaH8mMwuCDO4hDEObZ7frFetrynA2Q7q9-4YkAqNQG9mbO9Lmpaxbjs8XzMpzCrM2zqHDxMcJ4U/s320/DSC01434.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYN8yhUJ0bJr24GylV6JOuEj1oFofJaZLTu83qIj599XA9_p9L_YDByT1NM_9mN8XyRcfQRo2IS1Aca4LnqVjAqgGHSuo1BezOfUXOcC2HSm_Y5uC2z7ZGoH4noTgi4_avB1YJNx11XA/s1600/DSC01426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYN8yhUJ0bJr24GylV6JOuEj1oFofJaZLTu83qIj599XA9_p9L_YDByT1NM_9mN8XyRcfQRo2IS1Aca4LnqVjAqgGHSuo1BezOfUXOcC2HSm_Y5uC2z7ZGoH4noTgi4_avB1YJNx11XA/s320/DSC01426.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_msgK0_l7uTddWOcxJp4mhmRidAeFYfmsjN5PMcJs2l_B2L_P-SjKPzRPXnuxoHOxNipkSJVCPaoC4-4sZiHGSZj7h-PO6uKZAtd-3-bz0ITHi9L0C0Tkyd8om3anGurqaYGaBYvxR8/s1600/DSC01419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_msgK0_l7uTddWOcxJp4mhmRidAeFYfmsjN5PMcJs2l_B2L_P-SjKPzRPXnuxoHOxNipkSJVCPaoC4-4sZiHGSZj7h-PO6uKZAtd-3-bz0ITHi9L0C0Tkyd8om3anGurqaYGaBYvxR8/s320/DSC01419.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9tDY43ZcDJAeMqg7VcLMfaZT_W6FWXFzIf_gXpA3GTaTDYpUMHaCqeIN2vrkXlYXE4mtQ5CkFffvVMLGcBmPa4izwvBZaT1vWDhB4nVCDFAszFtQhLz6r2nhZvPhyphenhyphenNvdN5kPKT6pd_c/s1600/DSC01438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9tDY43ZcDJAeMqg7VcLMfaZT_W6FWXFzIf_gXpA3GTaTDYpUMHaCqeIN2vrkXlYXE4mtQ5CkFffvVMLGcBmPa4izwvBZaT1vWDhB4nVCDFAszFtQhLz6r2nhZvPhyphenhyphenNvdN5kPKT6pd_c/s320/DSC01438.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhq8253cqpJU-8GrWwVlf-j1t_EFWL5HJ6hNr3PLqr4PL1O24-CCTsyFLa4kGPNaVCj0DANpaqWeRp4IcfBnmY714g3hvV4AMepKK2ElOfqh6o7gpMksMBiV9VBUa9X_7YQ6KcKeiB6M/s1600/DSC01449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhq8253cqpJU-8GrWwVlf-j1t_EFWL5HJ6hNr3PLqr4PL1O24-CCTsyFLa4kGPNaVCj0DANpaqWeRp4IcfBnmY714g3hvV4AMepKK2ElOfqh6o7gpMksMBiV9VBUa9X_7YQ6KcKeiB6M/s320/DSC01449.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYg_1oI69EqpqFEiU14JLBb-gQNi0i5GhPpjAd-6Wz-fmCo5tE9FWNQdIQ7TEqGEuXZrMB7o1o-m1v28abbFsG6tCB6lZ04HQFupohjQMbWsWIOeOO2NKymegeZbLodlxLuSB2dcNbjjo/s1600/DSC01442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYg_1oI69EqpqFEiU14JLBb-gQNi0i5GhPpjAd-6Wz-fmCo5tE9FWNQdIQ7TEqGEuXZrMB7o1o-m1v28abbFsG6tCB6lZ04HQFupohjQMbWsWIOeOO2NKymegeZbLodlxLuSB2dcNbjjo/s320/DSC01442.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamZcxwtpSoAPh_Xqn4Nk8ztSb-lNLclQgLusdLeMEAOdOSuMT6tjxQeOYxJsrQobNfkfKe1pRqzJC4ZvLXsULZz_nEUdwKoH5qwj6u5bR1TjStOpKd1fuBaLIBhWXzCergvPmhoB_v-o/s1600/DSC01456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamZcxwtpSoAPh_Xqn4Nk8ztSb-lNLclQgLusdLeMEAOdOSuMT6tjxQeOYxJsrQobNfkfKe1pRqzJC4ZvLXsULZz_nEUdwKoH5qwj6u5bR1TjStOpKd1fuBaLIBhWXzCergvPmhoB_v-o/s320/DSC01456.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUyhThQX9olZdOIVXln20PHi5Er6puSHs7bzTYcuSl-jviyr59uOcwuxgAn8Zc51Q9YJy3PmUPPmQ8xvl1KBQ8PR2jkVb6wAdrllteI32Str6EYpR_xmFCn_gGyP7XSJ2Ud3zlDNcrwM/s1600/DSC01460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUyhThQX9olZdOIVXln20PHi5Er6puSHs7bzTYcuSl-jviyr59uOcwuxgAn8Zc51Q9YJy3PmUPPmQ8xvl1KBQ8PR2jkVb6wAdrllteI32Str6EYpR_xmFCn_gGyP7XSJ2Ud3zlDNcrwM/s320/DSC01460.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRXtZePEP_27HoZLhEShjGX5KvEoOBsEsvmn7XoGpasyVKixYO4mbfu-BRVdrr7zushF-1GCA9-B1EmxK6YWn9C8sOuEuw9ntaNkNfXzhaDgiL4OVhyphenhyphen3sL4E2tk4rh-rGAnYIRoJfyys/s1600/DSC01489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRXtZePEP_27HoZLhEShjGX5KvEoOBsEsvmn7XoGpasyVKixYO4mbfu-BRVdrr7zushF-1GCA9-B1EmxK6YWn9C8sOuEuw9ntaNkNfXzhaDgiL4OVhyphenhyphen3sL4E2tk4rh-rGAnYIRoJfyys/s320/DSC01489.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBAb9gunUAABaa7NAe0tu1jm2kuD1PmVpB3-lCcajsYYcDeIeAITrdXVBOsiwFhajgj9K2FqpdXDoIUSp_nOD7LgFt2vtY4ILzJ4tZGrkKqRzY9ByujBgg9kaI-YlKoubk5ehmB7yt7g/s1600/DSC01487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBAb9gunUAABaa7NAe0tu1jm2kuD1PmVpB3-lCcajsYYcDeIeAITrdXVBOsiwFhajgj9K2FqpdXDoIUSp_nOD7LgFt2vtY4ILzJ4tZGrkKqRzY9ByujBgg9kaI-YlKoubk5ehmB7yt7g/s320/DSC01487.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLQ-qnZeXt6IxXYr9_sFA6skU9Vbp5Rb9QDyZ8bF20kOMDisVYulCUBTyA5nQQh2uND4vvh8tQUAWlaZR7ujV4H1jZVmBLowVszNgCoieQ7D_oZuTVIPJJcSiHij7037EFGwJVNcutGE/s1600/DSC01473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLQ-qnZeXt6IxXYr9_sFA6skU9Vbp5Rb9QDyZ8bF20kOMDisVYulCUBTyA5nQQh2uND4vvh8tQUAWlaZR7ujV4H1jZVmBLowVszNgCoieQ7D_oZuTVIPJJcSiHij7037EFGwJVNcutGE/s320/DSC01473.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlg75nmxTNyVfLsZBOSEtlHeT7nV47FwAlyL61bzPHgSw01f8WD9s71MET2jrohzXDz5_j1DRzpZojVCoDZ7z38t7fRdnd7wqYPiRL4Hop4xDYVDApDBZTWT1zSIrWtQLgtLCt1evNbKM/s1600/DSC01453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlg75nmxTNyVfLsZBOSEtlHeT7nV47FwAlyL61bzPHgSw01f8WD9s71MET2jrohzXDz5_j1DRzpZojVCoDZ7z38t7fRdnd7wqYPiRL4Hop4xDYVDApDBZTWT1zSIrWtQLgtLCt1evNbKM/s320/DSC01453.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3oMH1x5d1bTbtupIyrNhxPCUM7n1-pAhwFKH-YZwzJUsz0E1QCyYnHLke_p2kx_TlVgPsp-c_Q01AXM_3BZ5g-M-dHVXbGGAiHj71AohZyt_M36WNSW15B8xNBBBaAgzzYwmHX5sjFg/s1600/DSC01505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3oMH1x5d1bTbtupIyrNhxPCUM7n1-pAhwFKH-YZwzJUsz0E1QCyYnHLke_p2kx_TlVgPsp-c_Q01AXM_3BZ5g-M-dHVXbGGAiHj71AohZyt_M36WNSW15B8xNBBBaAgzzYwmHX5sjFg/s320/DSC01505.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LiiaCZwjUUablIg4kInZIkMVD6wdInZtYlAaFCx7pfKyguMMyMSV5Nn3Mr5PxPSyTWpehyVTCpSqtS5kd1I4HVxYSiS3oVRcVYQbnqV77VSAOAw4AjQ_xnUuBm5XrXXV3VNlUcaw7es/s1600/DSC01495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LiiaCZwjUUablIg4kInZIkMVD6wdInZtYlAaFCx7pfKyguMMyMSV5Nn3Mr5PxPSyTWpehyVTCpSqtS5kd1I4HVxYSiS3oVRcVYQbnqV77VSAOAw4AjQ_xnUuBm5XrXXV3VNlUcaw7es/s320/DSC01495.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZdhm9vQf6hnIiL-XqFArE1yTcV4UVoJ7UVJgAGmylomSCvsbUYamTzyv5mFqPhkwWbX4xX3q2YeroAI04Or4WKF814ndtrCm1zfZLrd5qySKBX8XfXPI1m1Nmn1SIBGgxZ8eZnSVloA/s1600/DSC01493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZdhm9vQf6hnIiL-XqFArE1yTcV4UVoJ7UVJgAGmylomSCvsbUYamTzyv5mFqPhkwWbX4xX3q2YeroAI04Or4WKF814ndtrCm1zfZLrd5qySKBX8XfXPI1m1Nmn1SIBGgxZ8eZnSVloA/s320/DSC01493.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpW6CfrsKOWuAXrhPLREHCzSuq6y_6MigIYjrqWNbLykBA47AuegGxmBVBfcOHUKpGR-KtFbP2mWxv_Y785leVwwgRDt_gcXsv8j1Lkw1qo0R40tm9H44-p99mC04kSMlovVDixSvSpI/s1600/DSC01515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpW6CfrsKOWuAXrhPLREHCzSuq6y_6MigIYjrqWNbLykBA47AuegGxmBVBfcOHUKpGR-KtFbP2mWxv_Y785leVwwgRDt_gcXsv8j1Lkw1qo0R40tm9H44-p99mC04kSMlovVDixSvSpI/s320/DSC01515.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5S1xAq_ynWqwopM4pwarCX6EyTkzytJ0VQPrS_aJfk1lgby0qQacsvLLv4F05C1NdLSRCIwv-MUWqN7NuEJbSiRfpLOI5xCnKmSGvQr0_l-hkDGWIJT7E45gSle0qVJsJg6SZwNyFH5M/s1600/DSC01518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5S1xAq_ynWqwopM4pwarCX6EyTkzytJ0VQPrS_aJfk1lgby0qQacsvLLv4F05C1NdLSRCIwv-MUWqN7NuEJbSiRfpLOI5xCnKmSGvQr0_l-hkDGWIJT7E45gSle0qVJsJg6SZwNyFH5M/s320/DSC01518.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpVlYb2ek3M2NxUzYY6wTCrDaQYh7pVvKCdw8Y9uagey0fic-7XpEIriRxkLTy9moHELdrNbMj2o5eaQ_MSCjrg_MRm3Hlotnf_Uss8zpMUCDxtqPQwnWl8z_zc0qaGvVpF61wXk2LJs/s1600/DSC01531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpVlYb2ek3M2NxUzYY6wTCrDaQYh7pVvKCdw8Y9uagey0fic-7XpEIriRxkLTy9moHELdrNbMj2o5eaQ_MSCjrg_MRm3Hlotnf_Uss8zpMUCDxtqPQwnWl8z_zc0qaGvVpF61wXk2LJs/s320/DSC01531.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdzKv31DqXvaJv9fYNE_SyIRGQP32x5dxDc3nuXuYOlZCDQ1x3p6Yzsy5ULz3j-ZGX3JKMwq8YA3LYGQKr-pSRU71Voxfx50T7dYWrnVHiTrf30tXKevoFe4B5iJd3jECAK0pNwsK9xs/s1600/DSC01538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdzKv31DqXvaJv9fYNE_SyIRGQP32x5dxDc3nuXuYOlZCDQ1x3p6Yzsy5ULz3j-ZGX3JKMwq8YA3LYGQKr-pSRU71Voxfx50T7dYWrnVHiTrf30tXKevoFe4B5iJd3jECAK0pNwsK9xs/s320/DSC01538.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFBzxdE6QGMq2g1FH-h4inNO-GmvCvWMeeeg2JMVsPfqN8Q1IXnn1oigrZdf31qeA_dzK5sriDoPFdZzxLY251WH75IX-J5uf6hUTY9_-cY3-mdZ3rSjVp7VadP3olZexv1F8PUTpkBk/s1600/DSC01534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFBzxdE6QGMq2g1FH-h4inNO-GmvCvWMeeeg2JMVsPfqN8Q1IXnn1oigrZdf31qeA_dzK5sriDoPFdZzxLY251WH75IX-J5uf6hUTY9_-cY3-mdZ3rSjVp7VadP3olZexv1F8PUTpkBk/s320/DSC01534.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFntYcvn-KyvU0FM2njrpASapJim72ht_fQaTajNHFKfq4tOJ5ggItfexKCoAAX_wyXskXL__1VnE_9j4-YE5GCX9OYcw8zmDMLhytxRiFrfbpi3sNceg0kmG6TaL7V1G6jONuL6Px7A/s1600/DSC01533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFntYcvn-KyvU0FM2njrpASapJim72ht_fQaTajNHFKfq4tOJ5ggItfexKCoAAX_wyXskXL__1VnE_9j4-YE5GCX9OYcw8zmDMLhytxRiFrfbpi3sNceg0kmG6TaL7V1G6jONuL6Px7A/s320/DSC01533.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mqIoZkFMkoGPjM8YY-Yxalk1rlSwBaSSbR9mpVwfmUCzRSpdK71s04W1dplIWVcCQTRUAlTCpijR6MxwMlj9eZpHD8WRm1KgCcaxaLV3Dlf7baJCuPOm4-_qkvaqYPk4VtHrOhwSyzE/s1600/DSC01547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mqIoZkFMkoGPjM8YY-Yxalk1rlSwBaSSbR9mpVwfmUCzRSpdK71s04W1dplIWVcCQTRUAlTCpijR6MxwMlj9eZpHD8WRm1KgCcaxaLV3Dlf7baJCuPOm4-_qkvaqYPk4VtHrOhwSyzE/s320/DSC01547.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3YW09c9sHuzvwBXpiBSoSrn23bgCbXrIwc22T68JsJTOHOBiGo8qbC7AJeTbaYdW573ZeElZuEZrsqUJ3NHWk2dZgHJY8bzE28xujqjXYMOHz_9MoK2or_qwbH-AHzJQ8OBc_LsNXWU/s1600/DSC01544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3YW09c9sHuzvwBXpiBSoSrn23bgCbXrIwc22T68JsJTOHOBiGo8qbC7AJeTbaYdW573ZeElZuEZrsqUJ3NHWk2dZgHJY8bzE28xujqjXYMOHz_9MoK2or_qwbH-AHzJQ8OBc_LsNXWU/s320/DSC01544.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCBqvXGZ1T4cRoi0OyMXeiZ2Ykak_kpSKlH7vlBvU8NlVgRDkBZiU0Vasbe_XdaVgT8CRBnIE2EhOT-lpyeYjoIpX0yOsO51SIlNDlWXeDP5QDMEBE5ojAcfj4tys8DNBGS8HUUNZxjM/s1600/DSC01541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCBqvXGZ1T4cRoi0OyMXeiZ2Ykak_kpSKlH7vlBvU8NlVgRDkBZiU0Vasbe_XdaVgT8CRBnIE2EhOT-lpyeYjoIpX0yOsO51SIlNDlWXeDP5QDMEBE5ojAcfj4tys8DNBGS8HUUNZxjM/s320/DSC01541.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWaoaLQnYhsI1Il3GOPEFPBMp0c6uhr6zvEyExk4SSuUlAiqQ4PXHmP1O9ZyEwwBKPwIieKjKL2WNWd70jXLoQpGzPLqx_QqV9ELCSFVJSzpSHyeJiswPJbryaI3y4yOEG78BRmB0LJk/s1600/DSC01548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWaoaLQnYhsI1Il3GOPEFPBMp0c6uhr6zvEyExk4SSuUlAiqQ4PXHmP1O9ZyEwwBKPwIieKjKL2WNWd70jXLoQpGzPLqx_QqV9ELCSFVJSzpSHyeJiswPJbryaI3y4yOEG78BRmB0LJk/s320/DSC01548.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGe6LtaHqTd0mF_Gxi9BqcEYfZlY7Pg31eQAnzCatPNHrMgsQBtlYDx0WjZrf0BYxI8mFp9zFH_DLpKYjbLNcCrDbbqKzYc5H8PIuoVXn8GmlWKjZQv-tyM6dQgVmUR_x8I4BGN-ueIik/s1600/DSC01553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGe6LtaHqTd0mF_Gxi9BqcEYfZlY7Pg31eQAnzCatPNHrMgsQBtlYDx0WjZrf0BYxI8mFp9zFH_DLpKYjbLNcCrDbbqKzYc5H8PIuoVXn8GmlWKjZQv-tyM6dQgVmUR_x8I4BGN-ueIik/s320/DSC01553.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxZb01LWljktFNNYdBrKWgWfQg66qhyngND_ySlY9XV5lMxE8zKqdTK9XuTJPgKzeLKagzZUmO2kNvmLYxXfl7jTc3sYgsrj9DgwXrodfmd4hCRaHF2w5y8fZbI11vxRMICGxUI5WPKE/s1600/DSC01557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxZb01LWljktFNNYdBrKWgWfQg66qhyngND_ySlY9XV5lMxE8zKqdTK9XuTJPgKzeLKagzZUmO2kNvmLYxXfl7jTc3sYgsrj9DgwXrodfmd4hCRaHF2w5y8fZbI11vxRMICGxUI5WPKE/s320/DSC01557.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bMyWpfpdClKzU9VcIbCnZX5g-aKsKzxKz9lAX-Rv7toYVtboI2XTV1QPP9wBbK0KRmtUrIjohV4n5LjRjHZgiAZPN8mxPNHiQeKvOl_AKUCTwhI2uKE8xLdh3Sd6EcEY8-qGfezzOw4/s1600/DSC01566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bMyWpfpdClKzU9VcIbCnZX5g-aKsKzxKz9lAX-Rv7toYVtboI2XTV1QPP9wBbK0KRmtUrIjohV4n5LjRjHZgiAZPN8mxPNHiQeKvOl_AKUCTwhI2uKE8xLdh3Sd6EcEY8-qGfezzOw4/s320/DSC01566.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RxhWhBy78kpJiT9iYvZx-10qwSEdXRoRFLYxFr6SnUa6sP1e1DzvvyoMU6iGiTeEN7FPSsy-k9VuTFY-CzpYuPc81iu-qOZJ_j0DseQeNgCW0gWT-TpeipzFJZnr-T4VagY3DxCQ3xw/s1600/DSC01564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RxhWhBy78kpJiT9iYvZx-10qwSEdXRoRFLYxFr6SnUa6sP1e1DzvvyoMU6iGiTeEN7FPSsy-k9VuTFY-CzpYuPc81iu-qOZJ_j0DseQeNgCW0gWT-TpeipzFJZnr-T4VagY3DxCQ3xw/s320/DSC01564.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3jeXvB4ZRPsBAKYcCyBvunk5DZvDO96PrRm_DVfAGUggKz-4qK_n0eyWLbBC3TEFtL4ill4GVban0GMq1p5hIF8uBUwogxOrw9mGqjSaE_fCtsGkhxOhms1abez6vpCwr1Bx3MNje40/s1600/DSC01561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3jeXvB4ZRPsBAKYcCyBvunk5DZvDO96PrRm_DVfAGUggKz-4qK_n0eyWLbBC3TEFtL4ill4GVban0GMq1p5hIF8uBUwogxOrw9mGqjSaE_fCtsGkhxOhms1abez6vpCwr1Bx3MNje40/s320/DSC01561.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPSAai-vftzanzK9h4b9ay0czYX5ck-wQxGHoZwzMaerAG-5uX_p-58-MeQJEQvrQzfUb9u2IwJ27BSrHRHNWpp117PeaSFSyx4YMqLyHKujfcjp9egq1hEO-VfYymeVRA_PzRd3skNY/s1600/DSC01570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPSAai-vftzanzK9h4b9ay0czYX5ck-wQxGHoZwzMaerAG-5uX_p-58-MeQJEQvrQzfUb9u2IwJ27BSrHRHNWpp117PeaSFSyx4YMqLyHKujfcjp9egq1hEO-VfYymeVRA_PzRd3skNY/s320/DSC01570.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gDBXDRM1bTPpGyIGNCDjW6DIZJ2SEYnOuKkTyX6icnpBuR6IeUhillhLwb04ocbJi1hDro8TOrOaUtOH4Idc5HgP0A7gZdKYTustnansbl-k9K4ve0s0XEF2Kn20bICWW0hO2G-gCB8/s1600/DSC01617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gDBXDRM1bTPpGyIGNCDjW6DIZJ2SEYnOuKkTyX6icnpBuR6IeUhillhLwb04ocbJi1hDro8TOrOaUtOH4Idc5HgP0A7gZdKYTustnansbl-k9K4ve0s0XEF2Kn20bICWW0hO2G-gCB8/s320/DSC01617.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQc5kHiMG7eI10RRMSnizBIBqvLapt0hpyp-RwzFSEa8NHDmXYKSqcaf5OGiQGAC2IcH-kuqTr8VH8tCkstKP8kOum3YTRrGjGsLQDMyqsKwqEGDAdORsCiFldp2_7-7JqbHMD0K7NnA/s1600/DSC01616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQc5kHiMG7eI10RRMSnizBIBqvLapt0hpyp-RwzFSEa8NHDmXYKSqcaf5OGiQGAC2IcH-kuqTr8VH8tCkstKP8kOum3YTRrGjGsLQDMyqsKwqEGDAdORsCiFldp2_7-7JqbHMD0K7NnA/s320/DSC01616.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwe4Vd17xElBmeoC9L-Pb8Ge-ShU8b3ydFcjbd3SmlgLaftO67vb44-dDERVtvlqKZ5VbRW0dIh9wfTTnIexjd_ERR7vj9mgYNZQOPMpK3fAMubmiqhvHo9YKPPb7WRAIohBfUXJOhWM/s1600/DSC01619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwe4Vd17xElBmeoC9L-Pb8Ge-ShU8b3ydFcjbd3SmlgLaftO67vb44-dDERVtvlqKZ5VbRW0dIh9wfTTnIexjd_ERR7vj9mgYNZQOPMpK3fAMubmiqhvHo9YKPPb7WRAIohBfUXJOhWM/s320/DSC01619.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b>Jantar Mantar (ancient observatory), Delhi:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1USaJAwIMA2ZO9jbF2O5_s60YADWwkC3GqFhD9XvSOv3UpRZPpt3czTgGQozpj3uyoYnRaP_m4uMcFnkWfrYk5ENsWZGpcYdPt7ATN7Is6cQ2swGjzfIOO33t7sMZUXY8ajOqPQq_jUA/s1600/IMG_3193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1USaJAwIMA2ZO9jbF2O5_s60YADWwkC3GqFhD9XvSOv3UpRZPpt3czTgGQozpj3uyoYnRaP_m4uMcFnkWfrYk5ENsWZGpcYdPt7ATN7Is6cQ2swGjzfIOO33t7sMZUXY8ajOqPQq_jUA/s320/IMG_3193.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZXS9OoF3SXXKGL1J1e6k2kHzWOl765SD_I-8esfpphyRPu-MnU_GUKit9j0QkWDLmdCylFJgZFE615Zwgta9tP-kAa1fCp-9NnAxPf6HTosMZ6eZHzm3cjGDdfUfq2kTRO2jEHXm5mk/s1600/IMG_3195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZXS9OoF3SXXKGL1J1e6k2kHzWOl765SD_I-8esfpphyRPu-MnU_GUKit9j0QkWDLmdCylFJgZFE615Zwgta9tP-kAa1fCp-9NnAxPf6HTosMZ6eZHzm3cjGDdfUfq2kTRO2jEHXm5mk/s320/IMG_3195.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthw_fB_oNnoYneQC-u59XEdMHGBFi81h6EIaogRK6wkZdw2RvhQwdxp8RG7tUwc4boNS1kEZnsR9cgncgQv7FD_WvgGmTChVvMs5HcNhUYtl2YIPsIqm8PAg8iXAPpgCcGiAVbYZ_5WU/s1600/IMG_3196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthw_fB_oNnoYneQC-u59XEdMHGBFi81h6EIaogRK6wkZdw2RvhQwdxp8RG7tUwc4boNS1kEZnsR9cgncgQv7FD_WvgGmTChVvMs5HcNhUYtl2YIPsIqm8PAg8iXAPpgCcGiAVbYZ_5WU/s320/IMG_3196.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvOZtvt5Y_2DiT7GVEXK8gxI4exOwKxR-MjbOTKI4jh7ZbDA-UkUBhbfxVv6a9-X0p9knJannFbHrw9pOcaeZuY7pBQdXIv-w1bLYe67LAxWuwkxQUmA70nNk4-TEbPZEpVuSA4_PqQo/s1600/IMG_3199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvOZtvt5Y_2DiT7GVEXK8gxI4exOwKxR-MjbOTKI4jh7ZbDA-UkUBhbfxVv6a9-X0p9knJannFbHrw9pOcaeZuY7pBQdXIv-w1bLYe67LAxWuwkxQUmA70nNk4-TEbPZEpVuSA4_PqQo/s320/IMG_3199.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7qHz-R5yG8tqDIxcZ2GotXHV-Pcn-4TQyRroGzOiV8ZPMvLddbgDuwIYq2PmNApfV_zVF-aSlCgJXiOpllKLr25fojXYkt3INF28EPEvbpTUTSht3NrFTcm90ZEAEVrvDm3K8a-l8e8/s1600/IMG_3200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7qHz-R5yG8tqDIxcZ2GotXHV-Pcn-4TQyRroGzOiV8ZPMvLddbgDuwIYq2PmNApfV_zVF-aSlCgJXiOpllKLr25fojXYkt3INF28EPEvbpTUTSht3NrFTcm90ZEAEVrvDm3K8a-l8e8/s320/IMG_3200.JPG" width="238" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWdS99M7CccTv0B_p3Ka1PNeCTmrBwUy_lj-XAi-nWbnVY0kG08zBr_Ktm3fRcnm2nGeAO-h97RSR1Ux1Rudg0Dv7oa5FkoY7alb_NQTYApHBkE9S3O3vYM1Gd7KpcBpMHFONvCxZqHQ/s1600/IMG_3202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWdS99M7CccTv0B_p3Ka1PNeCTmrBwUy_lj-XAi-nWbnVY0kG08zBr_Ktm3fRcnm2nGeAO-h97RSR1Ux1Rudg0Dv7oa5FkoY7alb_NQTYApHBkE9S3O3vYM1Gd7KpcBpMHFONvCxZqHQ/s320/IMG_3202.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi0bbWGeuRDzcpqvFtg4xjfzxd1q6A-6BR_VsQuzO_E7wZ4ShGAegjP66Jdnslk1FHNXcbE51zLiw_yT3MzClMZqW1TP_k0YzrWN7cMqeDGu3MEpPYNu-aGidrCUUqCI-RD1Ye2bQhOU/s1600/IMG_3201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi0bbWGeuRDzcpqvFtg4xjfzxd1q6A-6BR_VsQuzO_E7wZ4ShGAegjP66Jdnslk1FHNXcbE51zLiw_yT3MzClMZqW1TP_k0YzrWN7cMqeDGu3MEpPYNu-aGidrCUUqCI-RD1Ye2bQhOU/s320/IMG_3201.JPG" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo2TrT8_dUbfa3AwrBUstkb5soe-T9HMnY3xwk-_nE9oxQirPDyfLcSdBldIYMb8_r8XMKPhSm2vodreBfj4BXOFJrxr_c-SctlRQ1ued2AhliOQboQCaYDc0NENo0nhFAG6egwpP660/s1600/IMG_3204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo2TrT8_dUbfa3AwrBUstkb5soe-T9HMnY3xwk-_nE9oxQirPDyfLcSdBldIYMb8_r8XMKPhSm2vodreBfj4BXOFJrxr_c-SctlRQ1ued2AhliOQboQCaYDc0NENo0nhFAG6egwpP660/s320/IMG_3204.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwbmXlc3eowsDEDRt0leTHad3oR7EPxzHaaWdca0RymggbEPTx-hKzH8B7W75pbs8J6Iy0xTYs9xGFNuicuCyyps_LneqwLHhplbJNLVqMVJrZXQk0rhCYZm3pZA4I1Zim__xlw2JOs8/s1600/IMG_3203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwbmXlc3eowsDEDRt0leTHad3oR7EPxzHaaWdca0RymggbEPTx-hKzH8B7W75pbs8J6Iy0xTYs9xGFNuicuCyyps_LneqwLHhplbJNLVqMVJrZXQk0rhCYZm3pZA4I1Zim__xlw2JOs8/s320/IMG_3203.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxUnmv7u5JiKd76z0iZKAfuhWDDHNWta1APJLr-70hGATPtEsnGb3cKdRGOa9gAu-9hmlBXvQQJpXj7SUhV1aDUNxXYLpDnsgOPOvj_cv1DN-Imm_OxFfwmRY0jgR4Xuh4Bs2CUvpilA/s1600/IMG_3206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxUnmv7u5JiKd76z0iZKAfuhWDDHNWta1APJLr-70hGATPtEsnGb3cKdRGOa9gAu-9hmlBXvQQJpXj7SUhV1aDUNxXYLpDnsgOPOvj_cv1DN-Imm_OxFfwmRY0jgR4Xuh4Bs2CUvpilA/s320/IMG_3206.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b>Red Fort, Delhi:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryCbg273uodGtrKe8xtUubr0ebN1n4Y49LclrOGxS48SZBh1vP4zUj5R0vqngLqMTTiQsf9B40aTpjIJmvsgjI7_-ibArZ5s2kxMMHaeupyimYkFxHD1neJrD46jwfONvZ449OeZW0fA/s1600/DSC01622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryCbg273uodGtrKe8xtUubr0ebN1n4Y49LclrOGxS48SZBh1vP4zUj5R0vqngLqMTTiQsf9B40aTpjIJmvsgjI7_-ibArZ5s2kxMMHaeupyimYkFxHD1neJrD46jwfONvZ449OeZW0fA/s320/DSC01622.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCsYYSgsCjYS_34nkCL8SeyPW_ji40ygmegH4xi4-ETta-TddBUeAo6z4MC8t8PK0LVROskN67qm4kIrmjBZeDAjmtd70vp00xGyHCkQzCZ2FXfAJVKhrFX46l3MQdr5M7poak-KLy4Y/s1600/DSC01627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCsYYSgsCjYS_34nkCL8SeyPW_ji40ygmegH4xi4-ETta-TddBUeAo6z4MC8t8PK0LVROskN67qm4kIrmjBZeDAjmtd70vp00xGyHCkQzCZ2FXfAJVKhrFX46l3MQdr5M7poak-KLy4Y/s320/DSC01627.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkrhLnwljQMPDQe9JdIAIFqYIyPoPyvzmRKoyn8Syx_VZOtfcSoFkIGpRK2okO5JeNSCqeEaRVS09qBZvgmc78pw6fbnpPs2tdvGCE2MYNNeuTsvkO1iU090vASWsk8yFOsntKatECrI/s1600/DSC01625.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI43rgj3xxNc__dKAVhmA2JvSCKNycO5pB6Tl-GglEkMB0h0oITOrXrP4DEOndroaiNXix2rknGI_Sj7zk473WByq1S8fB3h9tgVy42CsFo1GyQ-EYHbBz80b2h2xJWRw1D0sulT6H1zg/s1600/DSC01633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI43rgj3xxNc__dKAVhmA2JvSCKNycO5pB6Tl-GglEkMB0h0oITOrXrP4DEOndroaiNXix2rknGI_Sj7zk473WByq1S8fB3h9tgVy42CsFo1GyQ-EYHbBz80b2h2xJWRw1D0sulT6H1zg/s320/DSC01633.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhNI0aGIKVKTDQEGtIEi0v7XTOBDahry9Jk_b5EAvg-3lDp57pw7gLC-Dj-lezEeyH0aFmc6nBS1Xw2x2bQRr1dZBhndmvpHvk0GyWgi-rG4a93OHuShGdnosfXR8-Bu1zYN63ZMiOcQ/s1600/DSC01631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhNI0aGIKVKTDQEGtIEi0v7XTOBDahry9Jk_b5EAvg-3lDp57pw7gLC-Dj-lezEeyH0aFmc6nBS1Xw2x2bQRr1dZBhndmvpHvk0GyWgi-rG4a93OHuShGdnosfXR8-Bu1zYN63ZMiOcQ/s320/DSC01631.JPG" width="320" /></a><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkrhLnwljQMPDQe9JdIAIFqYIyPoPyvzmRKoyn8Syx_VZOtfcSoFkIGpRK2okO5JeNSCqeEaRVS09qBZvgmc78pw6fbnpPs2tdvGCE2MYNNeuTsvkO1iU090vASWsk8yFOsntKatECrI/s320/DSC01625.JPG" width="180" /><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpXXhMBDwhlOFKDM91B3mt2u0PlhPW5H0CQZyvwO0Undab_U-5QGv2478EndigQiE3dYC_9JbnsOwMiUwdBUKogFOiWv5s7_O5TLBlKmdx2AQNO3Hu60uzBdYS06sWgk91ZInnWdslGM/s1600/DSC01635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpXXhMBDwhlOFKDM91B3mt2u0PlhPW5H0CQZyvwO0Undab_U-5QGv2478EndigQiE3dYC_9JbnsOwMiUwdBUKogFOiWv5s7_O5TLBlKmdx2AQNO3Hu60uzBdYS06sWgk91ZInnWdslGM/s320/DSC01635.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ziO-CThIYk0L7W_6JLbzlCpIomIogONH7sCmYW_Gzn_o0vQg8y7WZmHckISOpeW0R1LJYjrMOdEnFLmT_RevGuJ4skJnfAtdT_wQhNBfWoLTd8g2DiAGO_GEb0RBXhusXY__hyphenhyphenpJjsk/s1600/DSC01636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ziO-CThIYk0L7W_6JLbzlCpIomIogONH7sCmYW_Gzn_o0vQg8y7WZmHckISOpeW0R1LJYjrMOdEnFLmT_RevGuJ4skJnfAtdT_wQhNBfWoLTd8g2DiAGO_GEb0RBXhusXY__hyphenhyphenpJjsk/s320/DSC01636.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbN8-p0gu518oSIAoksJw4hefE9PYJzuR2nB9tOnKT6Mo_LhnIXrVvMjy008kDYUx7ISpMwFAXs_hNYE2LoFDltLr5BfkvincqY__hYi04SRhmfWBlSyNRldXq-u0Q9IAkk7nPtEdf5Q/s1600/DSC01634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbN8-p0gu518oSIAoksJw4hefE9PYJzuR2nB9tOnKT6Mo_LhnIXrVvMjy008kDYUx7ISpMwFAXs_hNYE2LoFDltLr5BfkvincqY__hYi04SRhmfWBlSyNRldXq-u0Q9IAkk7nPtEdf5Q/s320/DSC01634.JPG" width="180" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUf5VigEkWRGVxhmk6-Wubs3k45LneptrnmcnKEck8uloT-9hvw1zzlS18-3IwaYnhMUgBY9OSpKV8UQtAWx_B2rv3IyHWhXoaG_3LJLooGS1EuwVQGv1O6v_iz6AOxMX3xJSw369xo_4/s1600/DSC01638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUf5VigEkWRGVxhmk6-Wubs3k45LneptrnmcnKEck8uloT-9hvw1zzlS18-3IwaYnhMUgBY9OSpKV8UQtAWx_B2rv3IyHWhXoaG_3LJLooGS1EuwVQGv1O6v_iz6AOxMX3xJSw369xo_4/s320/DSC01638.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0L2TOK94c7jvmD6x6wOqrXmTLI6AZsLYslfQEO-Brf4IIuO94JLNYk_JpW7mcLhlILpmTuTWt-KISEYCa6v2ac3f6T_1eXxNPcCe-E9jraBF3FBo3JTC_mfktSp-yzfnTQpc0Wekq6jg/s1600/DSC01639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0L2TOK94c7jvmD6x6wOqrXmTLI6AZsLYslfQEO-Brf4IIuO94JLNYk_JpW7mcLhlILpmTuTWt-KISEYCa6v2ac3f6T_1eXxNPcCe-E9jraBF3FBo3JTC_mfktSp-yzfnTQpc0Wekq6jg/s320/DSC01639.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6f3GBURpes0wJTfWOI__XSEJvck6aBVeBJ5NV9Ze3DXDD7hznW4Vb-CfHjjGN8scTqJ4Vpg2PgVx7pC_Z14Y-iL8klLrurJ3VGEXNq6E3qZHAPjjV57TXNwihG76b49pztTxLD4cORt4/s1600/DSC01643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6f3GBURpes0wJTfWOI__XSEJvck6aBVeBJ5NV9Ze3DXDD7hznW4Vb-CfHjjGN8scTqJ4Vpg2PgVx7pC_Z14Y-iL8klLrurJ3VGEXNq6E3qZHAPjjV57TXNwihG76b49pztTxLD4cORt4/s320/DSC01643.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbQViVGu03l1fRvLsJqIqTA7wrKzGKuUyPsCSWpm5-SbO9nPYytVuU-mjc_yEHreL8TDrtZq6PQ63i7wHyk8ES4BfugOzDr4PrAY6TYZ7fJoZQUEKI02CCd8HcRhMSEsYg3Rq3HRUkRM/s1600/DSC01642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbQViVGu03l1fRvLsJqIqTA7wrKzGKuUyPsCSWpm5-SbO9nPYytVuU-mjc_yEHreL8TDrtZq6PQ63i7wHyk8ES4BfugOzDr4PrAY6TYZ7fJoZQUEKI02CCd8HcRhMSEsYg3Rq3HRUkRM/s320/DSC01642.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuOi90wF4WDHeGqafHnjspJx-M35p6h40Ii-4yxn6l-VEPZ38pLnMfI270MrX3AOfzsff3jH3JlZHZpKKpv0H5tUwzUZaxFg9d6IMV_57g7Og7Yf1oAaiGE-ebCyVu3BEKQeAgW7YCd4/s1600/DSC01644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxcrZxOT6D69TxI5tYBnvPk8Qj5fjTY2E0-SBVldDf52WGxzImAtZ-wQvgrm-EqNRQB5ijGJcOSNrm6xfgUsK4lG4ZBSYRWy7ZFhab8Rw99SL9Pm8e_qQKTI_kaLEclTMhlbGhd9FPOs/s1600/DSC01645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxcrZxOT6D69TxI5tYBnvPk8Qj5fjTY2E0-SBVldDf52WGxzImAtZ-wQvgrm-EqNRQB5ijGJcOSNrm6xfgUsK4lG4ZBSYRWy7ZFhab8Rw99SL9Pm8e_qQKTI_kaLEclTMhlbGhd9FPOs/s320/DSC01645.JPG" width="320" /></a><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuOi90wF4WDHeGqafHnjspJx-M35p6h40Ii-4yxn6l-VEPZ38pLnMfI270MrX3AOfzsff3jH3JlZHZpKKpv0H5tUwzUZaxFg9d6IMV_57g7Og7Yf1oAaiGE-ebCyVu3BEKQeAgW7YCd4/s320/DSC01644.JPG" width="180" /><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXnXDu6GgBPqTj4G0VNS4X152JqGWv3_5Wx8LD3Y3_4dcbVwX5NM8OI7LSn8_vMKv7YIkAILQTJoK8KNCgk1zqLN3TSjh-TSVVUoJoR7VQvxDlrNMHMQyIl977SUdJKZTFEGYeOME5lM/s1600/DSC01648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXnXDu6GgBPqTj4G0VNS4X152JqGWv3_5Wx8LD3Y3_4dcbVwX5NM8OI7LSn8_vMKv7YIkAILQTJoK8KNCgk1zqLN3TSjh-TSVVUoJoR7VQvxDlrNMHMQyIl977SUdJKZTFEGYeOME5lM/s320/DSC01648.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRndFXWL8_BtH6DNtOhjB34Rc01K4v5cignP0N__HJZ4Q8lKXkkktcU43PCdkbmMEuBdrCxtLU_1qIYE5aIHOYrUjZRhQhLY6eAWzgiDtkzaRpjDTQOxqenBHVzZzLMfy53ZMZOJ7bak/s1600/DSC01649.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRndFXWL8_BtH6DNtOhjB34Rc01K4v5cignP0N__HJZ4Q8lKXkkktcU43PCdkbmMEuBdrCxtLU_1qIYE5aIHOYrUjZRhQhLY6eAWzgiDtkzaRpjDTQOxqenBHVzZzLMfy53ZMZOJ7bak/s320/DSC01649.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSt0pNQJ-wi5q_kIH0aJQ_j8nCfOqzMIOTtaKTGRWqrgDZ9YB9OPBxA2lsA9MmqX4CmeLxnOEdB-erFXwafHwocB4D-WQ4VuRRceSF-wDEYV5b5v3JZH1XPgJ80bH1ax-Oeal3WecIVpM/s1600/DSC01651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSt0pNQJ-wi5q_kIH0aJQ_j8nCfOqzMIOTtaKTGRWqrgDZ9YB9OPBxA2lsA9MmqX4CmeLxnOEdB-erFXwafHwocB4D-WQ4VuRRceSF-wDEYV5b5v3JZH1XPgJ80bH1ax-Oeal3WecIVpM/s320/DSC01651.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikX-SV35ZR77Uv6-tkjCKwK_FTYhTOAykpOabCQ7Fcv_LlnK73Vmpw-n6KCfHCOvhTI_rJE98vu2BvO3MNuIWiTSpEXPJ1cdxX_Uy2WwUUaJ3YjT3c-CZHsvjAKIUdsx-ulGuVZLPS4H0/s1600/DSC01657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikX-SV35ZR77Uv6-tkjCKwK_FTYhTOAykpOabCQ7Fcv_LlnK73Vmpw-n6KCfHCOvhTI_rJE98vu2BvO3MNuIWiTSpEXPJ1cdxX_Uy2WwUUaJ3YjT3c-CZHsvjAKIUdsx-ulGuVZLPS4H0/s320/DSC01657.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCiDzf8tvKHFbaQjqnK5-JYJpVI9Q57XMbPlyrLKCsvTvQZNs0zpsPWoelqXYP9kmq0upxxRPdpJYLj9Smfb8sHOKFiYm6FT7gzoMiKxkqm9J92tWjlgcTPQ4X7OSR88vy9C1870sag4/s1600/DSC01662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCiDzf8tvKHFbaQjqnK5-JYJpVI9Q57XMbPlyrLKCsvTvQZNs0zpsPWoelqXYP9kmq0upxxRPdpJYLj9Smfb8sHOKFiYm6FT7gzoMiKxkqm9J92tWjlgcTPQ4X7OSR88vy9C1870sag4/s320/DSC01662.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhvrSHExIu7K7FnAojXWGZAIUg_nNnhMZa1gkvnM4A5bcEr0q84n2hlX50C5tp08ZvSzxvav3jFRlbAfkNj5jogJT12XZaPj52ac7qGLL77k7KlLKE2FUnpa7o7STnFgrfHVqWRjxKA0/s1600/DSC01660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhvrSHExIu7K7FnAojXWGZAIUg_nNnhMZa1gkvnM4A5bcEr0q84n2hlX50C5tp08ZvSzxvav3jFRlbAfkNj5jogJT12XZaPj52ac7qGLL77k7KlLKE2FUnpa7o7STnFgrfHVqWRjxKA0/s320/DSC01660.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEkeAJCaCctpXMXy8MuAwqz0QCN1nTnUvQmtBdi1TVMbZxIKjLi8c_1ILr-ijtmhRJXDLiMqbTd1Esnnm-rzIHUr4ImYrwa3-XS1LJZxIiDc3-iDL-TVskBtVietRAiZFZWVCmX6oy3E/s1600/DSC01667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEkeAJCaCctpXMXy8MuAwqz0QCN1nTnUvQmtBdi1TVMbZxIKjLi8c_1ILr-ijtmhRJXDLiMqbTd1Esnnm-rzIHUr4ImYrwa3-XS1LJZxIiDc3-iDL-TVskBtVietRAiZFZWVCmX6oy3E/s320/DSC01667.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DxZL6WVjIULA19YtnMxDt7pqlcu2JalCtmljTOfa_zMnWXBj6Bw5mhd-rdCLlc1FzbfzNSEa6I7g8oOyxU03WiC4vfyBtAtTtKdShCB8d67TrAu0O6fJosobfT5tDBdoeevqq0-RpBI/s1600/DSC01665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DxZL6WVjIULA19YtnMxDt7pqlcu2JalCtmljTOfa_zMnWXBj6Bw5mhd-rdCLlc1FzbfzNSEa6I7g8oOyxU03WiC4vfyBtAtTtKdShCB8d67TrAu0O6fJosobfT5tDBdoeevqq0-RpBI/s320/DSC01665.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_Vtk1u2IEXpUiPuYK3DnQ1QWrg4CLKJypPDHiJalHoti3mc3fHm735EmajLzdD1WnAtpdQ9B7d6shU4Y4-Z36skfvelTEygyEU08zHfirXLXhPBmebmO0oZDm5ACnj9tllHf_QLtx2s/s1600/DSC01669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_Vtk1u2IEXpUiPuYK3DnQ1QWrg4CLKJypPDHiJalHoti3mc3fHm735EmajLzdD1WnAtpdQ9B7d6shU4Y4-Z36skfvelTEygyEU08zHfirXLXhPBmebmO0oZDm5ACnj9tllHf_QLtx2s/s320/DSC01669.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ-PwGWS2a5qa-eMbsSwBZefBjC67tkesDsXjjQM0IOiZyopeDe3KrFT3jGbLVOJqoB4Lk1v-HAkfz0q91tAwfsRSK9z651JdKvWTZOdb-5DzQojs_ckeofrQvrxBN5oXM7b2_KRe9Zw/s1600/DSC01674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ-PwGWS2a5qa-eMbsSwBZefBjC67tkesDsXjjQM0IOiZyopeDe3KrFT3jGbLVOJqoB4Lk1v-HAkfz0q91tAwfsRSK9z651JdKvWTZOdb-5DzQojs_ckeofrQvrxBN5oXM7b2_KRe9Zw/s320/DSC01674.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTrDvPHA9G0Mr7a2tzzmkRGvQxwgYtCK3QK5k7eWv8Ou5dRNTonnh6q1MqFRkvBjZ0x2Ytg_k1NWtQnzSMqdwzVlvfSSHlPksMZioRAYL1p5SLuWbb9MqS9tOhQXk6YsQD3xQUdW-pDI/s1600/DSC01670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTrDvPHA9G0Mr7a2tzzmkRGvQxwgYtCK3QK5k7eWv8Ou5dRNTonnh6q1MqFRkvBjZ0x2Ytg_k1NWtQnzSMqdwzVlvfSSHlPksMZioRAYL1p5SLuWbb9MqS9tOhQXk6YsQD3xQUdW-pDI/s320/DSC01670.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg681lioI6rJcE6dmoSNAHLo-yHqfV2UA7OaFPyH2CoX5fzm8V1dA2UdH92-TnrIsAjhXZox-VVQ4q_b19RgOYJusVAJVdia4xz0wFSS4Z2nzQ-9212XWGDtthRhmvReaOnr9RnOSuWWvk/s1600/DSC01679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg681lioI6rJcE6dmoSNAHLo-yHqfV2UA7OaFPyH2CoX5fzm8V1dA2UdH92-TnrIsAjhXZox-VVQ4q_b19RgOYJusVAJVdia4xz0wFSS4Z2nzQ-9212XWGDtthRhmvReaOnr9RnOSuWWvk/s320/DSC01679.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZnCgw3dFzlpaZym9G0ZEQ7iWjLfb_KzA9fSmQxHD2qY_Vhf7tSk4vc5b4pCamPHNFWsLxIU2vGmxzXnMf-GNmBaLZUs4o8E68CfG4qbZosaFfSezD8xz9Y6GkBqO3m_29R8mRr6g_vs/s1600/DSC01677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZnCgw3dFzlpaZym9G0ZEQ7iWjLfb_KzA9fSmQxHD2qY_Vhf7tSk4vc5b4pCamPHNFWsLxIU2vGmxzXnMf-GNmBaLZUs4o8E68CfG4qbZosaFfSezD8xz9Y6GkBqO3m_29R8mRr6g_vs/s320/DSC01677.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPwJXtvOd_FJ6D-IiM_R33Muzp65UMbwujGU5zG0wGrhnOYS5zS2cRZJrDVkooJxVgfWzsTuc4SnNTPzpR2HXU-dqSq_j9166IgIUBpg-8rMNJbAryYs1AqNaOpltRY5cSucQ9cTGkTg/s1600/DSC01685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPwJXtvOd_FJ6D-IiM_R33Muzp65UMbwujGU5zG0wGrhnOYS5zS2cRZJrDVkooJxVgfWzsTuc4SnNTPzpR2HXU-dqSq_j9166IgIUBpg-8rMNJbAryYs1AqNaOpltRY5cSucQ9cTGkTg/s320/DSC01685.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ18tFAR8dUOaqZHp_LRr5tF_RlqiUWYoe7Fl6LYeehh6KgDWdLoGraACVOojfG-ourR21AZpbCl6X7ZU8uMTfftVK2WDcUdZPzGr-yIBRzhWwmmETP4ILJDhKzBfYbyaSajbvf5JpKLs/s1600/DSC01687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ18tFAR8dUOaqZHp_LRr5tF_RlqiUWYoe7Fl6LYeehh6KgDWdLoGraACVOojfG-ourR21AZpbCl6X7ZU8uMTfftVK2WDcUdZPzGr-yIBRzhWwmmETP4ILJDhKzBfYbyaSajbvf5JpKLs/s320/DSC01687.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftGUoplgDL8RWw4xaqG5TzCbPTS5YAoyL4DGVoBCDnObYAU4SbALaRgMuTHqZwMVddKwQoeAWWvcZLAjAgdvv4obo864G91W5CvnXdwXYaM-4XgEtWwhxeni_yTpVt6XWB-IqxztUR_o/s1600/DSC01688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftGUoplgDL8RWw4xaqG5TzCbPTS5YAoyL4DGVoBCDnObYAU4SbALaRgMuTHqZwMVddKwQoeAWWvcZLAjAgdvv4obo864G91W5CvnXdwXYaM-4XgEtWwhxeni_yTpVt6XWB-IqxztUR_o/s320/DSC01688.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrta-QJlmT853hd7XeZ0Qg_qz5M0xWk4KfYEVxpkJB0UM38C5LyX_Kq83gFMCigfo1RDE99T43fROFOFhcL5p0pxmX8QoyVAeOkdSsmovn60fMFo8D7pqmqAAjGlUeDegSFPTOOpjqiA/s1600/DSC01691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrta-QJlmT853hd7XeZ0Qg_qz5M0xWk4KfYEVxpkJB0UM38C5LyX_Kq83gFMCigfo1RDE99T43fROFOFhcL5p0pxmX8QoyVAeOkdSsmovn60fMFo8D7pqmqAAjGlUeDegSFPTOOpjqiA/s320/DSC01691.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFI49ApL6fIY47N6VIUjkXcly1QNDjJNlyYDMAAuYuix59D2oDt5x56K_tKrXj5XXXErBfobuqwFMGzlwR1s4-XGbykIuqHHnCfS8TdPAF9gR3pwpvrv-9wvWwYF0BlnYc7KET9M4kicY/s1600/DSC01694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFI49ApL6fIY47N6VIUjkXcly1QNDjJNlyYDMAAuYuix59D2oDt5x56K_tKrXj5XXXErBfobuqwFMGzlwR1s4-XGbykIuqHHnCfS8TdPAF9gR3pwpvrv-9wvWwYF0BlnYc7KET9M4kicY/s320/DSC01694.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmbWgSfv7-fmJy_nnIyxSW97SPzSnkPJ2X9kEKZqitlxGs9In8CtxAGboaO-EiEZm9M-noKQrrtadIPWcre3uMe9x5McKOFYSSqJFI2C6zTCBreuS_ZaJi_A0CtTRt3AgCWak3jQZeEw/s1600/DSC01695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmbWgSfv7-fmJy_nnIyxSW97SPzSnkPJ2X9kEKZqitlxGs9In8CtxAGboaO-EiEZm9M-noKQrrtadIPWcre3uMe9x5McKOFYSSqJFI2C6zTCBreuS_ZaJi_A0CtTRt3AgCWak3jQZeEw/s320/DSC01695.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPMlgK-J6l8owKkHfxHRvTaUgw203nwWA-mp1iU8mG814TYJvPHw7n4K9bJDmQGULkHsw4SvIdz2glDgD6r9CihtnV7OCCB1dbGo9V57N4BfF1VRsRf0gwFyDc5O5FW7Fc4DJuqb79ls/s1600/DSC01696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPMlgK-J6l8owKkHfxHRvTaUgw203nwWA-mp1iU8mG814TYJvPHw7n4K9bJDmQGULkHsw4SvIdz2glDgD6r9CihtnV7OCCB1dbGo9V57N4BfF1VRsRf0gwFyDc5O5FW7Fc4DJuqb79ls/s320/DSC01696.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b>In and around Old Delhi:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wykfG5MW1pZz7mBEVVfOM6rvtS1bVf5nHPU1cDtZRl5T-fno_CppEjL7sUwpv8HIXZBnD3R-QrPMa8RfGwzfPTp_2cJ6pJP2Xhpmgy9AXUOVwcAvqa0qgRft6ESkvwf1cGues1wjOQA/s1600/DSC01698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wykfG5MW1pZz7mBEVVfOM6rvtS1bVf5nHPU1cDtZRl5T-fno_CppEjL7sUwpv8HIXZBnD3R-QrPMa8RfGwzfPTp_2cJ6pJP2Xhpmgy9AXUOVwcAvqa0qgRft6ESkvwf1cGues1wjOQA/s320/DSC01698.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8MJvrY83h5U5qSpD5vIzer_WGDz20dVwyxLA6qDbKTFpiQNreh5oiCHJT5qxjtDnZtPc9DKfDyMIHMJh__pvoPq0GZSyDTeHYbsLxPhBvXoQoYCusFkwRGsBu1xQ6D65c-L1ImGHSeE/s1600/DSC01699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8MJvrY83h5U5qSpD5vIzer_WGDz20dVwyxLA6qDbKTFpiQNreh5oiCHJT5qxjtDnZtPc9DKfDyMIHMJh__pvoPq0GZSyDTeHYbsLxPhBvXoQoYCusFkwRGsBu1xQ6D65c-L1ImGHSeE/s320/DSC01699.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDSJSCPURnkySacqxWLw6XWFvGdwgLrwg-8x1FL9ZwjAXVcEhOHwp3A1fu6gg-PP0JKY5r4IC0AXVLd1zTz6LtyuyR66Nweru5x0sHbLxmbs7NBfHe-Q5JrtkN24_meDx3E7XombX56E/s1600/DSC01697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDSJSCPURnkySacqxWLw6XWFvGdwgLrwg-8x1FL9ZwjAXVcEhOHwp3A1fu6gg-PP0JKY5r4IC0AXVLd1zTz6LtyuyR66Nweru5x0sHbLxmbs7NBfHe-Q5JrtkN24_meDx3E7XombX56E/s320/DSC01697.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4xGCvfTcCGtsu-QsrcodjTsceEsiPVwYyXALRTy-vMGrH7e2ZwXLkg-wJzh6mdaD15SThCYa9JS2qjHDpHpqAlNc7e8CnM4DZ_m6dpzWQzAKITf3F2XCGiNatqdMHejLkXRBDuOR7S0/s1600/DSC01700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4xGCvfTcCGtsu-QsrcodjTsceEsiPVwYyXALRTy-vMGrH7e2ZwXLkg-wJzh6mdaD15SThCYa9JS2qjHDpHpqAlNc7e8CnM4DZ_m6dpzWQzAKITf3F2XCGiNatqdMHejLkXRBDuOR7S0/s320/DSC01700.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQYtdA3_bYu2viqLWMzo5mtIvR6KsYs2jFwG4Mu0q9iGiakWyzE_Z3T91p05QQ3g4k0GjNPL_LQzcTufMXti7su9uE6FRXnm3E1fZcXgS7xdzBDh_eUXfHxz4zl7pfEofcZlv-7yxvZE/s1600/DSC01701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQYtdA3_bYu2viqLWMzo5mtIvR6KsYs2jFwG4Mu0q9iGiakWyzE_Z3T91p05QQ3g4k0GjNPL_LQzcTufMXti7su9uE6FRXnm3E1fZcXgS7xdzBDh_eUXfHxz4zl7pfEofcZlv-7yxvZE/s320/DSC01701.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxCP1Ef8o3c2gESmmH4nDjxaE05IXGNQ5jYYEacauoetOBzqCBejZWXDMrVp4XmfnT4DCJBUBqvLWkiqnc2iDlYgPnqlizdOgKeDcNtLDHTwFv8eOOxXu9bENQpl7YtZI-0URho8epGo/s1600/DSC01703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxCP1Ef8o3c2gESmmH4nDjxaE05IXGNQ5jYYEacauoetOBzqCBejZWXDMrVp4XmfnT4DCJBUBqvLWkiqnc2iDlYgPnqlizdOgKeDcNtLDHTwFv8eOOxXu9bENQpl7YtZI-0URho8epGo/s320/DSC01703.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLJntC_HQn1OAZhaWLSfz-5zHXPZY2BmdevLdjbpnj6cikJdasYv_eAfmyLQ5ti3poVnA6JQs7Qkwoc5paDzU_d8nZfBpYmYSjGWLOQF7YKV0swZe4NNgqpoFzTtohxHuI37qgUEqyK4/s1600/DSC01707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLJntC_HQn1OAZhaWLSfz-5zHXPZY2BmdevLdjbpnj6cikJdasYv_eAfmyLQ5ti3poVnA6JQs7Qkwoc5paDzU_d8nZfBpYmYSjGWLOQF7YKV0swZe4NNgqpoFzTtohxHuI37qgUEqyK4/s320/DSC01707.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdPPysilkcKYOONu28YEgchjuoPFWTBFsxIBpDAev9wm6yzkaP5L2nho531h8xmTmLwOC-CGQhbKcYDhZsxt5wK5n3vyr1eyAyQnW1tweraHwIveJalWXzoVlbNuLk7KwgAiVmO6T4ME/s1600/DSC01708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdPPysilkcKYOONu28YEgchjuoPFWTBFsxIBpDAev9wm6yzkaP5L2nho531h8xmTmLwOC-CGQhbKcYDhZsxt5wK5n3vyr1eyAyQnW1tweraHwIveJalWXzoVlbNuLk7KwgAiVmO6T4ME/s320/DSC01708.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZK2NKb4035xrGRpswseancGttbASHhQqMqHVF7H_iOw1TAkPf-8c_Ob7AlBAF8kCwuV34kxhcDXC98bx8vMzZZGpMZZFhiv8hLxYTXZWQENX5Vqu8mXoPKaKfdXIZx-qwHsB37zR-Qs/s1600/DSC01709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZK2NKb4035xrGRpswseancGttbASHhQqMqHVF7H_iOw1TAkPf-8c_Ob7AlBAF8kCwuV34kxhcDXC98bx8vMzZZGpMZZFhiv8hLxYTXZWQENX5Vqu8mXoPKaKfdXIZx-qwHsB37zR-Qs/s320/DSC01709.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Vthld16xv0-wL2svFPzSSK-B0UDX5IqLUZoXFF0cPtRZqk7w1EwngUY4Z9ESPqLX6NSKOED5Kf-rH1Hp29IGBX-AJS2EmJfWCpbUq94btNSDy6ZRYkPhJlt0w50fUsaMDbc-W9kuGM4/s1600/DSC01711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Vthld16xv0-wL2svFPzSSK-B0UDX5IqLUZoXFF0cPtRZqk7w1EwngUY4Z9ESPqLX6NSKOED5Kf-rH1Hp29IGBX-AJS2EmJfWCpbUq94btNSDy6ZRYkPhJlt0w50fUsaMDbc-W9kuGM4/s320/DSC01711.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX0culierHtJYwjcIhuG5hakwrGD-S31Oekr7BRqCO_J68LrBdEZ9i6VUJfx9S_J8oKIMJijbNjiSwxfqDjMNZJY8K5REoQUihKw9n8fyMV35tBpoNd_2QX0VKzrYxebFBQDBgWGtWp4/s1600/DSC01713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX0culierHtJYwjcIhuG5hakwrGD-S31Oekr7BRqCO_J68LrBdEZ9i6VUJfx9S_J8oKIMJijbNjiSwxfqDjMNZJY8K5REoQUihKw9n8fyMV35tBpoNd_2QX0VKzrYxebFBQDBgWGtWp4/s320/DSC01713.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGyaD5LUvgRJtS_o44KdIoWTyk1IbMOfAMHsWJsj4OLbGGSlyH65oyHTB7kIdAVXS8f89m1KUzaev6i61IIhFvUM8mS9F60KHw_8fo03gsQtxMQMUaHEDQvMOUaQ0iEgnFOsevTADppo/s1600/DSC01716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGyaD5LUvgRJtS_o44KdIoWTyk1IbMOfAMHsWJsj4OLbGGSlyH65oyHTB7kIdAVXS8f89m1KUzaev6i61IIhFvUM8mS9F60KHw_8fo03gsQtxMQMUaHEDQvMOUaQ0iEgnFOsevTADppo/s320/DSC01716.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b>More to come!!!!</b><br />
<b><br /></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-61763996581503974142013-08-01T12:11:00.000-07:002013-08-01T12:11:01.212-07:00Day 2 of Gopalganj Field visit; RMRI; Malda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<b>Day 2 in Gopalganj</b><br />
<br />
After an...um...eventful night in a hotel in Gopalganj (I think they charged me extra for the small furry "guest" in my room - perhaps named "Mickey?") we set out for a second day of field work in the District.<br />
<br />
This time, we again joined Atul, the local CARE Link Worker, and visited a Block called Barauli, starting with its Primary Healthcare Centre, which is just about 13km from the one we visited in Manjha. Unlike in Manjha block, the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) spray workers were not on strike here, and had completed spraying of homes this Spring.<br />
<br />
They had treated 71 cases of Kala Azar over the past twelve months, with 29 since January - a number that has been decreasing (again, attributed to the effectiveness of the IRS campaign).<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTkpflYL3r63DTNiZ0s6dsmXGFkUVFj9ksLwLR-lpMNEcPg0pgdtd0LMGmUAa88DNt9G3hnXvDNrTTc9Im2jIJIA_PuM63uhTlL1XERJj2yq-8PEmaRdQ2eQj-59-08exXnH5EhKj3Bo/s1600/DSC02243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTkpflYL3r63DTNiZ0s6dsmXGFkUVFj9ksLwLR-lpMNEcPg0pgdtd0LMGmUAa88DNt9G3hnXvDNrTTc9Im2jIJIA_PuM63uhTlL1XERJj2yq-8PEmaRdQ2eQj-59-08exXnH5EhKj3Bo/s320/DSC02243.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With the doctors of Barauli PHC</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
In Barauli PHC, the doctors first rule out malaria and typhoid, diagnose KA with the rK39 diagnostic test strips plus a clinical assessment, and then dispense the government-provided miltefosine for free to those who test positive. They mentioned that they sometimes have the ASHAs (see last post) distribute the meds and report back to the PHC doctors when dosing is complete.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqQV6-zh-yNRcqnjaw24pYCuGVUKjeySnKEGyd31MplRkXNKBMs1jxnqrrBcZrPCE-wtXP46I5WrpbtNSruWNL6xc_oOeTZ5U7UXPj1OdTlhBCxFUQebocOZ7RstX-05AY4sWY3YFwJM/s1600/DSC02246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqQV6-zh-yNRcqnjaw24pYCuGVUKjeySnKEGyd31MplRkXNKBMs1jxnqrrBcZrPCE-wtXP46I5WrpbtNSruWNL6xc_oOeTZ5U7UXPj1OdTlhBCxFUQebocOZ7RstX-05AY4sWY3YFwJM/s320/DSC02246.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The line was very long at the PHC...</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
When we probed a bit on the apparent issued we had heard about from the Tola yesterday (namely, discontinuation of treatment due to vomiting), the medical officer said that they would not reduce the dose, but if a patient came to them complaining of such a side effect, they would give them something (in this case, an anti-emetic) to help them tolerate the medicine better.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQ6EsbL6VqshPlwz7OmJ_GB0bPF570hh1Qinz2u_ZzSkT7rF-sPwp7fGgS5YZYtxK0nPDgbE4QQWvgubxB2NTozJdftOq2lxdJlU-Qu4BRKamtNVfJCQBruvOhoRuDD1SpV2cxRerhkc/s1600/DSC02249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQ6EsbL6VqshPlwz7OmJ_GB0bPF570hh1Qinz2u_ZzSkT7rF-sPwp7fGgS5YZYtxK0nPDgbE4QQWvgubxB2NTozJdftOq2lxdJlU-Qu4BRKamtNVfJCQBruvOhoRuDD1SpV2cxRerhkc/s320/DSC02249.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>...with lots of people waiting outside</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
The doctors here also told us about some of the educational efforts that they had organized to teach people on the villages about KA, and how to prevent it, which included informational sessions about how to recognize the symptoms of KA (long fever unresponsive to treatment, inflamed spleen), and where to go (the PHC!) if they suspect they might have KA.<br />
<br />
This PHC - which was small, but tidy, serves 300,000 people! This helped explain the long lines of people outside waiting to be seen. Although they seem to be trusted and known for good service, it was easy to see why some patients might prefer to go to a untrained provider (quack/Rural Medical Practitioner) to avoid the waiting times.<br />
<br />
We next drove over to a nearby tola, called Kahala, to meet with a Kala Azar patient named Mira.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bZaUCoYh5Y97GchIzD_MkXG12IURIECI0hbnrXen8-OkVYiGyosNIlPBVm6PGKsDxvYa37JABJjaINcmDML1ypw87TKhTWko6Wh0k0LUlZRYEjfSunj17CzOq_IsDWwQg6w-bQZN8W0/s1600/DSC02256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bZaUCoYh5Y97GchIzD_MkXG12IURIECI0hbnrXen8-OkVYiGyosNIlPBVm6PGKsDxvYa37JABJjaINcmDML1ypw87TKhTWko6Wh0k0LUlZRYEjfSunj17CzOq_IsDWwQg6w-bQZN8W0/s320/DSC02256.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ishani, right, interviewed Mira, center</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Mira is an anganwadi worker. An anganwadi is sort of like a government care center that focuses on health and child and maternal care, with nutritional and contraceptive counseling for mothers, and serving as a day care for children too young for school (the term means "courtyard shelter").<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm3k9mc3zS6uqm0lHIkxhrGIRsoMYmrMFha2UiG7jUA2BuPoCDu78BO6_m5798e0J_gdUReprBYILsQm6Lu1TebwyHMj8C3uHgjfPr7nYye25PNAv2OaCZOVJmMOpJWq4t2ZP2TBCN1s/s1600/DSC02254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm3k9mc3zS6uqm0lHIkxhrGIRsoMYmrMFha2UiG7jUA2BuPoCDu78BO6_m5798e0J_gdUReprBYILsQm6Lu1TebwyHMj8C3uHgjfPr7nYye25PNAv2OaCZOVJmMOpJWq4t2ZP2TBCN1s/s320/DSC02254.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Adorable kids at the anganwadi</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
As her day-care kids sat by (remarkably well-behaved - and very cute!), Mira explained to us that she had once seen some KA educational material in a public hospital office, and had remembered it when she started developing the symptoms. She had gone to the PHC we had just visited, but had had some side effects from the miltefosine they had given her. Unlike the people we'd met in Dhai tola yesterday, rather than seeking help from a private doctor, Mira went back to the facility in which she'd seen the KA material, in Hajipur, near Patna, which happens to have a KA program run by <a href="http://www.msf.org/" target="_blank">Doctors without Borders</a>. There, she received Liposomal Amphotericin B, which may be the best-tolerated new, effective drug for KA, and was cured.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04oLf7MGkbyiWob7jP3SHReN71CdbjAKei7XyeypEqFQHDoDN8FMChMWy1ki_QclBqRSemzTvbia74Dv2-I51ozdK1SrtiFMBjEhDDN1EyhI_z-PT6mSGOIEy9Q-H6BkBZIGHP8m_X_U/s1600/DSC02255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04oLf7MGkbyiWob7jP3SHReN71CdbjAKei7XyeypEqFQHDoDN8FMChMWy1ki_QclBqRSemzTvbia74Dv2-I51ozdK1SrtiFMBjEhDDN1EyhI_z-PT6mSGOIEy9Q-H6BkBZIGHP8m_X_U/s320/DSC02255.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All the people behind Mira have PKDL - she is sending<br /> them to Hajipur for treatment</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
She mentioned that many people in this area are afflicted with KA or Post-Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL - see last post), so she sends them to Hajipur to get treated there if they have trouble with the medication they get from the local PHC.<br />
<br />
Interestingly, she said the villagers here in Kahala had welcomed the IRS sprayers. They understand the major problem that KA represents, and were happy to accept any help in controlling it. This attitude was similar to that of the people of Dhai yesterday, who had gone years without a spraying campaign, but would eagerly accept it if it meant less KA.<br />
<br />
After thanking Mira for the time away from the children, we stopped by a nearby RMP (quack) office - a large hut with a couple of rooms, more spacious than those we'd visited in the past.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ik-pXi1L-p2C4r72P68y_5XA9hGax-odCovOQw7S1fOK9nczacd-IYqG-MUy2n3tdz1aNyf_yPpmQudJFULu_-b-5xVPj5WidGpQm10FFAszwFTh1jWrBX7JkP8O3Cx8aAIxykdX_1Y/s1600/Quack.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ik-pXi1L-p2C4r72P68y_5XA9hGax-odCovOQw7S1fOK9nczacd-IYqG-MUy2n3tdz1aNyf_yPpmQudJFULu_-b-5xVPj5WidGpQm10FFAszwFTh1jWrBX7JkP8O3Cx8aAIxykdX_1Y/s320/Quack.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our very experienced RMP</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
The quack said he had been a practitioner here for 44 years, and knew everyone in the three or four villages he serves. He didn't have any current KA patients (that he knew of) - a good thing, as of course RMP's should not be treating KA! HE said the number of cases has been going down, as (he thought) both "natural" (cyclical) reduction had been occurring, and the IRS had been working.<br />
<br />
<br />
We asked him about how he manages a patient with a fever. He said he starts with some indigenous-medicinal methods (go home and wash their head, I think he said?), or prescribes paracetamol (a mild analgesic). After a few days, if that does not work, he sends them on to the PHC. We wish we heard more of this sort of response from other quacks! Ideally, patients would quickly get moved on to the PHC if they have an unresponsive fever, as it usually means malaria, typhoid, or KA.<br />
<br />
Of course, he said he also sometimes sends the patient to a private doctor, if they request to do so. He was aware, though, that the PHC offered free medicine, so preferred to send people there. He had, he said, administered some injections of sodium stibogluconate (SSG - what the patients from Dhai had been prescribed by the private doctor) for some patients last year.<br />
<br />
We moved on to visit another patient, and older gentleman who actually had had KA ten or eleven years ago, and now had PKDL. He sat us down and served us some hot chai and some snacks, and then showed us the PDKL lesions across his arms and neck.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSSvtBBu3XBmfl-FFZXoihoEVgTPQEpTjq9xYfe_DDXfe1DNV5x2wHY1bk9V_PaENGZFRC53pXnY0O3G-qR7JXEJd1qvb4emN2LP7egLaVA5tdT_rIUvVdldpGJqfAmM6IjrtNGYEKJI/s1600/PKDL+arms.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSSvtBBu3XBmfl-FFZXoihoEVgTPQEpTjq9xYfe_DDXfe1DNV5x2wHY1bk9V_PaENGZFRC53pXnY0O3G-qR7JXEJd1qvb4emN2LP7egLaVA5tdT_rIUvVdldpGJqfAmM6IjrtNGYEKJI/s320/PKDL+arms.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>PKDL lesions</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
We asked him what he was doing for treatment, and he said he had been seeing a Homeopathic doctor for three years, to no avail (unsurprisingly). Like all of the other patients we'd seen with PKDL over the past couple of days, he said he'd had SSG treatment for KA, which, at the time, was the only available treatment.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAdVjLf8Z8yYQCS9rYj-06aiZU5t9ls5Pcn4AZ4YhNBZaPoAToGaeiCud9eiq_01YXYGTgx_5u2LT8MwpNR2eHf1_L63wJuqTCWUrgpBoSa9VDDkeuEKIHNfn6jhsrTP-w90ct1MkflY/s1600/IMG_3348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAdVjLf8Z8yYQCS9rYj-06aiZU5t9ls5Pcn4AZ4YhNBZaPoAToGaeiCud9eiq_01YXYGTgx_5u2LT8MwpNR2eHf1_L63wJuqTCWUrgpBoSa9VDDkeuEKIHNfn6jhsrTP-w90ct1MkflY/s320/IMG_3348.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
While we were speaking to the gentleman, a family with a young boy came by. The boy was nearing completion of a course of miltefosine capsules, which they had obtained from the PHC after seeing a quack.The boy's father mentioned that he had been away earlier this year, at the time the IRS sprayers had come through his village. As his wife had not been made aware of the reason for the DDT, she immediately plastered over the walls after the spray team had left.He said if they had been properly educated about KA and the IRS campaign, they would not have done so.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwArfrXDIhK3Kax8dMCg8I07IdFNFtAYkLwxIrJ-10TkqUNjm0AZCgEz_KHDYYWZO62g-OKpTG08aboQmc8CznEm3EyRDwqiSqPajy1XPRWhlVMLz1GpEZ4dorgYtFyMh9DyNYFdcK3k/s1600/IMG_3349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwArfrXDIhK3Kax8dMCg8I07IdFNFtAYkLwxIrJ-10TkqUNjm0AZCgEz_KHDYYWZO62g-OKpTG08aboQmc8CznEm3EyRDwqiSqPajy1XPRWhlVMLz1GpEZ4dorgYtFyMh9DyNYFdcK3k/s320/IMG_3349.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>
<br />
Overall, we found a lot more evidence of the fact that the RMPs/quacks were able to grasp the seriousness of KA, and what to do if they suspect a case - if they are properly educated about it. In an area like Gopalganj, with a much-higher incidence of KA than the districts we visited on our first field visit a couple of weeks ago, the quacks seem to already understand all of this, though of course the more education that is available to them, the better.<br />
<br />
We also learned that there seem to be several gaps in the effort to eliminate Kala Azar:<br />
<br />
1) The IRS process can be effective, and may even be welcomed by the villagers - but only if efforts are taken to ensure that all villages are thoroughly sprayed, and that people are properly educated about why the spraying is necessary and what they should do before and after the spraying occurs.<br />
2) PKDL is starting to become better-recognized (and we saw evidence of it being treated by the PHCs) - but there are still lots of cases of PKDL around that are as-yet undetected by the public system. Lots of education here is necessary as well.<br />
3) Patients who receive miltefosine, which is the only medicine provided by most PHCs in Bihar, sometimes react badly to it and discontinue its use. If that happens, care must be taken to provide a better alternative to SSG - which doesn't always work, is toxic, and often results in PKDL. Amphotericin B, especially the safer and more effective Liposomal variety, should be made widely available as a second-line treatment, if not first-line.<br />
<br />
Lots of work to do for CARE!!<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eBYZbP-DIhhB4BSh4GivKZX5KZE8kNMRoXgjlz2gTbatyvSLIFId65x51BO-8nZLzb-oLtbKY69CZDpQm3LV42h9Pd1F026AVdMkB8owA-fhldTqqxPlcXhxJ4D6ktjOBTmD_AoyV5A/s1600/DSC02257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eBYZbP-DIhhB4BSh4GivKZX5KZE8kNMRoXgjlz2gTbatyvSLIFId65x51BO-8nZLzb-oLtbKY69CZDpQm3LV42h9Pd1F026AVdMkB8owA-fhldTqqxPlcXhxJ4D6ktjOBTmD_AoyV5A/s640/DSC02257.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With Atul</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<b>RMRI</b><br />
<br />
The day after returning from Gopalganj, we went with Ishani and our team lead, Dr. Indranath, to Rajendra Memorial Research Institute in Patna, which is a widely-known facility that specializes in Neglected Tropical Diseases, especially Kala Azar.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0WHZPM2loUneyEA4txQZFXc55kYV-JvV92wMPXb829AwgYZx2bpZPQgaSueTALoRZMMo0QqWziJTnsTNNT7tv5Qfg2Btq7dsaviXDUFOCVYgDhkFSlH5uZkqfoTVk-GxMCa1gn0oud0/s1600/IMG_3354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0WHZPM2loUneyEA4txQZFXc55kYV-JvV92wMPXb829AwgYZx2bpZPQgaSueTALoRZMMo0QqWziJTnsTNNT7tv5Qfg2Btq7dsaviXDUFOCVYgDhkFSlH5uZkqfoTVk-GxMCa1gn0oud0/s320/IMG_3354.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Patna CARE team members with Director Das of<br /> RMRI and some of his team</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
RMRI is and has been conducting many of the research studies into different medicines to treat KA, different diagnostic tools and methods, the effectiveness of IRS, life cycles of sand flies and effective means to control KA transmission, and all the other aspects of KA management in India. Their studies include the full range of new medicines for KA (miltefosine, paromomycin, Liposomal Amphotericin B, etc), new products under development, and even potential vaccines for KA. They are also devoting a significant amount of effort to researching PKDL.<br />
<br />
We met with the director of RMRI, Dr. Pradeep Das, as well as some of his key staff. They gave us a tour of the facility - which includes a KA ward, where patients who are part of their clinical trials are treated, and a sand fly research wing where they breed the insects for study. They also conduct training programs for doctors and government field workers like ASHAs.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx64-VvgA-JVJutGL1WqViPYZXLHimO6aeEDPcfAglxqPS-4xBhppKUcER6gbBL-xKhmKbjsIrX7WWlvcxBMBcD-mXfF9ZtNn8zVbCGRRlg_02VO5MkJGUBy3b_61DJoVRPHKkgkZ3nlE/s1600/IMG_3357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx64-VvgA-JVJutGL1WqViPYZXLHimO6aeEDPcfAglxqPS-4xBhppKUcER6gbBL-xKhmKbjsIrX7WWlvcxBMBcD-mXfF9ZtNn8zVbCGRRlg_02VO5MkJGUBy3b_61DJoVRPHKkgkZ3nlE/s320/IMG_3357.JPG" width="238" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We got to see sandflies here</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
We spent a little time in the KA ward speaking to a few patients. We heard the very sad story of one woman who had been on ineffective treatments for four months before reaching RMRI, losing a baby along the way.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeyflmYuOjYFeeMgrAG1FWBmMe7EjAozvtUiiylclTMjzZj7NbWTXtxViI9wCI7QVjtlcHHbNfVAbrozVDvta-ulzQJd8Gsi6E3sBVhm-ETNq9KTRznPbKSZe_tkDS52RxZWEYaWnj1A/s1600/IMG_3362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeyflmYuOjYFeeMgrAG1FWBmMe7EjAozvtUiiylclTMjzZj7NbWTXtxViI9wCI7QVjtlcHHbNfVAbrozVDvta-ulzQJd8Gsi6E3sBVhm-ETNq9KTRznPbKSZe_tkDS52RxZWEYaWnj1A/s320/IMG_3362.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>KA ward at RMRI</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
Another young woman from the highly-endemic district of West Champaran was being treated after over a year, at a cost of thousands of rupees, on ineffective fever treatment by quacks and private doctors. Interestingly, she and her fiance seemed relatively well-to-do, in sharp contrast to the poorest-of-the-poor Musahar villagers we had seen last month. They had never heard of Kala Azar before this.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
A third patient - a young man from another highly-endemic district, Vaishali - was being treated for PKDL. He had been sent here from the district hospital in Hajipur, which we had heard about from the anganwadi worker the previous day.<br />
<br />
I was glad to see so much effort devoted to Kala Azar here - the top-notch research will undoubtedly save many lives in the coming years, and hopefully will eventually result in better ways to manage KA patients as well as better preventative measures.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Malda, West Bengal</b><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITKR3yDDbpaENJkz4g39M0r5QF7aNE_OzSDMXKJimE6FJ2i2s_UOEws1IXWth5QwIm6n9YmHeQ3vBuNPeIqcM-X87dIcH_ApgR9hrjMHz8vYoYm1_ab5oUez-x7Yb-udZpff_0llXVyE/s1600/IMG_3481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITKR3yDDbpaENJkz4g39M0r5QF7aNE_OzSDMXKJimE6FJ2i2s_UOEws1IXWth5QwIm6n9YmHeQ3vBuNPeIqcM-X87dIcH_ApgR9hrjMHz8vYoYm1_ab5oUez-x7Yb-udZpff_0llXVyE/s320/IMG_3481.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sunset on the way to Malda</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
After a great week in Bihar, we traveled to the neighboring state of West Bengal. We stayed the weekend in Calcutta (pictures later!) and took the train on Monday up to the district and town of Malda.<br />
<br />
<br />
Malda is another highly-endemic district for KA, close to the Bangladesh border. While West Bengal has fewer overall cases than Bihar, and fewer endemic districts, some parts of the state between Bihar and Bangladesh, like Malda, have a high incidence.<br />
<br />
<br />
We had to opportunity to travel around with Dr. Indranath and a cadre of representatives from the World Bank, the Government of India, and Government of West Bengal, in a review of the progress made in their elimination efforts.<br />
<br />
During the course of the day, we visited several public health care facilities, including PHCs, Health Sub-Centers (HSCs) and a Medical College Hospital, as well as a tola to visit KA patients.<br />
<br />
Most of the conversation was in Bengali, but we had plenty of translation from Dr. Indranath and some of the officials.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTfJev8rMQAH1CvfEQ9c6ToptP_IEv0tmM_XfD9wCGERL4PYBAajT5y6WYtZ7rXaugckLUdfviOxP-FZmN3YN8FKDO1nJhneWEc9pOI3CHaIG6MQIqEsq37hd9w1FE3ZyhLFSX1v7uSY/s1600/DSC02436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTfJev8rMQAH1CvfEQ9c6ToptP_IEv0tmM_XfD9wCGERL4PYBAajT5y6WYtZ7rXaugckLUdfviOxP-FZmN3YN8FKDO1nJhneWEc9pOI3CHaIG6MQIqEsq37hd9w1FE3ZyhLFSX1v7uSY/s320/DSC02436.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsI871RV0wfI71WndvC5xmVwXqbe4ZdX5q6AmWnElZQDL4qhXFqPMP-H_oCIK0O0LYJz-fSpFicKbxx8EFo457RMxuBSNmlSsP6irKIQxNja2PidpyRSNFtOSkFsuRniwalzPZM_ZavY/s1600/DSC02437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsI871RV0wfI71WndvC5xmVwXqbe4ZdX5q6AmWnElZQDL4qhXFqPMP-H_oCIK0O0LYJz-fSpFicKbxx8EFo457RMxuBSNmlSsP6irKIQxNja2PidpyRSNFtOSkFsuRniwalzPZM_ZavY/s320/DSC02437.JPG" width="320" /></a>In our first stop, Moulpur Block's PHC, we heard that while a couple of years ago there had been shortages of miltefosine for KA treatment, now supplies were pretty steady, and they generally had enough to treat patients, with only the occasional stockout.<br />
<br />
<br />
They have been getting quite a few KA cases as well as plenty of PKDL - it is good to hear that they are fully cognizant of the problem here as well.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
We had to crowd into the Medical Officer-In-Charge's office - we were a party of about ten!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tS2viPBU1xIMMkfUy7g6R-5O5BQQb1Ntf4uyA93XrKayaPuChVxp5PP760FNgj2SEZoFIjKdbgowVdPSZwO89-_coYT2P4Ek7YVm2b6Yk7JhAdJOgjMqudBj6ldLlAszIvEsn96_xB0/s1600/DSC02453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tS2viPBU1xIMMkfUy7g6R-5O5BQQb1Ntf4uyA93XrKayaPuChVxp5PP760FNgj2SEZoFIjKdbgowVdPSZwO89-_coYT2P4Ek7YVm2b6Yk7JhAdJOgjMqudBj6ldLlAszIvEsn96_xB0/s320/DSC02453.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Outside the little HSC</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihArMtmwqen0S4OrE4ySQmI-5izegGWQXy3usCeDB8OiwRUIF8zoSU_jTB0zfPUmM_vdEc13VtfDqKN-9OXaW9w2u1zKZWfRsxF4BiN_Vm0tG8h58-FSRvODHzOi72gtPmd1T9-1aiFc4/s1600/DSC02459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihArMtmwqen0S4OrE4ySQmI-5izegGWQXy3usCeDB8OiwRUIF8zoSU_jTB0zfPUmM_vdEc13VtfDqKN-9OXaW9w2u1zKZWfRsxF4BiN_Vm0tG8h58-FSRvODHzOi72gtPmd1T9-1aiFc4/s320/DSC02459.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The ANM in charge explained the function of the HSC<br />as it relates to Kala Azar treatment</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
After a tour of their facilities, we headed over to a nearby HSC. The sub-centers are usually simple, small houses built to receive and help pregnant women, young mothers, and their children through childbirth and early childhood care (nutrition, vaccines, etc), although they also serve as educational waypoints to communicate critical information about infectious disease like KA, tuberculosis, and malaria.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEWc09fID9QYmjCfrLU49mQ-FlG1RrnUrvsu2M7ENlvoar_tIhN-sUrBtNRjXNfKllZMFENx3F0TcfIk3z3VI2-nZ4ETuISJiML1uj6aMIzp7OLu_AuTyhenggrM_cjJfKQ9q0I2lRn4/s1600/DSC02461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEWc09fID9QYmjCfrLU49mQ-FlG1RrnUrvsu2M7ENlvoar_tIhN-sUrBtNRjXNfKllZMFENx3F0TcfIk3z3VI2-nZ4ETuISJiML1uj6aMIzp7OLu_AuTyhenggrM_cjJfKQ9q0I2lRn4/s320/DSC02461.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kala Azar prevention poster inside the HSC</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
These centers are too small and ill-equipped for delivery of babies, but this typically happens in the home anyway, as most expectant mothers would be hard-pressed to secure transportation over rough roads to the nearest hospital (although of course there are always exceptional cases).<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
\<br />
The head of the HSC is the Auxiliary Nurse-Midwife, to whom the ASHAs report. We had the chance to speak with the ANM and two of the ASHAs here. They explained how they are responsible for Directly-Observed Treatment for KA patients - basically, they travel to the patients' homes (or have the patients come to them, if possible) to watch them take their miltefosine capsules, to ensure compliance with the prescription.<div>
<br /><br />
<br />
We saw that there were some posters on the wall for educating locals about Kala Azar. Dr. Indranath suspected that at least one of them was put up for our benefit, but another looked like it had been on the wall for some time.<br />
<br />
We then traveled to a nearby tola, to meet another young boy and his family. The home was a bit off the main road, so we left our cars and hiked a bit down a narrow lane to get there.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tAYWMrzdlMBd4gC9MZaNvBfjforQoKPCzh55hpG5jStIZaTcNC9sj11quR1SFGYf54lWlZIBYUXcA2vXglLNeEKmiX-NfDjbXmF5qyObDJAW29BDolPtEa1hbpJLu2b5N3kJSZMv6xo/s1600/DSC02466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tAYWMrzdlMBd4gC9MZaNvBfjforQoKPCzh55hpG5jStIZaTcNC9sj11quR1SFGYf54lWlZIBYUXcA2vXglLNeEKmiX-NfDjbXmF5qyObDJAW29BDolPtEa1hbpJLu2b5N3kJSZMv6xo/s320/DSC02466.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>It was a bit of a hike to the patient's house!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEI4TIw67ZicHgQCCqdWfsEuWZxmZ0fh0jUIhaIhELg2cCmp_Mnb7tOEyuDhhpAc7Yzap_PamaFC3U1iSPY-PWsIjmyyH2W-O5-FR8AdItxjXWf3KD-19ewRUo4gsCEWZLi7O4veDbmo/s1600/DSC02469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEI4TIw67ZicHgQCCqdWfsEuWZxmZ0fh0jUIhaIhELg2cCmp_Mnb7tOEyuDhhpAc7Yzap_PamaFC3U1iSPY-PWsIjmyyH2W-O5-FR8AdItxjXWf3KD-19ewRUo4gsCEWZLi7O4veDbmo/s320/DSC02469.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
When we arrived, he was actually away from the house, giving a bath to the family's buffalo - great to hear that he was feeling well enough to be out and helping the family!<br />
<br />
While we waited for him to return, we had the chance to look around the tola a bit.Once again, we found mixed-material homes, with straw and mud predominating, but some concrete and some corrugated sheet-metal roofing. Plenty of livestock lived there as well - a few pigs were tied up between the house and a pond, and we had to dodge quite a few cow-patties along the lane.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKW7HVrlUVtT-m7LM4M_MUKa3G8rsmPOHh4gq50Bn2PMJo56wOiEPzrHwc-fEUtRWr5Q673GQD6_0NjafUH1DiW1JqXCwW4uKWK8w1RGtERno7_eGbJ77phpBOOc_FUPDSfCtAz_DKSjA/s1600/DSC02481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKW7HVrlUVtT-m7LM4M_MUKa3G8rsmPOHh4gq50Bn2PMJo56wOiEPzrHwc-fEUtRWr5Q673GQD6_0NjafUH1DiW1JqXCwW4uKWK8w1RGtERno7_eGbJ77phpBOOc_FUPDSfCtAz_DKSjA/s320/DSC02481.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Speaking with Deepak</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
The boy, named Deepak, eventually turned up, and the doctors had a nice conversation with him. He is 10 years old and not at all shy; he told us all about his treatment (with SSG, unfortunately - he was kept at a nearby hospital for the injections as an inpatient), and shared the little he knew about his illness. He was indeed feeling much better, and went off to play with his friends as we left.<br />
<br />
We stopped by another PHC in nearby Gazole (pronounced "Gah-jole" - z's are pronounced like j's in Bengali) Block, in Hathibari village. We learned that this small PHC serves a whopping 400,000 people, and covers 66 HSC's.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5_r7pCphjcyZL3Ta_IhAimxapD-xpci1Nc8ihiYyDS2jQ7DKaNwaYVWBjszwoggqHZNP7qtsF3Mg2Pyy0Ar-Mvk1682nYwhHHTtEEdIq4GVjHKp4LEVjaild32zpMxj3E33tl9gXewA/s1600/DSC02503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5_r7pCphjcyZL3Ta_IhAimxapD-xpci1Nc8ihiYyDS2jQ7DKaNwaYVWBjszwoggqHZNP7qtsF3Mg2Pyy0Ar-Mvk1682nYwhHHTtEEdIq4GVjHKp4LEVjaild32zpMxj3E33tl9gXewA/s320/DSC02503.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Outside Hathibari PHC</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Here we found a pretty nice system of record-keeping, as pictures of the referring ASHAs were stapled to the patient's records, which made it easier to keep track of those ASHAs who were owed incentives for referral. You see, ASHAs are not paid a salary, but instead are paid incentives for helping patients and expectant mothers.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA-vxYFKK4nKGg6fA-PrlolJlfT6w_7X00xolRmNAXjroxTMy9OfLmFS0vJDMB3vzttibo0cLc0hY84TYzPOyN-or4mwktNxjT7ZTH4F9aPsHeMf6U7L0x332GXYN3kadRSfJQc7m4fA/s1600/DSC02501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA-vxYFKK4nKGg6fA-PrlolJlfT6w_7X00xolRmNAXjroxTMy9OfLmFS0vJDMB3vzttibo0cLc0hY84TYzPOyN-or4mwktNxjT7ZTH4F9aPsHeMf6U7L0x332GXYN3kadRSfJQc7m4fA/s320/DSC02501.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
We went to one of the Hathibari HSC's next, the Adina Sub-center.<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMcBzPC9_SbhbXo7P4Qt7KhHw-jkftSGxbrZFDt2vxRqCmMzTklIkhqgkTau44SB2CYdIC2Yv5_9urpa8TNR8ex7se1c5nQqBTCDFHXmXWKx-fDtbDpLfRLNrJpojcEG-GTYXWDx1aig/s1600/DSC02513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMcBzPC9_SbhbXo7P4Qt7KhHw-jkftSGxbrZFDt2vxRqCmMzTklIkhqgkTau44SB2CYdIC2Yv5_9urpa8TNR8ex7se1c5nQqBTCDFHXmXWKx-fDtbDpLfRLNrJpojcEG-GTYXWDx1aig/s320/DSC02513.JPG" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We crowded into the tiny HSC</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
While we were there, a two-year-old patient and his parents dropped in for his injection of SSG for KA (miltefosine is a teratogen - it causes birth and growth defects - so is not prescribed for pregnant women, women of childbearing age, or very young children). Unfortunately, amphotericin B, which would be a much better alternative to SSG< was not available for him.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCTKf4CJVjbRJUqAhNT2mAnLod9niXGQvvbxUkM72vN6cJr4c7K0B77YqxDWtXtQpPo0xq1l6Xdf0JCVeC7I-eDCIgK5a5tGUOULq4_7Kgk3i-tm8nfB4Lrde-pLlVJqnoUaUtwYvqTU/s1600/DSC02517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCTKf4CJVjbRJUqAhNT2mAnLod9niXGQvvbxUkM72vN6cJr4c7K0B77YqxDWtXtQpPo0xq1l6Xdf0JCVeC7I-eDCIgK5a5tGUOULq4_7Kgk3i-tm8nfB4Lrde-pLlVJqnoUaUtwYvqTU/s320/DSC02517.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Little James with his mother</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
The little boy, James, belongs to one of the tribes who live in this area (he has a Christian name as he belongs to a family that had been converted to Christianity by missionaries here). He is from a remote village, Manglapara, which is about 12 km away from the PHC, and inaccessible by four-wheeled vehicles; he was brought in by motorcycle. James lives in a home with a couple of other families, and all three other children in the home had kala azar.<br />
<br />
He had suffered from fever for about four months, treated by a quack, before he finally was taken to the PHC and received his prescription for SSG. He was pretty unhappy to be there - the ANM told us that he actually missed one of his injections because he "ran away!"<br />
<br />
<div>
We concluded our day then - taking an overnight then back to Calcutta, and then a flight to Delhi. It was interesting to see the contrasts and similarities to what we had seen and heard in Bihar. In some places, it seemed like a lot of progress had been made to combat the spread of KA - and awareness of the disease was high among villagers. In others, KA still seems to be relatively unknown.</div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-84872094638068778482013-07-18T10:05:00.001-07:002013-07-18T22:50:03.661-07:00Second Field Visit - Gopalganj, Bihar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
[The guest house where I'm staying has lost power about five times in the past hour, so I'm hoping to post this tonight!]<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
As the questionnaire for our study of Rural Medical Practitioners ("quacks") and other Private-Sector health care agents in Bihar has been taking shape, we needed an opportunity to get out to one of the districts here that has a very high incidence of Kala-azar.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Our last field visit (in Patna District) was extremely informative, but it gave us the perspective of health care workers that operate in an area where KA is not a significant burden.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Zmdn74Yu_1WIsLfOig-xOhGkqRLG5h_RK8BJaGmSBjPPzEL02Z_pQV6A5yxlQZ2XmaXDtpeU_C0EpMAxrQ0liHZZs5saw7yMivL9CLfFpkhrybzSbU1megI8XhXHhM6fQkDbsixch1Q/s1600/Gop+map.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Zmdn74Yu_1WIsLfOig-xOhGkqRLG5h_RK8BJaGmSBjPPzEL02Z_pQV6A5yxlQZ2XmaXDtpeU_C0EpMAxrQ0liHZZs5saw7yMivL9CLfFpkhrybzSbU1megI8XhXHhM6fQkDbsixch1Q/s320/Gop+map.png" width="241" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Patna to Gopalganj District</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
This time, Clara, Ishani and I headed northwest of Patna, to Gopalganj, which has many hundreds of KA cases every year. We left about 7AM, crossing the wide Ganges river as we left the city, and arrived in Gopalganj district before noon - occasional heavy traffic and some stretches of really rough road slowed us down.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvf9Qah_bBd5FJInKroLOd6VdVpg539fy0NKpbOa-vLAyIqJE6rFYJFBpIw6YAVXb6-xe7eKBV5aC94EH6b57im7L1ihl4LSF3zWA6mTrJTzSguD6ptVJdJz4HvlozQIncQRC-lvxSNQ/s1600/IMG_3338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvf9Qah_bBd5FJInKroLOd6VdVpg539fy0NKpbOa-vLAyIqJE6rFYJFBpIw6YAVXb6-xe7eKBV5aC94EH6b57im7L1ihl4LSF3zWA6mTrJTzSguD6ptVJdJz4HvlozQIncQRC-lvxSNQ/s320/IMG_3338.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One of the "vehicles" we passed along the way</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
When we arrived, we met up with Atul, the local CARE Link Worker, who escorted us around the villages in his territory within Gopalganj. We started at the Manjha Block Primary Health Care Centre, a public facility that deals with many more cases of Kala-azar each year than the centres we visited in Patna last month. And though our research study is really about the private sector, we need to understand how the quacks and the private doctors fit in the patient's journey (which often also includes the PHC), so we wanted to have the perspective of the public health centre doctors as well.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
A Block is an administrative region within a District, containing multiple villages (so it goes village->block->district->state->country). Manjha Block contains about 100 villages, with just shy of 200,000 inhabitants. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Like all PHCs, Manjha's deals with Maternal and Child Healthcare (it is staffed with two Auxiliary Nurse-Midwives, or ANMs), but also has several doctors, a Block Health Manager, and its Medical Officer-In-Charge, Dr. Singh, with whom we spoke. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4ocGW0TELLYevxzmZWYYI3ncsIgp3BwI8C5HfXmakojAQhaTGLuG6w0f7akK5cx0t846D-10RNOUQ_-xl9R9nozh4gTlxZsPgC7JScn3sCZYGxHhKoBt451LeNHUQdB6R3YxidK-wdQ/s1600/DSC02140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4ocGW0TELLYevxzmZWYYI3ncsIgp3BwI8C5HfXmakojAQhaTGLuG6w0f7akK5cx0t846D-10RNOUQ_-xl9R9nozh4gTlxZsPgC7JScn3sCZYGxHhKoBt451LeNHUQdB6R3YxidK-wdQ/s320/DSC02140.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>The line outside the PHC</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNedlJg1JVvVjkLgaEGQcRMSWRkuuQ0gDpsMabm2_YRfTpLjJKJ0wX5y273owkT0Qd1yEYhrmRCC6zefMjfU0UFH5m2GS90Z8o_8GP1h86-SLeRfVlETe10p8P0eWEsJ2db3QRfKLRtU/s1600/DSC02133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNedlJg1JVvVjkLgaEGQcRMSWRkuuQ0gDpsMabm2_YRfTpLjJKJ0wX5y273owkT0Qd1yEYhrmRCC6zefMjfU0UFH5m2GS90Z8o_8GP1h86-SLeRfVlETe10p8P0eWEsJ2db3QRfKLRtU/s320/DSC02133.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Manjha Block PHC</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ahPYNeZId11QS_XcQshh9ZJ1Dfl1xG32oeS-ky968l7UE1JuVj7_uiofV7hfYaED8k4Qt_JSHkjKmb-lXw7pfJCfooIup1WUIWygyBYqrDP9C1WWZpPuYAXEdyE24Fbutdc6Z3bmM6A/s1600/DSC02138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ahPYNeZId11QS_XcQshh9ZJ1Dfl1xG32oeS-ky968l7UE1JuVj7_uiofV7hfYaED8k4Qt_JSHkjKmb-lXw7pfJCfooIup1WUIWygyBYqrDP9C1WWZpPuYAXEdyE24Fbutdc6Z3bmM6A/s320/DSC02138.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Main ward - empty today</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
We were interested in finding out how many cases of Kala-azar they see in this Block, and we were told they had had 87 in 2012, but only 20 so far this year. They attributed the decline to an effective campaign of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS). Dr. Singh said that every house in every village had been sprayed last year (though we found some evidence to the contrary later). As I've mentioned before, IRS is comprised of teams of two sprayers with (usually) hand-pumps, spraying DDT on all the surfaces within each home, up to 6 feet off the ground. As there are probably 40,000-50,000 homes in this block alone, you can imagine that it's a costly and time-consuming event, especially considering they do it twice each year! But this is the most effective way to reduce the sandfly population, which helps reduce the incidence of Kala-azar significantly.<br />
<br />
Unfortunately, we discovered, spraying in Manjha has not yet happened in 2013, as the spray workers were on strike, hoping to become permanent government employees instead of temporary contractors. Hopefully this won't mean a big uptick in KA cases next year.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtTIAIKAeZb-6uLNoD1Mr3zgI1SUow4V3e7a2ogKdh6zeDkgyR5A8cZDDYX8aMIbIGLEd_6V5kRyF77MEdzcGLyjl25Z09quyFC3umKtCB7A5jVaFHxwRt9zPveqw1BIKDsY6rP-VJg8/s1600/MF.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtTIAIKAeZb-6uLNoD1Mr3zgI1SUow4V3e7a2ogKdh6zeDkgyR5A8cZDDYX8aMIbIGLEd_6V5kRyF77MEdzcGLyjl25Z09quyFC3umKtCB7A5jVaFHxwRt9zPveqw1BIKDsY6rP-VJg8/s200/MF.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>miltefosine capsule packs</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Dr. Singh explained that for PHCs, the government provides one of the newer KA medicines, miltefosine, to give to KA patients for free. Miltefosine is supposed to be given for 28 days, and he believed that most patients stuck to the regimen and completed the full course. Miltefosine takes some of the strain off of the crowded PHCs, as it is an oral drug; this allows KA patients to be outpatients instead of taking up valuable bed space in this small facility.<br />
<br />
He also mentioned that miltefosine was used to treat PKDL patients - as previously described, PKDL (Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis) is an otherwise harmless infection of the skin by the <i>Leishmania </i>parasites after an apparent cure of KA...but those with PKDL serve as a reservoir for the protozoans, and keep the disease cycle going. Thus, curing these patients where they're found helps control the disease. It was good to hear that these patients were being identified and referred to the PHC - in this case, by the CARE Link Workers and the ASHAs.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
ASHAs - Accredited Social Health Activists - are the front-line health care workers in rural India. They are all literate local women who report through the block's ANMs. As the government creates one ASHA position per 1000 population, there are about 200 ASHAs in Manjha Block. Taking our leave of Dr. Singh and the PHC, we went to meet a group of ASHAs who were getting together for a training discussion at a nearby high school.</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnXxFJpHPUYHybien8pz70iOBYt9Z7ZoEzmJP_6VV2IsB5-N0AAaP2FK21ErfWzsKy4U4G8F8NsGtevmwaz52QtPNrM9pFX2TCX4uUG1P-LZQNlDkeIDCz8RYgOv-oBjqOmhuu0ToArM/s1600/DSC02181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnXxFJpHPUYHybien8pz70iOBYt9Z7ZoEzmJP_6VV2IsB5-N0AAaP2FK21ErfWzsKy4U4G8F8NsGtevmwaz52QtPNrM9pFX2TCX4uUG1P-LZQNlDkeIDCz8RYgOv-oBjqOmhuu0ToArM/s320/DSC02181.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The ASHAs were kind enough to give us over an<br /> hour of their time </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
While the ASHAs' primary function is to attend to the needs of mothers and young children in the villages, they receive training to help manage most public health issues, including infectious diseases like TB, malaria, and Kala-azar.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
For KA, they are trained to identify the early signs of the onset of the disease (two weeks+ with fever that doesn't respond to medicine, tender abdomen with enlarged spleen) and get the patients quickly to the PHC for treatment.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AInqyG9_6j_ZibmVOeJIgRDffU9mQAzw0VYtypsJ9wfQ1bxnDM7m1xxpvo-AkS3SNFTtcOHIhHODdH8QCN6gjBWXg9v7usRrg8BhyphenhyphenZxlgQ7AjpMtdAB5Ss0AmPneJ8exaLh5tgGGFU8/s1600/DSC02175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AInqyG9_6j_ZibmVOeJIgRDffU9mQAzw0VYtypsJ9wfQ1bxnDM7m1xxpvo-AkS3SNFTtcOHIhHODdH8QCN6gjBWXg9v7usRrg8BhyphenhyphenZxlgQ7AjpMtdAB5Ss0AmPneJ8exaLh5tgGGFU8/s320/DSC02175.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Clara taking notes, with some curious onlookers</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Along with finding KA patients, the ASHAs also spend time in dispelling some of the myths about the disease, and teaching villagers about how it is transmitted. They are also critical on-the-ground help when the government holds a "Kala-azar camp," shepherding ill villagers to the camps to get tested for KA and treated if positive.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirODLsWIKtt2e1n0e3WOaZc5BHRhDaka5qz9FsO6a8LrQlSNwWoR0ARGYZvY0bOlCjzqwYnj_c6t2lwz3dfZA8Y9jIvDV9ixhlhXKFib98ohNMrkGHCi3N5E8Q6rtuEz5zP9QbSj1bEbw/s1600/DSC02179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirODLsWIKtt2e1n0e3WOaZc5BHRhDaka5qz9FsO6a8LrQlSNwWoR0ARGYZvY0bOlCjzqwYnj_c6t2lwz3dfZA8Y9jIvDV9ixhlhXKFib98ohNMrkGHCi3N5E8Q6rtuEz5zP9QbSj1bEbw/s320/DSC02179.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atul and Ishani translated our questions for the ASHAs<br /> and asked some of their own</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Another key role they play is preparing the village for IRS, helping the inhabitants to understand why the spraying must occur and explaining how to prepare their homes. This requires moving many of their belongings out of the house to enable full coverage of the spray, and making sure that food items are fully covered so that they are not contaminated with the DDT. As I mentioned in my post about the tola we visited in Patna district, sometimes villagers go along behind the spray workers and plaster over the DDT, completely negating its effect! The ASHAs teach the homeowners not to do this.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfC641DCjUR-HQOEmV8LEY-ypIj5j4QEBoNW8BYlSkXVvXKRL0RBaO4kEjFzpJqZuYWL5D1vWetPznwZt9tr2isYxoRLXAEvMXBGAyqniNPKwDZ6IfCQ71Atim-TICnNyJn09AA71gTU/s1600/DSC02182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfC641DCjUR-HQOEmV8LEY-ypIj5j4QEBoNW8BYlSkXVvXKRL0RBaO4kEjFzpJqZuYWL5D1vWetPznwZt9tr2isYxoRLXAEvMXBGAyqniNPKwDZ6IfCQ71Atim-TICnNyJn09AA71gTU/s320/DSC02182.JPG" width="320" /></a>Villagers sometimes doubt that the spraying helps - after all, it's hard to see the sandflies to begin with, as they are quite small and hide during the day. ASHAs do their best to assure people that it does indeed make a huge difference.<br />
<br />
They told us that people's trust in them has been growing, and they are viewed as important members of the community now.<br />
<br />
<br />
Importantly, the ASHAs told us that it was inevitable that villagers would visit Rural private providers (quacks), as many had the attitude that "anything free can't be good." But they were working to try to ensure people took their health seriously and to try to get people to trust the government facilities.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0V8Vv8yVYMhxmlCMACWgvoHUYmdfwmXtzLzn5w6dCsCn1beK6BWS7EqCHo-kFPN2i7mRxDkGhAneobTsjsrKvWlv_9a6SfNsJskYsJ925ksNkmIPe3SZkx7MigFB4PAqB_Jus3KNGwXo/s1600/DSC02184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0V8Vv8yVYMhxmlCMACWgvoHUYmdfwmXtzLzn5w6dCsCn1beK6BWS7EqCHo-kFPN2i7mRxDkGhAneobTsjsrKvWlv_9a6SfNsJskYsJ925ksNkmIPe3SZkx7MigFB4PAqB_Jus3KNGwXo/s400/DSC02184.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We attracted the usual crowd!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKWZRZ8pCqnFykd-B2SZFne6XOS4MUqTq26Y3qIOfn2ccpkdbFLfN_vDUsqsQIGCBSyxi_WQ3RW7oVHuzhZSIsXTsIwKTBQ9clP2pj8r_8ylMHb_HOlYyEkTS2BenRPfJMxllNHjtrB4/s1600/DSC02186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKWZRZ8pCqnFykd-B2SZFne6XOS4MUqTq26Y3qIOfn2ccpkdbFLfN_vDUsqsQIGCBSyxi_WQ3RW7oVHuzhZSIsXTsIwKTBQ9clP2pj8r_8ylMHb_HOlYyEkTS2BenRPfJMxllNHjtrB4/s640/DSC02186.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo op with the ASHAs</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Thanking the ASHAs for their time, we next went to a tola to see some of the people they help.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Atul told us that this tola, Dhai, was home to a lot of current and past Kala-azar patients - and he sure was right. The villagers told us that almost every home in the tola had at least one KA patient, over 60 in all. This tola was not subject to the same abject poverty as the community of Musahars we had visited on our last field trip, but still lived with a mix of concrete, brick, and straw-and-mud homes, with livestock living in and around their homes - so still a great environment for sandflies.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
We first spoke with one patient, Raju, who was currently receiving injections of the old (and now at times ineffective) cure for KA, Sodium Stibogluconate (SSG). SSG is an antimony-based drug, which can be a bit tough for patients to tolerate. But we were especially interested in why Raju was getting these injections instead of taking the pills - especially since the SSG was expensive (about $50 - a huge sum here) while the miltefosine is free!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhna3IxX2pcKYHVy0oNB9fwHoKH4cC-uHUcLOaCzImdaLy74N18uesswlWg9RwFlXDN_cEv54si5O3CkpxpgQJtTDjpczm2jxxVMGDpD9L8LuNHqbPcCHaJol1JnuhzLy3JdqfTc-6S4do/s1600/DSC02203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhna3IxX2pcKYHVy0oNB9fwHoKH4cC-uHUcLOaCzImdaLy74N18uesswlWg9RwFlXDN_cEv54si5O3CkpxpgQJtTDjpczm2jxxVMGDpD9L8LuNHqbPcCHaJol1JnuhzLy3JdqfTc-6S4do/s320/DSC02203.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Raju (left of center) telling us about his<br /> Kala-azar treatment experience</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
Raju explained that he had indeed gone to the PHC (after a few days of ineffective treatment by a quack) and received his miltefosine - but he had started vomiting from the capsules within two days, and stopped taking it. He then went to a private doctor and received the prescription for SSG, which was being administered every other day by a local compounder (medicine mixer). </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3vmF2e6NOHuwGyeekttli_ZMK99xpSloeQqBwGno0YJZmXoedpADcTB0CRfpybPhCGPvwqmOfDDS7QoJecTOikXzGJSKl0Ia1HVE9kwWOhArZnrTkCt8tW6GpNdE5ZS5qSIYcNyPr00/s1600/DSC02198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3vmF2e6NOHuwGyeekttli_ZMK99xpSloeQqBwGno0YJZmXoedpADcTB0CRfpybPhCGPvwqmOfDDS7QoJecTOikXzGJSKl0Ia1HVE9kwWOhArZnrTkCt8tW6GpNdE5ZS5qSIYcNyPr00/s320/DSC02198.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One of Raju's SSG vial boxes</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
This was the first we had heard of serious side effects leading to discontinuation of miltefosine. But Raju wasn't the only one in Dhai Tola who had experienced it - quite a few of the villagers had gone the same route. We saw the records and prescriptions for each of the villagers, and noticed that they all had visited the same Private doctor, located about 6 or 7 km from the village. Raju related that this doctor had said that miltefosine was not effective (which is completely counter to all the evidence we'd seen - though this may be a bit of a miscommunication on the villagers' part - he might have been referring to tolerability, not efficacy, issues), and that they should take SSG instead.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
We then started looking at the other villagers, and noticed that at least a couple of them were showing signs of PKDL - which often shows up as bumps or spots on the face or arms. One adorable little girl, named Soni, clearly had PKDL, with typical bumps covering her face. PKDL isn't painful or distressing in any way other than aesthetically, so those afflicted often don't bother seeking medical help for it - the exception usually being young women worried about their marriage prospects. A full course of treatment usually clears up the spots - but of course more importantly eliminates a reservoir for the parasites.</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmq0n_u9Zfbu3tGpRpL7U0yydaTYetBxtUV5nzPfU5ubvc_ELhE8YXHcYjvcdxKJ0hduwqXFkg_9p3pxVACM6p1DXKHKIHXbgnsFris3T7MHo5BozYcspUrc5DQMqNPiD2eWfOJERq6w/s1600/DSC02206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmq0n_u9Zfbu3tGpRpL7U0yydaTYetBxtUV5nzPfU5ubvc_ELhE8YXHcYjvcdxKJ0hduwqXFkg_9p3pxVACM6p1DXKHKIHXbgnsFris3T7MHo5BozYcspUrc5DQMqNPiD2eWfOJERq6w/s640/DSC02206.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Soni</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Soni had had Kala-Azar a couple of years ago, and like Raju was prescribed miltefosine at the PHC...but vomited from the medicine. She had been taken back to the PHC to get anti-nausea medicine, but her mother told us that it didn't work, so she ended up getting SSG as well.<br />
<br />
This past week at a government conference, we had heard some evidence that those treated with SSG were more likely to develop PKDL after their apparent cure, and that seems to be bearing true here in Dhai. Several others seemed to have PKDL, including Soni's mother.We explained that the PHC could help them get treated.<br />
<br />
Now, if you'll remember, the Manjha PHC doctor had told us that all the villages in the area had been thoroughly sprayed. It turns out that this tola hadn't seen any spray crews for five years! This helps explain the high prevalence of KA in this community. And with so many paying for SSG and visits to the private doctor, it is taking a bit of an economic toll as well. One patient told us that he had to rent out a piece of land to pay for treatment.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxiM8-jgP5Tzg0nIsA7o0UqxhS5q6rXH0aPQTrIwPM-wqPAg6Cx9YyDY_MKqPFCKSclmqGi8gCVQ4ysuTdEelwBbGj1YBioFMRRjq9xSGBKX3xZtwXz_-5-ckYHYpJXkyUesO4RE-yrc/s1600/DSC02209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxiM8-jgP5Tzg0nIsA7o0UqxhS5q6rXH0aPQTrIwPM-wqPAg6Cx9YyDY_MKqPFCKSclmqGi8gCVQ4ysuTdEelwBbGj1YBioFMRRjq9xSGBKX3xZtwXz_-5-ckYHYpJXkyUesO4RE-yrc/s320/DSC02209.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Striking a pose for the camera</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2O8TnhGWtP88NL_HwxaqSwKeETd-wnEUkUNdkNgDx6uKo6EnDFK-IIIJpZZ8M7sAQE9nf4HXcwWmXzWedN7-j6fIgxGSjHdZw9pq-mt_okdRjlBH-ENxQHSxxDtERWBuO9akuFeDnMs/s1600/DSC02211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2O8TnhGWtP88NL_HwxaqSwKeETd-wnEUkUNdkNgDx6uKo6EnDFK-IIIJpZZ8M7sAQE9nf4HXcwWmXzWedN7-j6fIgxGSjHdZw9pq-mt_okdRjlBH-ENxQHSxxDtERWBuO9akuFeDnMs/s400/DSC02211.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The kids got a huge kick out of watching Ishani take pictures of them</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXFxBzdhX7aqkmy4iXlriwuP29n-mu0E6LHcdR2JDLsDLI-qio96DuEdKVpqgCtsvEeGM7ZJfUcw5rg6-ODICNS3faKjF1E1gna6zWOh06Tx3w4eH1pHtJLZCSSFntGfw0RQq9ywOaFI/s1600/DSC02216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXFxBzdhX7aqkmy4iXlriwuP29n-mu0E6LHcdR2JDLsDLI-qio96DuEdKVpqgCtsvEeGM7ZJfUcw5rg6-ODICNS3faKjF1E1gna6zWOh06Tx3w4eH1pHtJLZCSSFntGfw0RQq9ywOaFI/s320/DSC02216.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Livestock roamed - or was led - around the tola</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYwXSFdrhPNWeYUwXu8OB0434JCUYWttIAm1m9Ot1R5Y3oSWlpx2xdnxlCI6VTdh5oPkSiVFUZ-rvrUa1mCKL7zuFRR44LjBjKY73Bq8ht5t4fo7wYpBZ8-K876YvnHwJVUPiItk1L70/s1600/DSC02221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYwXSFdrhPNWeYUwXu8OB0434JCUYWttIAm1m9Ot1R5Y3oSWlpx2xdnxlCI6VTdh5oPkSiVFUZ-rvrUa1mCKL7zuFRR44LjBjKY73Bq8ht5t4fo7wYpBZ8-K876YvnHwJVUPiItk1L70/s320/DSC02221.JPG" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We walked up to one patient's house<br />just after this goat gave birth to her kid</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLe6lSx2Ymetv64QdcDEOO1NA9B2ppin3vY1zvJC_SCvu9rNXYm3Ld4E-YT2VXJqiYcIrcju8honyxp1V9uc2J4Ilnl1MjmRQQ-AHeExzSmF3mE2dwv5m2suBbaEAjMUjM5wcwGc2XSI/s1600/DSC02225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLe6lSx2Ymetv64QdcDEOO1NA9B2ppin3vY1zvJC_SCvu9rNXYm3Ld4E-YT2VXJqiYcIrcju8honyxp1V9uc2J4Ilnl1MjmRQQ-AHeExzSmF3mE2dwv5m2suBbaEAjMUjM5wcwGc2XSI/s320/DSC02225.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This teenaged girl was just finishing up her miltefosine. The goat<br /> at left was hers - and notice the cow walking into her home</i> </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
We walked through the tola and met a few other patients, including one woman who was still feeling quite ill, and a young lady, 15 or 16, who was just finishing up her miltefosine treatment. She had been started on a heavy dose, but after vomiting apparently had gone back to the PHC and received a lower dose, which she managed tolerate.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4KrQrMUXME-1zeSiCPFxoilAvXAqxwvZnfFaOBxiVV58HOS7cRZDVpezFBbNVwKgseCN8gtxRxr-2lvrgr1UjmJ74zpj11VDrJQkzJQlaIkRCkxDW49TX5JYwhn8jAcyWNiSFH8JnOs/s1600/DSC02229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4KrQrMUXME-1zeSiCPFxoilAvXAqxwvZnfFaOBxiVV58HOS7cRZDVpezFBbNVwKgseCN8gtxRxr-2lvrgr1UjmJ74zpj11VDrJQkzJQlaIkRCkxDW49TX5JYwhn8jAcyWNiSFH8JnOs/s320/DSC02229.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>A shot down the main road - you can see a rice field on the right</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Intrigued by the situation in this tola, we decided to visit the private doctor that the tola residents had been seeing. The doctor there mentioned that he was usually seeing 10-15 patients per month. He believed that there was a lot of cases similar to Raju's and the others we'd spoken with in the tola - where they were not able to tolerate miltefosine and had to be switched to SSG. He was aware of amphotericin B, which is available in some of the District- and State-level hospitals, but it was not available locally.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQkvj7CYKnfFUBDLh2BuD6kaFMfxrgroA5ewiMwa5EwrtDtdKcqmC2g8GhJEaQkQe5kdkh2d_0XkSincJbB0apHdnLKa60bBUzLE8fqnjPPunNe_hZMIekBvd3z6qdiNPUEprFub244Q/s1600/DSC02233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQkvj7CYKnfFUBDLh2BuD6kaFMfxrgroA5ewiMwa5EwrtDtdKcqmC2g8GhJEaQkQe5kdkh2d_0XkSincJbB0apHdnLKa60bBUzLE8fqnjPPunNe_hZMIekBvd3z6qdiNPUEprFub244Q/s320/DSC02233.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu-d-ibfobsdjYMOLVoy8z4jNfqO42BHpIYPcMBY0-0EuUl_Io-DuyBOFQV4RF68Z_t_hqDgHtArCOhN1t8YVAIfy3u_2XCMOWKqejNChmGHj-M-QJn-EH2KTfftYgEZaLGxkMGQp6l4/s1600/DSC02230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu-d-ibfobsdjYMOLVoy8z4jNfqO42BHpIYPcMBY0-0EuUl_Io-DuyBOFQV4RF68Z_t_hqDgHtArCOhN1t8YVAIfy3u_2XCMOWKqejNChmGHj-M-QJn-EH2KTfftYgEZaLGxkMGQp6l4/s320/DSC02230.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
He was aware of some of the local quacks, who likely referred patients directly to him. And he mentioned that he sometimes referred difficult KA cases to the Patna Medical College Hospital that we visited on our last field visit.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kweFBXMIm4Ail-GbXQ2ghEm_LbPajZJXdpA4KHmNLu2WvDe1Y3D6J0TMq4Ep0IvsVeX14eyKXIm_Fq1-BYPCzh8zQEcwPDl5jj1stY5KajPZKwjvpOLIUFgzOWmA_3uLXuWAFlzJbK0/s1600/DSC02231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kweFBXMIm4Ail-GbXQ2ghEm_LbPajZJXdpA4KHmNLu2WvDe1Y3D6J0TMq4Ep0IvsVeX14eyKXIm_Fq1-BYPCzh8zQEcwPDl5jj1stY5KajPZKwjvpOLIUFgzOWmA_3uLXuWAFlzJbK0/s320/DSC02231.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Private doctor</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
He also said that he wasn't currently reporting KA patients to the local PHC - something that CARE hopes to enable to do through a comprehensive information system that they are currently piloting. It is important to track patients to ensure the government and the development community can identify KA hotspots, provide help where it is most needed, and measure progress against the goal of eliminating the disease.<br />
<br />
<br />
He said that he did indeed use local boots-on-the-ground (like the compounder Raju had mentioned) to administer the SSG injections if the patient could not easily get to his office. Another set of private providers that we hadn't considered!<br />
<br />
Overall, this was a very informative day. After one last stop at the local (Gopalganj District) CARE Office, we retired exhausted to our hotel<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lPckhGUhjOevFXITdTgRytMnBTV8wzOCybdcrrqxQ1Jx4K8I6ZlNkt4kx5HutcQVWW8KPlqXkDNRbdasFwk4kXhwHx7fxqenuBKoY7-y3DDzya3OjBB-G3OxyFucDA6yYbFjhOh5sPw/s1600/DSC02235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lPckhGUhjOevFXITdTgRytMnBTV8wzOCybdcrrqxQ1Jx4K8I6ZlNkt4kx5HutcQVWW8KPlqXkDNRbdasFwk4kXhwHx7fxqenuBKoY7-y3DDzya3OjBB-G3OxyFucDA6yYbFjhOh5sPw/s320/DSC02235.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Next: Quacks, Ineffective homeopathy, and More conflicting stories....</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-26885017014988329712013-07-02T02:24:00.000-07:002013-07-02T22:16:24.597-07:00Visit to Patna Medical College Hospital<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
For the last of our Field Visits, Ishani from the Patna CARE
Hub took us to Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH). This public facility is
considered one of the higher-level hospitals in the area, and it was mentioned
by the Rural Medical Providers (quacks) as the place to which they would refer
kala azar patients.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
The initial impression was that it was a huge and sprawling
campus, as you might expect in a city of 4.5 million people.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
However, it was good that we had been prepped not to expect
the kind of facilities that Clara and I were used to seeing in the US or UK.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Aside from a couple of security guards at the main door (who
didn't require anything of us), there was nothing to stop us from going
anywhere in the campus - and no information
desks or staff to ask for guidance on most floors.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It took a bit of searching for Ishani to find the Kala Azar
Ward. It was in the Infectious Diseases Department of the hospital, across the
hall from a tuberculosis ward. The ward was bare-walled, with peeling paint, no
air conditioning (though it did have a functioning ceiling fan and windows – no
screens). </div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7bvACvGhGz0LmRvhr6Jplt0sYoeGRIcsTN3umoJaxVA_D1iSqhH2CUFRSqrnX0114ceQzYqhu3jEQ3cpVxAYw13jDKUY-CbKJ2adSTA01IRnzvNaQSsgMo9XeP77ZuiF0bnPQjTGYE0/s1600/DSC01114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7bvACvGhGz0LmRvhr6Jplt0sYoeGRIcsTN3umoJaxVA_D1iSqhH2CUFRSqrnX0114ceQzYqhu3jEQ3cpVxAYw13jDKUY-CbKJ2adSTA01IRnzvNaQSsgMo9XeP77ZuiF0bnPQjTGYE0/s320/DSC01114.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>PMCH sign for the TB (top line) and Kala Azar (second line) wards</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
There was one kala azar patient in the ward, alone in a room
of six beds. No staff were present, so we asked the man standing by the patient’s
bed if we could ask him a few questions. He happily obliged.<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pVIZhyphenhyphenOIg36NfWdmcKGK3yn4GyGpcMkCzLG6fjCRuA848SjwP3PXIMs_uN2pZ7WLoA4jZZ4CcezNkxxxgVD-SJaIpW0wK5QqoCKqZJpRn2DYLskP53CIaUenoXl-o2xtqLj1Mv1GF-4/s1600/DSC01121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a>As Ishani translated, we learned that the man was the
patient’s father-in-law; though he lived about an hour (by bus) away from the
patient, he felt obliged to take him all the way to Patna from his home in Arrah,
which is about 60km away, as he wanted to ensure his daughter’s husband would
survive the illness.</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOo8Sxy067Vxu69W-ijY9UiRpNVddXpY08uVUBLOlmiYoguoNJh2FaWJKWZx9dz6-9XxuWXvnqcOui25JjbaXBpkdcyW8mgfmt4JwMVv7CPAZJUzMF62lzeTZBqyw-IDsyjgCrJcHhQo/s1600/P1110088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOo8Sxy067Vxu69W-ijY9UiRpNVddXpY08uVUBLOlmiYoguoNJh2FaWJKWZx9dz6-9XxuWXvnqcOui25JjbaXBpkdcyW8mgfmt4JwMVv7CPAZJUzMF62lzeTZBqyw-IDsyjgCrJcHhQo/s320/P1110088.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kala azar patient Ram, resting in the ward</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPdrDo1TDshKCLUAyvkW-E-A0eKqaXaSZKFuJi5YWmeLu2t2z-rjmiB4rOxHYhn9k-T_7JuqIi1f1VLthfd-XXpyucZN6caWlI1Ghyphenhyphen6uUr7z0qDHoYplNh8A6mhSoa9XZ_bqIc1GLW7M/s1600/P1110083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPdrDo1TDshKCLUAyvkW-E-A0eKqaXaSZKFuJi5YWmeLu2t2z-rjmiB4rOxHYhn9k-T_7JuqIi1f1VLthfd-XXpyucZN6caWlI1Ghyphenhyphen6uUr7z0qDHoYplNh8A6mhSoa9XZ_bqIc1GLW7M/s320/P1110083.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Looking into the KA ward</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pVIZhyphenhyphenOIg36NfWdmcKGK3yn4GyGpcMkCzLG6fjCRuA848SjwP3PXIMs_uN2pZ7WLoA4jZZ4CcezNkxxxgVD-SJaIpW0wK5QqoCKqZJpRn2DYLskP53CIaUenoXl-o2xtqLj1Mv1GF-4/s1600/DSC01121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pVIZhyphenhyphenOIg36NfWdmcKGK3yn4GyGpcMkCzLG6fjCRuA848SjwP3PXIMs_uN2pZ7WLoA4jZZ4CcezNkxxxgVD-SJaIpW0wK5QqoCKqZJpRn2DYLskP53CIaUenoXl-o2xtqLj1Mv1GF-4/s320/DSC01121.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Speaking with Ram's father-in-law (left)... and curious<br /> visitors from the TB ward across the hall</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The patient was a young man named Ram, who looked like he
was in his late teens – and though his father-in-law said he was 25, his chart
said 18. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
These men were Musahars (the subcaste mentioned in my
previous blog post), and were very poor. The cost to travel to Patna along with
the expensive cost of the treatment - about 3000 rupees, over $50 - plus
another 1000 rupees for various other expenses were a small fortune for them,
and it had been difficult to raise the funds. The father in law had to go to
the chemist himself to purchase the medication, and was also asked to purchase
blood for a transfusion. Ram was in bed for the past few days, and had several
more weeks of treatment to go.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
We asked about Ram’s home; he lives in a mixed mud-and-brick
home, probably similar to some of the ones we saw in the tola we visited the
previous day. While he didn’t have cattle living in or near their shelter, he
did have pigs (some of which he had to sell to fund this) – which would of
course contribute to a better environment for sand flies to breed. He works in
the fields of a rice plantation.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Ram had been sick about ten days with fever and a sore
stomach when he first sought help from a quack. He was given treatment for
jaundice and fever for two months, during which his skin turned black (as often
happens with kala azar patients) before being referred to a private doctor and
had gone through several more months of various treatments (no doubt at great
expense) before being sent to PMCH, where he was admitted to the emergency room
and was finally diagnosed, seven months after falling ill.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Neither Ram nor his father-in-law had ever heard of kala
azar before this, and they didn’t know anyone else who was ill.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Ram was being treated with Fungizone, which is amphotericin
B – not the Liposomal variety which is much less toxic - so he was being
evaluated daily with blood and urine tests (and, we assumed, cardiac
monitoring, though there was no equipment in the ward besides his IV infusion
drip). He would be getting the medicine once every two days for the next month.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
He was already feeling better, just a slightly tender
abdomen, and his skin had returned to its normal color.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The doctors had not discussed much, if anything, with Ram or
his father-in-law; they still had not been told his prognosis (which actually
should be positive – now that he is on treatment, he should fully recover),
details of the disease, or how to prevent it in the future.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Overall, we were left with a vivid portrait of a family who
really had limited control over their own health needs, barely afloat in a
complicated health care system.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
After speaking with Ram and his father-in-law, we waited in
the hall for a nurse to arrive, as heavy monsoon rains started outside along
with some startling thunder. I noted that water was simply splashing in the
sections of the hall open to the outdoors, as well as through open or paneless
windows. Most of the lights were off, both in the hall and the wards, though a
couple came on when it got particularly dark from the gathering clouds.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fY2Zefyy97SnyNfTtLnAIgNxZrUbl4PL9uWd5KwGFa_HLixcYt9qBjhvhlC5ts1JEc9Tx2Q9dKkwJiFL0De6KXQrsT3HThKKdpR2mjNqa73wgvJ2jqa3DY_uK6qGTAupKhLXf58xNEw/s1600/P1110087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fY2Zefyy97SnyNfTtLnAIgNxZrUbl4PL9uWd5KwGFa_HLixcYt9qBjhvhlC5ts1JEc9Tx2Q9dKkwJiFL0De6KXQrsT3HThKKdpR2mjNqa73wgvJ2jqa3DY_uK6qGTAupKhLXf58xNEw/s320/P1110087.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Heavy rains surprised us</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcz9oi9j2l6jymxQMiJW6_K2FPii0zXFaHq_MnQzuPoW7NX7cUZRgPBXMCViC1vZ3_H08Q0MiVyMJ7e1lL9OSMT-kSugSfWLv166ZDKZxSyS3kdgc6lzIacEhapdNNPS0xV69E7Bch3k/s1600/DSC01134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcz9oi9j2l6jymxQMiJW6_K2FPii0zXFaHq_MnQzuPoW7NX7cUZRgPBXMCViC1vZ3_H08Q0MiVyMJ7e1lL9OSMT-kSugSfWLv166ZDKZxSyS3kdgc6lzIacEhapdNNPS0xV69E7Bch3k/s320/DSC01134.JPG" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><i>Water flooded the hallway as we<br />waited for the nurse to arrive</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
As we were about to give up on our wait, we met the young Ward
nurse coming up the stairs. Ishani asked if she would mind speaking with us and
she answered something to the effect of “I have nothing better to do!” She made
a very quick check in the KA and TB wards (everyone was comfortable), and led
us to a small records room, where we sat to talk.<br />
<div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZE1Ow1xT6a8p7mdXuYSBv_bp8rcKS043gU-JYWqdC63ydwjYEpWci405z0U-fwLQehcHF8nFo45ICAFICPVqX2HZVPp3j4RtjAAmWyUCPyAsgE8JuKoNYo-u8r0dz1AfISOujzzmmtk/s1600/DSC01137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZE1Ow1xT6a8p7mdXuYSBv_bp8rcKS043gU-JYWqdC63ydwjYEpWci405z0U-fwLQehcHF8nFo45ICAFICPVqX2HZVPp3j4RtjAAmWyUCPyAsgE8JuKoNYo-u8r0dz1AfISOujzzmmtk/s320/DSC01137.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Talking with the Ward Nurse</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
She explained that her role was simply to check up on the
patients, assist them in getting some exercise now and then, and take basic
physical stats. The current KA patient was the second in the past month, and
she showed us a handwritten record book that listed all the Infectious Disease
wards’ patients for this year – apparently the only record-keeping system they
had. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB39fUnTYuvjJEy_fTekwJkIOAxcO6BNG2WvwL-LItiPwalC3eMuEzLNpgDKsAGhGVkaNhWFZOdjms7SiwKKeK4b7YM1gpTGY4S2rywgY_sr69Eoi_qc3ODAXdWCkGuirdlTucppy2Oi0/s1600/DSC01139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB39fUnTYuvjJEy_fTekwJkIOAxcO6BNG2WvwL-LItiPwalC3eMuEzLNpgDKsAGhGVkaNhWFZOdjms7SiwKKeK4b7YM1gpTGY4S2rywgY_sr69Eoi_qc3ODAXdWCkGuirdlTucppy2Oi0/s320/DSC01139.JPG" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Looking through the <br />patient record books</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
We asked her to walk us through all the patients this year,
and found that they had already had eight in 2013. I had expected that there
may have been several patients from the same area, but almost all of them were
from different Districts within Bihar. We then looked back over the previous
two years and found they had just nine cases in 2011, and 12 in 2012. A few
district names came up more than once, but there didn't seem to be much of a
pattern, other than seasonality – the periods just before (April-May) and just
after (September-October) the Monsoon season were the heaviest for KA cases. This was consistent with what I've found in the literature review I've been doing the past few weeks.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
As many of the cases seemed to have been sent to the Ward
from the ER, we decided to go there next, after thanking the kind nurse for her
assistance.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The ER was quite an experience – many, many people crowded
in the cavernous, dimly-lit waiting area, most of whom were standing or sitting
on the floor. Queues to get forms and to get admitted into different areas of
the ER were quite long. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVtnk9eON8i8Aw9V7F_RXZ_vATeweNRo_w1Ek6gDyKQuxFRrZC1VQ-Aai3AnOFA31Sy21qmKP-6ObWsFVVylqTNJJ9n5XLidhfNYiEpWjTmP5OuK_wjVpOIu2V8Ix9hSX2kMByBKFqZA/s1600/P1110094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVtnk9eON8i8Aw9V7F_RXZ_vATeweNRo_w1Ek6gDyKQuxFRrZC1VQ-Aai3AnOFA31Sy21qmKP-6ObWsFVVylqTNJJ9n5XLidhfNYiEpWjTmP5OuK_wjVpOIu2V8Ix9hSX2kMByBKFqZA/s320/P1110094.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Outside the emergency room</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
We wound our way through the halls, asking directions
from several people, before finding the right room, where a ER physician, Dr. Kumar,
who would refer infectious disease patients to the Ward, was reviewing forms
and directing patients on where to go next.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
He handed his duties off to another staff member outside the
room, and invited us to sit and talk.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
When we started asking about Kala Azar, Dr. Kumar mentioned
that he had studied under a quite famous authority on KA, one Dr. C.P. Thakur
(I had read some of his work on the subject). He said KA was not a very common
occurrence here recently.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgKrinVumXSpVqiygJtWCJCAIDhj9gPCgOSLL8580fhVsq0tVSqXG0ZA6ZfRajXhdoJcF17t9mD3cHFiRmlP8vnNO14VcmyKZ-rusxmQ81Av9NO_UPRwgJc307RQJMNNeeVOo8zZW_DQ/s1600/DSC01140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgKrinVumXSpVqiygJtWCJCAIDhj9gPCgOSLL8580fhVsq0tVSqXG0ZA6ZfRajXhdoJcF17t9mD3cHFiRmlP8vnNO14VcmyKZ-rusxmQ81Av9NO_UPRwgJc307RQJMNNeeVOo8zZW_DQ/s320/DSC01140.JPG" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A peek inside the ER</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVtnk9eON8i8Aw9V7F_RXZ_vATeweNRo_w1Ek6gDyKQuxFRrZC1VQ-Aai3AnOFA31Sy21qmKP-6ObWsFVVylqTNJJ9n5XLidhfNYiEpWjTmP5OuK_wjVpOIu2V8Ix9hSX2kMByBKFqZA/s1600/P1110094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVtnk9eON8i8Aw9V7F_RXZ_vATeweNRo_w1Ek6gDyKQuxFRrZC1VQ-Aai3AnOFA31Sy21qmKP-6ObWsFVVylqTNJJ9n5XLidhfNYiEpWjTmP5OuK_wjVpOIu2V8Ix9hSX2kMByBKFqZA/s1600/P1110094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Here at the PMCH, they tended to diagnose the disease by the
guidelines – looking for long-term, unresponsive fever and enlarged spleen,
followed by the rapid diagnostic blood test (rK39) and then a splenic puncture
to confirm the presence of the <i>Leishmania
</i>protozoans. Importantly, they first would rule out the more common malaria
and typhoid, as patients with these diseases often present with similar
symptoms.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The treatment they usually used was amphotericin B, which
the patient, Ram, was receiving. This was in contrast to the rural Health
Center we went to the previous day, which used the newer treatment, miltefosine
(which was being provided for free by the government there). Apparently the
government programs are focused on the rural centers and not the larger district-
or state-level hospitals; I will try to confirm this on my next visit to Patna.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Dr. Kumar said that kala azar used to be much more
prevalent; in the epidemic of the early 1990’s, they would have as many as
400-500 KA patients in the hospital at a time (I wondered to myself where they
would put all these patients, as the KA ward had only six beds – appropriate for
today’s lower occurrence rate, of course).</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I was very glad to hear of the declining rate of infection,
but it seems this also presents some problems – KA is now rare enough that many
have not heard of it (like Ram and his family), and many more do not know how
to identify a potential patient (like the quack and the other doctors Ram had
seen before arriving at PMCH, where trained physicians like Dr. Kumar know what
to look for).</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<!--[endif]--></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-29023127814227883332013-06-28T01:23:00.000-07:002013-06-28T01:46:22.022-07:00Field Visit to Bihar - Day 1-2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This week, I am on my first field visit to Bihar, to better understand the Kala Azar situation here, to meet the Hub Team who work on the two Gates Foundation-funded programs, Integrated Family Health Initiative (IFHI) and Strengthening Kala Azar Elimination Programme (SKAEP), to meet the district-level implementation teams, and to see patients, doctors, quacks, and other people involved in diagnosis and treatment of KA.<br />
<br />
I am here with my counterpart, Clara, who comes from GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK) - she is part of their PULSE Volunteer program, very similar to our Global Health Fellows program, and she has 30 years' experience in laboratory and clinical research (much of it in infectious diseases) to draw from, complementing my market research and strategy experience well.<br />
<br />
We arrived in Patna on Monday evening (it was about a ninety minute flight from Delhi), and went into the CARE IFHI office on Tuesday. We had the full day to meet the SKAEP program team, hear about their progress on studying Kala Azar here in Bihar to date, and discuss how Clara and I might be able to help them better understand how private treaters (especially quacks) figure in to the equation - as well as how they might better be part of the solution for the elimination of kala azar.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhL7QSEEfsWZOaUT0oOyPp43uhHTX1GJCRVSIlmxYTEyONDYIFp8Z4vorB4pF6lxBtMOCCtV81PczFdk5Xd_vY8B9urQ_mzabjgxE_k4SoXFMFoN3h0J1lA528vVZbG-HKl-QWC7Irh4/s1600/DSC00883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhL7QSEEfsWZOaUT0oOyPp43uhHTX1GJCRVSIlmxYTEyONDYIFp8Z4vorB4pF6lxBtMOCCtV81PczFdk5Xd_vY8B9urQ_mzabjgxE_k4SoXFMFoN3h0J1lA528vVZbG-HKl-QWC7Irh4/s320/DSC00883.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The CARE District Office for Patna</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Wednesday was our first foray into the field here. We started early, traveling first to the District Office that serves as the base of operations for the team that works here in the Patna District. The team includes a Regional Manager (named Sumit Kumar), a Regional Outreach lead (Jasprit Mahal), other technical colleagues, administrative workers, and Link Workers (there are about 60 link workers - who actually do the bulk of the work on the ground - in Patna District).<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3en1zU_8d77KkhwJDrtSUEgEJeccHVuyvXAaUkFw46vElYsyuBveBkqJcfSLvji5kUPhW_nSn113VZ2KYfY3Kbpvnwi6jLzjccgmbURP7g1WXpFKOARI8Ny7fRQ2QVnYTgf-_XwUsPwI/s1600/DSC00887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3en1zU_8d77KkhwJDrtSUEgEJeccHVuyvXAaUkFw46vElYsyuBveBkqJcfSLvji5kUPhW_nSn113VZ2KYfY3Kbpvnwi6jLzjccgmbURP7g1WXpFKOARI8Ny7fRQ2QVnYTgf-_XwUsPwI/s320/DSC00887.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Clara (2nd from left) and I with Ishani (2nd from right)<br /> from the IFHI Hub and the Patna District team</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
We talked about the research that we are hoping to do, and how it might be complementary with what they have been doing, and they offered some great suggestions on how best to accomplish it.<br />
<br />
Sumit and Jasprit, plus Ishani from the Patna IFHI office (whom we met on Tuesday) then accompanied us to a rural hospital in Patna District, at the village of Bihta. There we also met up with one of the link workers, Anil.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The facility is what they call a referral hospital - it is a public primary health clinic, where patients who can't be served at by more basic facilities can get treated for most illnesses - including KA.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgy1HUYlykyPgZjTUhEzrwsnw4OVg1nYQjYz4l5YoYeUb2m22nE0XXFvr7dNCS6mn7mFHiQi6Ev1hQijEXQzHIvdtPdCdln1jIUPtBsq5sBD2YXRFVjps20uy1a1O_7OuBmNyF5sFzTg/s1600/DSC00913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgy1HUYlykyPgZjTUhEzrwsnw4OVg1nYQjYz4l5YoYeUb2m22nE0XXFvr7dNCS6mn7mFHiQi6Ev1hQijEXQzHIvdtPdCdln1jIUPtBsq5sBD2YXRFVjps20uy1a1O_7OuBmNyF5sFzTg/s320/DSC00913.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bihta Hospital - a public referral center</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNLe2r4PR4BsrN7jvTb341i4SnRDU-mG-veSnVh1JV0JGL-6z1aOheV1G_ZHyaJndyR13PC9tHRAgx5XICXmfix5UogQm3n41tLuuE8YrkDC158LhDvh43Bmw2s0ZfCsochHtBxXaf4s/s1600/DSC00911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNLe2r4PR4BsrN7jvTb341i4SnRDU-mG-veSnVh1JV0JGL-6z1aOheV1G_ZHyaJndyR13PC9tHRAgx5XICXmfix5UogQm3n41tLuuE8YrkDC158LhDvh43Bmw2s0ZfCsochHtBxXaf4s/s320/DSC00911.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Outside Bihta Hospital</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0WITuJwvspGIZFdSMxsqaWreF343dYg9Og7-uWYOBY-peFmHVSwrN5_fGsV3EZBlOJfFV_DDdtvLMA0BL3aH2zNBTHNKNjRzBMVeEkqiduDcrOFuaYDHal9aUoCodXNniZgW1UrHVuk/s1600/DSC00904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0WITuJwvspGIZFdSMxsqaWreF343dYg9Og7-uWYOBY-peFmHVSwrN5_fGsV3EZBlOJfFV_DDdtvLMA0BL3aH2zNBTHNKNjRzBMVeEkqiduDcrOFuaYDHal9aUoCodXNniZgW1UrHVuk/s320/DSC00904.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With CARE Link Worker, Anil (next to me) and the <br />health inspector and Medical Officer from Bihta Hospital</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
We met with the Medical Officer In Charge as well as the Health Inspector for the district, and asked questions about Kala Azar in the area.<br />
<br />
The told us that so far this year, they have only had two KA cases referred to them (this is a relatively low-incidence area, apparently), and only 8 in 2012 - and they serve an area that includes about 250,000 people. This seemed quite low, but they explained that some patients are treated at lower level facilities sometimes, and others are referred by public or private doctors (or quacks!) in their area to higher-level institutions as well, so they just happen to get a few now and then.<br />
<br />
The doctors were generally knowledgeable about the disease. They have been treating KA patients with a relatively new drug, miltefosine. Why? Because a) it is easy to administer - it's an oral pill taken every day for 28 days, and they can simply send it home with the patient, and b) because it is provided free of charge by the government.<br />
<br />
But when I asked about one of the newer effective treatments (Liposomal Amphotericin B), they apparently had not heard that it has been used successfully, despite the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines include it as a first-line drug of choice!<br />
<br />
Liposomal AmpB has been shown to cure KA in 95+% of patients with a single dose (similar to miltefosine's cure rate), but with the added bonus that you don't have to be concerned with the patient forgetting or refusing to take all his or her pills. You can also combine it with a week's worth of miltefosine, which cures at about a 99% rate (shown in recent clinical trials), with less concern about resistance developing to either drug.<br />
<br />
I guess there's still a long way to go to figure out the best way to treat KA - and part of the issue is availability and/or cost of the drugs.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrawmWZITXbE8swwbXpGT_lb0SPzXD-MgqN477qMHQUEXoxkbQso3KFTjSFjGjtcT_hMG10tF86ZT08vxfFV2lUWim-eD0UTEj4YIfUIuQ-5zSXcLuUZ5e7bNccmNA9PVORaelYY9NnM/s1600/DSC00943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrawmWZITXbE8swwbXpGT_lb0SPzXD-MgqN477qMHQUEXoxkbQso3KFTjSFjGjtcT_hMG10tF86ZT08vxfFV2lUWim-eD0UTEj4YIfUIuQ-5zSXcLuUZ5e7bNccmNA9PVORaelYY9NnM/s320/DSC00943.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anil - outside Dhanare Chak schoolhouse</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
After our discussions at the Hospital, we parted ways with Sumit and Jasprit, while Ishani, Clara, and I were led by Anil to a tola, or small community, where he had heard of several recent KA cases.<br />
<br />
This tola, called Dhanare Chak, is a community of Musahars, who are the lowest ranking group within the lowest caste (Dalits, or Untouchables) in Indian society.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQUbKJrol0efxR1T4RLWzJVK7oJSlFLAZ36U663GcRfFK3_V8ORk_RgbZq6yimWNU5QUUAysgGH2-qE935NcMJCz-dVFnuq9Wg-CqVFsEyjl0nffCpsoVLY5Rad2DXuJWAzjMS4dTUNs/s1600/DSC00945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQUbKJrol0efxR1T4RLWzJVK7oJSlFLAZ36U663GcRfFK3_V8ORk_RgbZq6yimWNU5QUUAysgGH2-qE935NcMJCz-dVFnuq9Wg-CqVFsEyjl0nffCpsoVLY5Rad2DXuJWAzjMS4dTUNs/s200/DSC00945.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_G3wrjYSUhffVY6etrJs-3deueWD12Ed5goJXLTPKvgxiDs7KN3hcfz5eb3gOvr5ciAQFt7ByuvuOe-B4-SscgfySVAzZRZBPXM8guEQlNhg5By4CLMHs5rtwUMVUWXKTwVuxVMmHWE/s1600/DSC00944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_G3wrjYSUhffVY6etrJs-3deueWD12Ed5goJXLTPKvgxiDs7KN3hcfz5eb3gOvr5ciAQFt7ByuvuOe-B4-SscgfySVAzZRZBPXM8guEQlNhg5By4CLMHs5rtwUMVUWXKTwVuxVMmHWE/s200/DSC00944.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
"Musahar" means, literally, "rat-eater." Indian sub-castes often got their name from their occupation, and Musahars were originally employed to work in agricultural fields to root out an eliminate rat or mouse burrows; as food was extremely scarce, this also became a source of food for them as well. While today the Musahars are often agricultural day laborers instead, they still are extremely poor, almost all illiterate, and they are often shunned from society in general. Malnutrition, diarrhea, worm infections, and fevers are all part of their daily life.<br />
<br />
<br />
This tola comprised of families living in a combination of "kuccha houses" - dwellings made of mud and straw - and "pucca houses," which are made of brick and/or cement, and may have been provided to them by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Awaas_Yojana" target="_blank">Indira Awaas Yojana</a>, a government program which builds the pucca houses for the Musahars and other backward castes and tribes.<br />
<br />
As one key element of controlling kala azar is trying to eliminate breeding habitats of the sand fly which carry the parasite, I took a quick look around. Some of the hallmark sanitation problems were present here; livestock were walking around freely, and some of the buildings looked like combined dwellings for people and animals (which are prime breeding grounds for the sand fly). In addition, most of the dwellings were patched up with cow dung - obviously a free material they can easily obtain and stands up to rain better than plain mud.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAHuoXj7ZIzBSB5lTv4IhxVoa7IM9xgbBd2JbD7Q9mkWlTwQFfSVzFiRXAuiuXBIyw_t9mNtEgBaCpwVY6eyinMJGSawH95r_9VlJD2X0txvWb1jFwIu4NUY-OZ76skt5YMqU7a9yOP4/s1600/DSC00949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAHuoXj7ZIzBSB5lTv4IhxVoa7IM9xgbBd2JbD7Q9mkWlTwQFfSVzFiRXAuiuXBIyw_t9mNtEgBaCpwVY6eyinMJGSawH95r_9VlJD2X0txvWb1jFwIu4NUY-OZ76skt5YMqU7a9yOP4/s320/DSC00949.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ishani speaking with the people of Dhanare Chak</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
We asked about the Indoor Residual Spraying program the government funds twice a year. This tola was sprayed as recently as March 2013. However, the villagers - not truly understanding the value of spraying their homes - said they disliked the smell of the insecticide, and often went right around behind the sprayers, covering the sprayed walls with cow dung, completely defeating the purpose altogether.<br />
<br />
<br />
Two of the women from the tola were kala azar patients in 2012, and were cured through getting treatment from the local primary healthcare center; they had been identified by a local Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), who are public health workers who live locally. While ASHAs are primarily focused upon maternal and infant care, they are often enlisted by the government and NGOs to help with other issues like kala azar detection. Last year, these two women were brought by the ASHA to the healthcare center, properly diagnosed with KA, and were given miltefosine (they said they both took all their pills, completing the full treatment cycle).<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr40mQcw7yPRZQkny72GArYErMnUIAYx8TShIeR8DEjFcH599AXnqlxmwkKiUySUy5Wiicqcwy4xen-gLOxbMfbZLYnpCjo05HesiuiWwnNMk1HL-EPI-wW4iBWzSloBe6Q1daJrD6do/s1600/DSC00946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr40mQcw7yPRZQkny72GArYErMnUIAYx8TShIeR8DEjFcH599AXnqlxmwkKiUySUy5Wiicqcwy4xen-gLOxbMfbZLYnpCjo05HesiuiWwnNMk1HL-EPI-wW4iBWzSloBe6Q1daJrD6do/s200/DSC00946.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Above and below - Two former<br /> Kala Azar patients - who<br /> think they may be re-infected</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
They were also both currently ill, however; and they both said that they though they had KA again (which typically does not happen - relapse is rare). One went to the healthcare center recently, but said she was turned away, being told she "smelled." Unfortunately this kind of treatment of Dalits is not uncommon, despite the fact that discrimination based on caste is illegal. The link worker, Anil, will follow up on this and see if he can get her properly diagnosed.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylIYyNGNRgGWvL7PyjA1c2KRcm6UrZAp25BwDjdBDsVcy8Wb0iP0wNo7tTYJTJ1FIZZEFvBaxEuHddAyLXIupMr0fEhUx0_UFCBF6-SuvLyWCy7zesOtOtbpAIqC8Hth0VyaBQ0R3Vfo/s1600/DSC00950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylIYyNGNRgGWvL7PyjA1c2KRcm6UrZAp25BwDjdBDsVcy8Wb0iP0wNo7tTYJTJ1FIZZEFvBaxEuHddAyLXIupMr0fEhUx0_UFCBF6-SuvLyWCy7zesOtOtbpAIqC8Hth0VyaBQ0R3Vfo/s200/DSC00950.JPG" width="200" /></a>Overall, the villagers were quite interested in talking about kala azar - we attracted quite a crowd! - and helped us to better understand how and why many KA cases can go undetected - it was a long journey by foot to reach the local health center, and of course KA is one of many diseases that these people suffer through year after year. In addition, the discrimination experienced at the public health center perhaps is part of the reason that villagers might turn to unqualified providers - quacks - instead.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHNTu0Ff-92I9mIdj60DiPhSfQ_CCUWVe4sEFqjkrHT-iL1nyGHZ5DZ7Zw1jS8Gs6W5R7xcIvkM7tUzcBzLPMgXZXt9Lax0wxK29wT_8fRaI0VJaus42OZTQ_yCSbVIuW1ccN-gCVRec/s1600/DSC00954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHNTu0Ff-92I9mIdj60DiPhSfQ_CCUWVe4sEFqjkrHT-iL1nyGHZ5DZ7Zw1jS8Gs6W5R7xcIvkM7tUzcBzLPMgXZXt9Lax0wxK29wT_8fRaI0VJaus42OZTQ_yCSbVIuW1ccN-gCVRec/s320/DSC00954.JPG" width="180" /> </a></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPUHciKQ6rtsetCwFWHXlrbeWpMEGg3VuEWd1tmhPkEZpzmKB15jtacmTWYNln96UDS7r4v81qeTeQP_Iqqj0KgSrRyRnZLiMGTblTzUSSaEBNKk8OO35dZ8tqtQNKEm5e7BxbzdB83g/s1600/DSC00948.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPUHciKQ6rtsetCwFWHXlrbeWpMEGg3VuEWd1tmhPkEZpzmKB15jtacmTWYNln96UDS7r4v81qeTeQP_Iqqj0KgSrRyRnZLiMGTblTzUSSaEBNKk8OO35dZ8tqtQNKEm5e7BxbzdB83g/s320/DSC00948.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We attracted quite a crowd</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0F3pWnwdi8joqtppUrkp7y2SXl_77XV1EoRPeAZGl0-XDzI4WoGf83_AY6Til483FJE9crty5vmRTwf_-PVyTvg-DllcxKAMAA7e4tDmkWDncafzYHuHTGUHBK6zJLodZwpTAC5cc-k0/s1600/DSC00952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0F3pWnwdi8joqtppUrkp7y2SXl_77XV1EoRPeAZGl0-XDzI4WoGf83_AY6Til483FJE9crty5vmRTwf_-PVyTvg-DllcxKAMAA7e4tDmkWDncafzYHuHTGUHBK6zJLodZwpTAC5cc-k0/s320/DSC00952.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLJCLDclPIS5iFEUAgsiBovEXKTz8cUvAjCjCjoXtcI98S5Mh3iQXOLWqEahUb6QS9X9oJavAs9i1oiiRZfEMKcFjVFKgpZFpx3p8WXmz8a7s-2zZhGjyNyOG_LCWejwySGZQ3XFKb7I/s1600/DSC00961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLJCLDclPIS5iFEUAgsiBovEXKTz8cUvAjCjCjoXtcI98S5Mh3iQXOLWqEahUb6QS9X9oJavAs9i1oiiRZfEMKcFjVFKgpZFpx3p8WXmz8a7s-2zZhGjyNyOG_LCWejwySGZQ3XFKb7I/s640/DSC00961.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Group shot with most of the tola dwellers</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Speaking of quacks, we next traveled to try to visit a few. Quacks run small shops where people can get some of their basic needs attended to - help with minor wounds, and treatments for the fevers and diarrhea that are so common here, etc.<br />
<br />
Unfortunately, we seemed to have tried during the wrong time of day, and our first couple of attempts to see a quack were unsuccessful (we at least got a look at one office, but the quack was not around), so we tried instead to check out a rural diagnostic lab that Anil had heard about. We found the lab tuck back behind some open shops off the main street through a village.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNpDHKw1NtmHlexeOHtirGWng9O7SBAeN2jOxUcAUfJ4pCOqrU5vuvqUwkXtbUoHbIPIYzEb3jYFwdQznPbxPW4KHhTr4x8dwv6NRAjZJkqOxRI_vaWsFo5KCsGIh8s8ZhRXPfz08iIg/s1600/DSC00987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNpDHKw1NtmHlexeOHtirGWng9O7SBAeN2jOxUcAUfJ4pCOqrU5vuvqUwkXtbUoHbIPIYzEb3jYFwdQznPbxPW4KHhTr4x8dwv6NRAjZJkqOxRI_vaWsFo5KCsGIh8s8ZhRXPfz08iIg/s320/DSC00987.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bustling village street - off to find a diagnostic lab!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
The lab turned out to be a little open booth with a desk and a few medical supplies, with an enclosed room behind it, and another (labeled "Biochemistry Lab") across the lane from it.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Like most people we've encountered, the technician who ran the lab was very happy to talk to us (and, like in most places we visited, we drew a crowd). </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQq2fvCUdK0GHbnFaR1S_XJo6_-1VeOdzBgf_fbfIDbUAVE3jND_9BSaqezHLfqr_0SHvLP7cWf7zk1ujgDFj4O0OJ-121GCsCb-OWqweFFSLMPkaAHDmfYvw9mdVlUsMFqeat3lBjTkM/s1600/DSC00995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQq2fvCUdK0GHbnFaR1S_XJo6_-1VeOdzBgf_fbfIDbUAVE3jND_9BSaqezHLfqr_0SHvLP7cWf7zk1ujgDFj4O0OJ-121GCsCb-OWqweFFSLMPkaAHDmfYvw9mdVlUsMFqeat3lBjTkM/s320/DSC00995.JPG" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Technician running<br /> the little diagnostic lab</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: left;">
It turns out that this lab actually did handle diagnosis of Kala Azar - and in fact he had a couple of of the rapid blood test strips (both negative) right next to him on the desk! I asked him if he took a simple blood sample from a patient's finger to do the test, and he said no - he actually draws whole blood from the arm, then pointed to a vial of separated blood, indicating he uses serum only. This made me scratch my head, as to separate blood, you have to have a centrifuge. I asked "Centrifuge?" and he casually pointed over his shoulder at the door behind him. I took a peek inside, and he did indeed have a centrifuge - an expensive piece of equipment which I didn't expect to find on this poor rural street! </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWERhP-mj9eWiQ38xfBMBQyjQjrUcb5joWn2lHQX8ELdoqQ2gh07JTqTDo3AN_9ibxU33_WkgexDzOHYDMhRfmJz1pfoWG7-2B_PatzZUwjOGVPRnmhPcL4PSYFYfwcaD9DaamNhuaeg/s1600/DSC00999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWERhP-mj9eWiQ38xfBMBQyjQjrUcb5joWn2lHQX8ELdoqQ2gh07JTqTDo3AN_9ibxU33_WkgexDzOHYDMhRfmJz1pfoWG7-2B_PatzZUwjOGVPRnmhPcL4PSYFYfwcaD9DaamNhuaeg/s200/DSC00999.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Centrifuge!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: left;">
He then took us the the "biochemistry lab" across the street - which was a (roughly) 8x8 room with expensive pieces of machinery to perform blood analysis and a computer - a pretty nice setup in such a small space! It was the only place we found air conditioning since we left the city.</div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqGJQnZQOJgd4T1F0qY0IIlfmHBW-JYaqKHuHCWn8LRNEePmEa0uVRobbe4B_-u5UVkOAXi9qaWp1i2h8Pt6reZUoT0bYBiHlR2u35Ng0rGwQkTgoGug10x2I1wVm9kS6MZ3iPFe2v94/s1600/DSC00988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqGJQnZQOJgd4T1F0qY0IIlfmHBW-JYaqKHuHCWn8LRNEePmEa0uVRobbe4B_-u5UVkOAXi9qaWp1i2h8Pt6reZUoT0bYBiHlR2u35Ng0rGwQkTgoGug10x2I1wVm9kS6MZ3iPFe2v94/s200/DSC00988.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Negative rK39 kala azar test!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAE5WsvVqSGxCfDPGi66eRu5zR2Vk-qBcsWHvo0UvVFKSD_GB0Xl0cVlyoo_QidQMxtKAjm0XDiT7vZVBcKLe3dEFaFfVEurei7MWGYeLWN7x3cbApUYmco5V_ritmIl2g8DL0hPZYsg8/s1600/DSC00989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAE5WsvVqSGxCfDPGi66eRu5zR2Vk-qBcsWHvo0UvVFKSD_GB0Xl0cVlyoo_QidQMxtKAjm0XDiT7vZVBcKLe3dEFaFfVEurei7MWGYeLWN7x3cbApUYmco5V_ritmIl2g8DL0hPZYsg8/s200/DSC00989.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">CBC machine!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAE5WsvVqSGxCfDPGi66eRu5zR2Vk-qBcsWHvo0UvVFKSD_GB0Xl0cVlyoo_QidQMxtKAjm0XDiT7vZVBcKLe3dEFaFfVEurei7MWGYeLWN7x3cbApUYmco5V_ritmIl2g8DL0hPZYsg8/s1600/DSC00989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMM4yoQUefIJySFJLe1wiXYBo0zzKmR1mKiYjK_3-dr3Vlw-D1WahuQGAKiXekqmwirvkjeYmVfUmsO5cED1Cw7je6GT6BCuS53vWHxEnvvKJd2fcDC4E0BsYJDni86_03qiFA18cYp4/s1600/DSC00968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
<br />
The technician explained that several of the private doctors in the area - we weren't able to really ascertain whether that included quacks - refer their patients to him to get properly diagnosed for kala azar; if he felt patients were very poor, he would accept the usual charge of 300 rupees (about $5), but then give them back most of it, keeping just enough to cover his costs for the test. He was very proud of his little shop - and we were quite impressed.<br />
<br />
We turned our attentions again to trying to find a quack - and we struck gold, finding three of them, all on the same road, not too far from the tola we had visited.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCk2imG8OE02sxVx3LHb7L_9Umfz2yLtIYIt1kjPV2ncXt7farzMBbvs8nBwRCIs_TdhKZbqE1eqZxsvJM98j2lsWUPzb6yqu_B48GDyR_ACKBgGbg_AEAzuO8eomIIrCfQGGtTPFVlA/s1600/DSC01047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCk2imG8OE02sxVx3LHb7L_9Umfz2yLtIYIt1kjPV2ncXt7farzMBbvs8nBwRCIs_TdhKZbqE1eqZxsvJM98j2lsWUPzb6yqu_B48GDyR_ACKBgGbg_AEAzuO8eomIIrCfQGGtTPFVlA/s320/DSC01047.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The first quack we were able to meet - this little<br /> shack has been open for business since 1982.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscPA4JXlIG-nu1rvCJqf785XE3og3Kprpr5ImKCAiaG4hDLDN_NWknZPHqlrzsruK1NRvO9Xn2CwyxmnWvttavrPnluGtsvSD6L-bCDGjkRAEklQllPcH_7SJBSaC56-txHQbWMgcJIA/s1600/DSC01050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscPA4JXlIG-nu1rvCJqf785XE3og3Kprpr5ImKCAiaG4hDLDN_NWknZPHqlrzsruK1NRvO9Xn2CwyxmnWvttavrPnluGtsvSD6L-bCDGjkRAEklQllPcH_7SJBSaC56-txHQbWMgcJIA/s320/DSC01050.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A line developed while we interviewed the quack -<br /> the little girl on the left had an upset stomach, and the<br />little one sitting on the right had a fever</i>.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
The first quack had been running his office for over 30 years; he said he serves people from two villages, and everyone knows him because he situated his shack very close to the market (location, location, location!). He was well aware of Kala Azar, as he had previously worked for a well-known doctor as a compounder (preparing medicine mixtures, etc.), and learned about KA through this doctor. However, he rarely sees kala azar patients; he would identify them because of a persistent fever, enlarged spleen, and sometimes blackening of the skin (all actual symptoms of KA) - and would refer them to a private pathology lab to get diagnosed with a blood test, or would otherwise send them to Patna Medical College Hospital, a high-level public facility that would be able to handle the disease. And while he had the ability to give patients an IV or obtain some medicines from the local pharmacy, he wouldn't attempt treating KA.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8dgfl0EXIDJlPZPoQnTHniwY6Go-AT6PERJMN7vLMCECQT5SPpFP4_a1qnb1hrkh5HNyUxoL0BVoqUXV6RWq2bNypPFd7GBnNlB0BRlxrPdBl9rHip7AEYRyJOiPcthMcHVofxMzTHo/s1600/DSC01055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><i><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8dgfl0EXIDJlPZPoQnTHniwY6Go-AT6PERJMN7vLMCECQT5SPpFP4_a1qnb1hrkh5HNyUxoL0BVoqUXV6RWq2bNypPFd7GBnNlB0BRlxrPdBl9rHip7AEYRyJOiPcthMcHVofxMzTHo/s320/DSC01055.JPG" width="320" /></i></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Predictably by this point, a crowd developed at the quack's <br />office as well. These young men wanted to see their picture<br />after taking the shot. </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
The other two quacks were a bit different. Both were younger (one had 6 years' experience, one 16), and neither knew so much about KA. They both said that typically if they had a fever that resisted treatment, they would simply send patients to the hospital.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXBUYEpBP_2liuj5tqaWhvb-w8CRxfVpC5FWG0yN7YEaiRXfJe28s1Ekh1w7GUSM5hN8naR-9o_PlbD88qjBEFC_HRJbNXllm6eWZDCJ5MHsS8x0jONLPznsG2YWkwdvfF2l1lsLTWkI/s1600/DSC01053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXBUYEpBP_2liuj5tqaWhvb-w8CRxfVpC5FWG0yN7YEaiRXfJe28s1Ekh1w7GUSM5hN8naR-9o_PlbD88qjBEFC_HRJbNXllm6eWZDCJ5MHsS8x0jONLPznsG2YWkwdvfF2l1lsLTWkI/s320/DSC01053.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Quack #2 - just next door to quack #1. This was pretty much<br /> the extent of his "office" - the back of the space was covered<br />by the tattered blue medical curtains behind him</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Despite their at-least-basic understanding of medicine, we could see the kind of facilities within which quacks operate here; most of the facilities were old, with dirt floors, no front door, full of flies and other insects (such as the occasional trail of ants). We saw a wooden plank that served as an exam table (and hopefully NOT, we hoped, an operating table!) in one office, but mostly patients sat on benches to be examined.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_OAXWvQTM5uNAmR72aPy9NwQ-pTTNqgd3hJxqlYBGUMeOQRnc2BYAvo4WcC7bSIWsqf5r9Eg5gb4uv956fDD5hyphenhyphenOYXXUCA5ygsE3B01HkL7GiofIdpdocFhg9UabLoVPPyA55MNVOJo/s1600/DSC01060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_OAXWvQTM5uNAmR72aPy9NwQ-pTTNqgd3hJxqlYBGUMeOQRnc2BYAvo4WcC7bSIWsqf5r9Eg5gb4uv956fDD5hyphenhyphenOYXXUCA5ygsE3B01HkL7GiofIdpdocFhg9UabLoVPPyA55MNVOJo/s320/DSC01060.JPG" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Quack #3 in his office</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AC-gjjB4HNp1FaV0XaV9OCWUTRTY9ZLtWXUkujHweHduVfk_DYxguxM8ajEq6p6Jx7Q0JI24FGJvx4sLSmfnPnhpsVi82-VWJ9BM0A_Bu1S1EF_9w6qdxikCaMB0zt_IQphLyWQZr7c/s1600/DSC01058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AC-gjjB4HNp1FaV0XaV9OCWUTRTY9ZLtWXUkujHweHduVfk_DYxguxM8ajEq6p6Jx7Q0JI24FGJvx4sLSmfnPnhpsVi82-VWJ9BM0A_Bu1S1EF_9w6qdxikCaMB0zt_IQphLyWQZr7c/s320/DSC01058.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Outside the quack's shack</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Overall, it was clear that their long-standing presence in the community and their willingness to see anyone were the reasons villagers often went to quacks first rather than to the cold, sterile facilities that the government centers might represent to them.<br />
<br />
These discussions helped Clara and I to better understand how we could engage the quacks for our study, which questions we should ask, and how we might come to an understanding of how the quacks might become an integral part of achieving KA elimination - namely by educating them to think about KA more often and consider it a likely cause of long-lasting fever.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As we drove back, we drank in the sights in rural Bihar - bustling village markets, green farms, cows, goats, pigs and chickens everywhere, and so much life!</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMM4yoQUefIJySFJLe1wiXYBo0zzKmR1mKiYjK_3-dr3Vlw-D1WahuQGAKiXekqmwirvkjeYmVfUmsO5cED1Cw7je6GT6BCuS53vWHxEnvvKJd2fcDC4E0BsYJDni86_03qiFA18cYp4/s1600/DSC00968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMM4yoQUefIJySFJLe1wiXYBo0zzKmR1mKiYjK_3-dr3Vlw-D1WahuQGAKiXekqmwirvkjeYmVfUmsO5cED1Cw7je6GT6BCuS53vWHxEnvvKJd2fcDC4E0BsYJDni86_03qiFA18cYp4/s320/DSC00968.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A typical scene driving through the village</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5N_alsnEHUrGQjeNPjsXzRAX8VYB9cPA3XdqUDW3r-mhokKnZlc5sURy7VgeI5ChGFxJjFPpq0lJtiKwBCDnGHqMfZH-MOoBVxNgsz9qnpeCuh8qTJus4A5ObMyCdluwZ1Qoijbaoo0/s1600/DSC00903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5N_alsnEHUrGQjeNPjsXzRAX8VYB9cPA3XdqUDW3r-mhokKnZlc5sURy7VgeI5ChGFxJjFPpq0lJtiKwBCDnGHqMfZH-MOoBVxNgsz9qnpeCuh8qTJus4A5ObMyCdluwZ1Qoijbaoo0/s320/DSC00903.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Monsoon happens</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOs9b-WNQ04sgIIPK-EsIxL8doUGuRdwyOfmKiUXgYegBlygF9Xj_-gsrfU99eTNa7lKcDZ2y0rNtcjvxEb2JANcTYhErGUFx2wFNfb4vhVIlzx7LiOT6-nHpv-aTc_6V4stq5eKU7vCI/s1600/DSC01035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOs9b-WNQ04sgIIPK-EsIxL8doUGuRdwyOfmKiUXgYegBlygF9Xj_-gsrfU99eTNa7lKcDZ2y0rNtcjvxEb2JANcTYhErGUFx2wFNfb4vhVIlzx7LiOT6-nHpv-aTc_6V4stq5eKU7vCI/s320/DSC01035.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Snack vendor and his cute little kids, on the village road</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Next - a visit to the Patna Medical College Hospital!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-9197115737313744092013-06-25T00:49:00.002-07:002013-06-25T00:49:21.348-07:00"Girl Rising" India premiere<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the midst of a busy week of research, I was invited by CARE to attend the "<a href="http://girlrising.com/" target="_blank">Girl Rising</a>" Premiere on Tuesday evening.<br />
<br />
The event was focused upon calling attention to the continued efforts to empower women in India. As I've mentioned in previous posts, India is truly a nation of contrasts when it comes to gender equality - in a place where women have served at the highest levels of government, as beloved leaders, and where mothers are revered by their sons, there is still an enormous level of inequality in even basic social constructs.<br />
<br />
And while you see modern, educated women everywhere in the major cities, in leadership and managerial roles in companies large and small, you also have millions of women unwilling to leave their home for fear of harassment on the street - or worse. Sexual assault and rape are far too common.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid18AhybOvQ0Y5yL_H29ILp2Ntue9dGvt2rCek6YZgaK6iawSeINU-rnRSDycPu5bNM2X0c2PGhBdsDpeRUCo2wEhx0nO82vC6uabO9B63Vwr2JCdtFl37Gj9EDfMlWoMXu8kRyhPMQTc/s1600/DSC00624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid18AhybOvQ0Y5yL_H29ILp2Ntue9dGvt2rCek6YZgaK6iawSeINU-rnRSDycPu5bNM2X0c2PGhBdsDpeRUCo2wEhx0nO82vC6uabO9B63Vwr2JCdtFl37Gj9EDfMlWoMXu8kRyhPMQTc/s320/DSC00624.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ms. Srinivasan</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The program opened with a presentation by the President of Intel India, Kumud Srinivasan. She highlighted the work in the corporate and development worlds that has been underway to try to address this inequality.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyVCg3Wn8G8F8BJjluuR8wsT2hDOnPYeKwuXU7SL0rVKx4gnyVgpKj7cp28700OsQPe44a_Wu5FFKSp51wpyQ5er12PRbZ-yqHtmD5qGF9m4xRmk5EwlhdtH2f_cmxJNazqy6ioKmMFQ/s1600/DSC00626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyVCg3Wn8G8F8BJjluuR8wsT2hDOnPYeKwuXU7SL0rVKx4gnyVgpKj7cp28700OsQPe44a_Wu5FFKSp51wpyQ5er12PRbZ-yqHtmD5qGF9m4xRmk5EwlhdtH2f_cmxJNazqy6ioKmMFQ/s320/DSC00626.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ms. Bhan moderating the panel</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Afterward, CNBC anchor and Delhi Bureau Chief Shereen Bhan moderated a panel discussion including CARE's own Andrea Rodericks and other NGO Executives about the work they are doing and their perspectives on progress in gender equality. There was overwhelming agreement that the single most important factor in bridging this divide is through educating girls.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6JGCU5v1aNURjIZPeo9a83RLo2l7hvYvJIn8KRJS3dkU1m7FFhyphenhyphenQgJmRaddzp-zhV_eYVu06TI1h6njv0JDTRIR3ShzCOf_hEZQVjwj5oBO3FohuTiArvi_IQJAC1fdTGLya-ziXysg/s1600/DSC00628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6JGCU5v1aNURjIZPeo9a83RLo2l7hvYvJIn8KRJS3dkU1m7FFhyphenhyphenQgJmRaddzp-zhV_eYVu06TI1h6njv0JDTRIR3ShzCOf_hEZQVjwj5oBO3FohuTiArvi_IQJAC1fdTGLya-ziXysg/s320/DSC00628.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Panel discussion - NGO executives. CARE's Andrea <br />Rodericks is on the far left.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSNdV0mANQLGsMb-QeA3LpNsMrBJX8qyKbk7DWcP_T00d-5p-feWxVvtjEcqZUDudk5zxT7gCzhyphenhyphenJPRU7AxgJhqk9L0ae5nwhRksFn5yQHNdv6eOahs3c2PZdNYrMBn92G3SACV944is/s1600/DSC00630.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSNdV0mANQLGsMb-QeA3LpNsMrBJX8qyKbk7DWcP_T00d-5p-feWxVvtjEcqZUDudk5zxT7gCzhyphenhyphenJPRU7AxgJhqk9L0ae5nwhRksFn5yQHNdv6eOahs3c2PZdNYrMBn92G3SACV944is/s200/DSC00630.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ms. Bhan interviewing Ms. Ghosh</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
Ms. Bhan then conducted a one-on-one interview with Debjani Ghosh, who is Managing Director for Intel South Asia, focusing on what it takes to succeed as a woman in this region, and what still must be done to empower more girls and women to take leadership roles.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyo4SbdbMwug_50h_PN5Yvj1FR7g16BAaBcYxuJrJsnYkC7G_69Rn4DKPbWn0d5kEgfBgyZdcfTuvc0fqrXqCYo9JF2_5pFiYgcsmMTmQw3oS9LuW1ljUh_ajeDSpeT9xfFZvVy1nh05k/s1600/DSC00634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyo4SbdbMwug_50h_PN5Yvj1FR7g16BAaBcYxuJrJsnYkC7G_69Rn4DKPbWn0d5kEgfBgyZdcfTuvc0fqrXqCYo9JF2_5pFiYgcsmMTmQw3oS9LuW1ljUh_ajeDSpeT9xfFZvVy1nh05k/s320/DSC00634.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ms. Pinto introducing the film</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Freida Pinto, the lead actress from "Slumdog Millionaire," introduced the film. Ms. Pinto has been a strong and active voice for gender equality in India, and played a pivotal role in bringing the film here. She gave a moving speech about the enormous return that investment in girls' education can bring.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXT2JaP0kmS163y9RIXoBe9hEoYSTbUkgXnVq32SxKrF6Sd_otAsmZUWfHqASuAWIOy6Wjj9iYKBEPVOss7pARupLbggTG4hTMcLaTbaqhruZDeUOJr3Hsv8FErjxSqI_yrUuen3ulPs/s1600/DSC00638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXT2JaP0kmS163y9RIXoBe9hEoYSTbUkgXnVq32SxKrF6Sd_otAsmZUWfHqASuAWIOy6Wjj9iYKBEPVOss7pARupLbggTG4hTMcLaTbaqhruZDeUOJr3Hsv8FErjxSqI_yrUuen3ulPs/s320/DSC00638.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mr. Robbins, director of Girl Rising</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
She introduced Richard E. Robbins, director of "Girl Rising," who explained his thoughts behind creating such a film to highlight the plight of girls in impoverished countries, but also show those who have fought the odds and found a path to education - or who are still fighting that fight.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Each segment was written by a female author from each girl's home country, in partnership with the subject herself, and narrated by famous actresses like Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Cate Blanchett.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8VOh-okB2D7jhPmVODvFM1gSt8bZU_7GUTg-WNNU7Zvj1eKIgn0oKS5N2C_IfFvW2G53MTVggKY7p13ArN_0_pHHQVomY6ux9ILyfFcACH-I99QTvlLb8N2b0DeB9As18RJd7xdoAzg/s1600/DSC00639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8VOh-okB2D7jhPmVODvFM1gSt8bZU_7GUTg-WNNU7Zvj1eKIgn0oKS5N2C_IfFvW2G53MTVggKY7p13ArN_0_pHHQVomY6ux9ILyfFcACH-I99QTvlLb8N2b0DeB9As18RJd7xdoAzg/s320/DSC00639.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Opening scene of Girl Rising - featuring Sokha, who had <br />worked as a garbage picker at a dump in Cambodia as a little girl, before<br />finally going to school - and becoming a star pupil </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
The film was truly moving. These girls struggle in a way that it is impossible to fully understand for one brought up with the privileges that birth in a developed country like the US can bring. One particularly heartbreaking story was of a young girl in Afghanistan struggling to be educated - yet was married to an older cousin at 12 and became a mother at 13. In another story, a family in India stays in Calcutta despite losing their home, just so their children can stay in school - something that would not be possible if they returned to their native village.<br />
<br />
CNN has picked up the film and aired it in the US and Internationally already. Viewings can also be arranged via the website <a href="http://gathr.us/films/Girl-Rising" target="_blank">GATHR</a>.<br />
<br />
I highly recommend it!<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW57JTs2ao-MEFdAuTpzEIs6TMsn2DH3mvThLT3Shi36g4NZDFTLGZ2zGpvquw8av2tGsfBZxDgNgE0mgNaMOWsfMdnST0JfqzaEwsO3QTtiRGnh68iEWBjes6Zmwk9xrSavD7DNlAXi0/s1600/DSC00641.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW57JTs2ao-MEFdAuTpzEIs6TMsn2DH3mvThLT3Shi36g4NZDFTLGZ2zGpvquw8av2tGsfBZxDgNgE0mgNaMOWsfMdnST0JfqzaEwsO3QTtiRGnh68iEWBjes6Zmwk9xrSavD7DNlAXi0/s320/DSC00641.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Post-film reception - with information booths from the<br />NGOs who took part in bringing the film to life</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
After the film, there was a small reception/dinner. I had the chance to meet Mr. Robbins, and thanked him for creating such a beautiful and meaningful piece of art.<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-64911312329028008832013-06-16T07:01:00.001-07:002013-06-16T07:05:14.117-07:00Second week of work and other matters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy Fathers' Day to all the dads out there. I'm missing my stepfather, Earl, today, but luckily caught him and Mom on Skype this morning!<br />
<br />
So - two weeks down now with CARE, and I feel like I'm finally getting up to speed here.<br />
<br />
I've been devoting much of my time in the office to learning about the Indian public and private health care systems, more about the disease, Kala Azar, and planning my research study and my first visit to Bihar state and the Patna CARE office.<br />
<br />
The really fascinating thing about all of this is the Indian health care system. You would think in a country with so much poverty (and I'll provide some stats about this below), if the government offered free or low-cost diagnosis and treatment for a deadly disease, everyone would take advantage of it - perhaps subject to limitations of travel, communications about what is offered, etc.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpB3WCOZ8Mwg5ek1GTzJLc6lBRFHBY92WUWFN9D-dWJGQr8o8X6XRx82CLezIKo2WixZxD5yhSueBPqp3AZFe4q1jUzKUr6e655-9Ndhoj_ScLp6ar6A1V_1OoX3zpAD-uvR1DhY7NekQ/s1600/PHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpB3WCOZ8Mwg5ek1GTzJLc6lBRFHBY92WUWFN9D-dWJGQr8o8X6XRx82CLezIKo2WixZxD5yhSueBPqp3AZFe4q1jUzKUr6e655-9Ndhoj_ScLp6ar6A1V_1OoX3zpAD-uvR1DhY7NekQ/s1600/PHC.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Primary Health Centre</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
But in this case, many people in the villages in places like Bihar are reluctant to go to a public health center (which are mostly in the form of health sub-centers, which serve maybe 8 villages, or Primary Healthcare Centres/PHCs at the local level, where one center serves maybe 15-20 villages) and instead seek treatment from private providers - many of whom have no formal training (called "quacks" here!).<br />
<br />
Quacks are obviously looked down upon by the qualified medical establishment and the government (some pose as real doctors, which is of course illegal) - but they actually serve an important role in rural India.<br />
<br />
There are a lot of factors that play into this.<br />
<br />
First, the government sub-centers (which are really built around maternal and newborn health, staffed with a nurse-midwife) and Primary Healthcare Centres have a reputation for being in pretty shabby shape - the doctors stationed there are not always present, stocks run out of critical medicines, and often the key medicines are older treatments, not newer, innovative, more tolerable ones. So patients naturally are reluctant to take time from work and travel there only for what they expect to be sub-par care.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tFtiDuOlrulm1YYw8r-Pyv_cIQtXAo9OgQQ0gIwjwgvPPvw1rjwDh7qP-EoNZIiweReLJHTxjAYHfOF7tKeVKjzSJxkyP9dmcQUSbb_Qyjb_8cTLzyi8ZgTxl7PKjKc0Xus_40ftJnM/s1600/quack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tFtiDuOlrulm1YYw8r-Pyv_cIQtXAo9OgQQ0gIwjwgvPPvw1rjwDh7qP-EoNZIiweReLJHTxjAYHfOF7tKeVKjzSJxkyP9dmcQUSbb_Qyjb_8cTLzyi8ZgTxl7PKjKc0Xus_40ftJnM/s1600/quack.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>An example of a quack office</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Second, as the majority of health-related issues that villagers face are minor infections and physical injuries, the local quacks are usually more than sufficient to help them for most of their needs - they usually can provide antibiotic shots (sure, not always the right one for the particular infection), set a minor fracture, clean and bandage wounds.<br />
<br />
The quacks are usually someone who has built up a relationship with people in the community - sort of a step up from the traditional village healer. And while sometimes the quacks refer a patient to a PHC or district or state medical hospital if there's someone that they clearly can't help, they don't usually keep patient records, don't always do much (or anything) to follow up with patients, and may well miss the diagnosis.<br />
<br />
So patients who seek the help of a quack end up being "invisible" to those researching how widespread the disease may be.<br />
<br />
The problem that arises is with a disease like Kala Azar, which starts out feeling like malaria or a bad viral infection, with a fever which persists for more than two weeks, and doesn't subside if given more common treatments, including malaria medication. But many villagers are not aware of the other ways to tell when a patient has Kala Azar - there are a lot of misconceptions about the disease.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljeptXtFFLjQNYIPvCfdUi-s_1RGXMX9z2QivgEMTVEW-0QibuPbkKzDFgQC0_ZPXWtuNayKL7b0Xopy-UAAwhNE8hxLuzrPzlVgnF9EgzaepbrGyS0aDAz9wyDKM22rKWlV-JlrlxfA/s1600/splenomegaly+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljeptXtFFLjQNYIPvCfdUi-s_1RGXMX9z2QivgEMTVEW-0QibuPbkKzDFgQC0_ZPXWtuNayKL7b0Xopy-UAAwhNE8hxLuzrPzlVgnF9EgzaepbrGyS0aDAz9wyDKM22rKWlV-JlrlxfA/s200/splenomegaly+pic.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kala Azar patient with splenomegaly -<br /> the arrows point out the enlarged spleen</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Researchers have determined a fairly simple way to screen a patient for KA: along with the persistent fever, they can also feel the patient's abdomen to look for an enlarged spleen (a condition called splenomegaly).<br />
<br />
Patients with the >2-week fever and splenomegaly can then be given a quick blood test - it can be done on the spot, with just a drop of blood from their finger, right in their home. If positive, they would normally be sent to a health center to confirm they have the <i>Leishmania</i> parasite - but most likely they do have KA.<br />
<br />
<br />
And while the old treatments for Kala Azar were long-term IV drugs that were pretty toxic, there are now drugs which have been shown to cure the disease with as little as one injection, with a 98% cure rate, and with few side effects.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdigfbtNEmUbUR7K7vR7SWKJmTkubuVM1MYOM3AEcRk1kD3V7IuFiB4dnkZCBX_y5frx1Tx1orLsWgiJPwueg7GEdKBzLNUS7ISFGOySjh1LPssC8hxu2_5usbrUA4Ayq1LYZddE3J8wM/s1600/ambisome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdigfbtNEmUbUR7K7vR7SWKJmTkubuVM1MYOM3AEcRk1kD3V7IuFiB4dnkZCBX_y5frx1Tx1orLsWgiJPwueg7GEdKBzLNUS7ISFGOySjh1LPssC8hxu2_5usbrUA4Ayq1LYZddE3J8wM/s320/ambisome.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A single dose of AmBisome (liposomal amphotericin B) has <br />been shown to have a 98%+ cure rate in Kala Azar patients</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
As the sand flies that carry KA only have a life span of about two weeks, and as they need infected humans to spread the disease, KA should be one of the easier parasitic diseases to eliminate!<br />
<br />
So, you might ask, why is it still a problem?<br />
<br />
Mostly because almost all of the currently-trained medical providers are located in the afore-mentioned PHCs, or District or State-level hospitals - and they rely solely on "passive reporting" of cases - people showing up in their facility to be examined and diagnosed. Aside from the programs run by non-profit organizations or studies conducted by government researchers (which are all limited in scope), there is no mechanism to actively go out and find KA patients, and rapidly address the problem in the local community by spraying houses with insecticides, issuing bed nets, and educating other villagers about good preventive behavior, and what to do if they suspect they have KA.<br />
<br />
And in the state of Bihar alone, there may be 100,000 cases or more in a year - and they are spread out among multiple villages in different districts (like our counties). The problem is immense.<br />
<br />
So an approach is needed to not only find ways to reduce the sand fly population but to also make sure that KA patients somehow find their way to someone who is trained to detect the disease and can get them properly treated - and also to report this to a government office so that follow-up is possible and so local Social Health activists can scour the surrounding community for additional cases.<br />
<br />
My project will be to work on the Private Sector side - to do research with the quacks, pharmacies (some patients go straight to the chemist when they are sick - and are given treatments which may or may not be for their illness), and other private health providers to determine what they know about KA, how patients tend to come to them, how they diagnose and/or treat the disease, and what happens with patients afterwards.<br />
<br />
This work will better help CARE and others to understand how better to prepare local communities to identify when there is a case of KA and what to do should one be discovered.<br />
<br />
As promised a few stats about Bihar:<br />
<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>The state is less than twice the size of New Jersey - but has the population of the entire Eastern Seaboard of the US, from Maine to Florida - over 100 million people!</li>
<li>Bihar is about 90% rural - the largest city, its capital, Patna, is only about 2.5 million people, and no other city is more than half a million in population.</li>
<li>The per capita income for Bihar is about 13,600 rupees - about $240. Imagine trying to live on $20/month per person!</li>
<li>Many villages have limited or no electricity, no paved roads, and are often affected by flooding and other issues.</li>
</ul>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjii-Hdotn6KqmvzhTcOsBz3cRMxPBqb7-rJm3NQHXl47Ay_7V6pPa2QakptaT_XyZB_8vPFNBYsnJ92Rg93f_RIysJLifbocQCkbCoz9s1_Mz-JBNzDYpZh7YplEeLZlTdEdLUcW4HqrE/s1600/bihar+map.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjii-Hdotn6KqmvzhTcOsBz3cRMxPBqb7-rJm3NQHXl47Ay_7V6pPa2QakptaT_XyZB_8vPFNBYsnJ92Rg93f_RIysJLifbocQCkbCoz9s1_Mz-JBNzDYpZh7YplEeLZlTdEdLUcW4HqrE/s400/bihar+map.gif" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
I leave for a week in Bihar on the 24th - I should have more to report afterward!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>Note: all pictures in this post were found on the web and reproduced without permission - I haven't been in the field yet! I do not own the copyright.</i><br />
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-88735372525354540362013-06-08T06:06:00.001-07:002013-06-08T06:42:58.898-07:00First week of the Fellowship<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WJ9VUznp73BvST2oZUO7wWtFuhA-U3cKtQYamOtuuJ3nPJDQcQrg-M3S2mFGy9vHgXDL9Yfg6hPUrk8yF4rJPQMpHQFYZ6ciH8yjiDW5H1WyrSzy7dy0ixtyyAYvYootwcKOwZ6XXsk/s1600/careindia_logo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WJ9VUznp73BvST2oZUO7wWtFuhA-U3cKtQYamOtuuJ3nPJDQcQrg-M3S2mFGy9vHgXDL9Yfg6hPUrk8yF4rJPQMpHQFYZ6ciH8yjiDW5H1WyrSzy7dy0ixtyyAYvYootwcKOwZ6XXsk/s200/careindia_logo.JPG" width="139" /></a>So...I have now been in Delhi a week. After a pretty unexciting weekend (very light sightseeing, figuring out the Metro, doing laundry, grocery shopping, and otherwise getting settled in the apartment), I started in the CARE India office here in Delhi on Monday.<br />
<br />
First Impression: Very professional, very smart people doing really meaningful work.<br />
<br />
The office itself, as one might hope for a non-profit organization, is in an industrial part of town - mostly factories and a few small shops that have sprung up to support the people working in the neighborhood. CARE has two floors in a factory building - very nice, clean, airconditioned offices (a very good thing given the scorching heat outside!) that could be in New York or pretty much anywhere. It's a mostly-cubicle set-up with a few offices for the President and his direct reports, a couple of pantries, a lunch room, and a few conference rooms.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkeF9eCnT0kmo8628yZjecMoHqulfbgw5IluYNNgNwddu1GWNYiFC_ncmIHQAY5BWK1ZCLCAIUbtjJPcnFHGojQGw6khO9DS1G592QNMjCjDwI1y8eOoHFBbeV3Q70NQoXN3YXC-njtU/s1600/DSC00579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkeF9eCnT0kmo8628yZjecMoHqulfbgw5IluYNNgNwddu1GWNYiFC_ncmIHQAY5BWK1ZCLCAIUbtjJPcnFHGojQGw6khO9DS1G592QNMjCjDwI1y8eOoHFBbeV3Q70NQoXN3YXC-njtU/s320/DSC00579.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Outside the CARE India offices</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
I was given a cubicle, a laptop, and (eventually) a sim for my phone. My first day I met with M. Srinivasan (known as MS - many Indians go by their initials) from HR and went over the history of CARE (quite fascinating as it originated as a purely food-aid related organization in the US, providing "CARE packages" to Europe after WWII) as well as the mission, vision, operating principles and major programs of the India office.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupYh0lmGQR-0Dzp1mt3YqYL8uLYEXhLwWiNja9oguhtrN8AamqjzjuhsDpTXNH19vXe_-un7U15sMUd7gC4sss6m5dZio9K6Y56z7iPTer3-7QpLo4bM0LNTIklfg-CjlOTPR_8-CIMQ/s1600/DSC00574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupYh0lmGQR-0Dzp1mt3YqYL8uLYEXhLwWiNja9oguhtrN8AamqjzjuhsDpTXNH19vXe_-un7U15sMUd7gC4sss6m5dZio9K6Y56z7iPTer3-7QpLo4bM0LNTIklfg-CjlOTPR_8-CIMQ/s320/DSC00574.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My work station!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I had the opportunity to meet quite a few people in the office, and shared lunch with them - when people get together to eat in the office, they tend to open up all their containers of homemade food and share them with everyone - a great practice! I had bought a tiffin of food from a service that provides them to the office for a minimal cost (40 rupees, less than 80 cents!), and shared what little I had - a daal, or lentil curry, a blackeyed pea curry, some rice and some roti (flat wheat bread).<br />
<br />
I finished up the day doing some additional research on kala azar (the parasitic disease that will be the focus of my primary project), went home. A very good, very productive first day!<br />
<br />
<br />
Tuesday was similar - my "manager" at CARE, Dr. Raj, was still out of the office, but I did get the chance to meet more of my new colleagues, find out more information about CARE's programs, and share another lunch - this time, with food I'd cooked the previous night - a potato and okra curry with roti and a mango.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpNMAnO2qelDObONe3PkwpOkh8f8-iEuQ4-9mZgWg6JKjCPBoGjXxRXxsbSu8Ew0YmuifuT5FsQtYXhUJZ1-ke2bYH9QpNMsZuMUi6qf__DZ4JRfIwofLWJqQ13wK_2ziPN9-sP8buBg/s1600/DSC00582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpNMAnO2qelDObONe3PkwpOkh8f8-iEuQ4-9mZgWg6JKjCPBoGjXxRXxsbSu8Ew0YmuifuT5FsQtYXhUJZ1-ke2bYH9QpNMsZuMUi6qf__DZ4JRfIwofLWJqQ13wK_2ziPN9-sP8buBg/s200/DSC00582.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One of my early attempts at Indian-style cooking: <br />Potato and okra curry with roti.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeCwyn2mcAb8J_LH7kBVB0BSW-QFyjd92NGpq-olo0R7IQWi2JbVDLkiOfjiETC-MKt2bYDznTOyYDVqtdQMaUHSb-zBu2MDzaKLJuyyBeNZasWIPBecGZHJ4RtB7acbzaRLo8Usaz88/s1600/DSC00583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeCwyn2mcAb8J_LH7kBVB0BSW-QFyjd92NGpq-olo0R7IQWi2JbVDLkiOfjiETC-MKt2bYDznTOyYDVqtdQMaUHSb-zBu2MDzaKLJuyyBeNZasWIPBecGZHJ4RtB7acbzaRLo8Usaz88/s320/DSC00583.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Dr. Raj returned on Wednesday, so I had the chance to meet him, and he gave me an overview of my primary project as well as a great overview of the Indian public health system.<br />
<br />
The program I will be focusing upon is called the "Strengthening Kala Azar Elimination Program," or SKAEP. SKAEP is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and CARE will work over the next two years to implement it.<br />
<br />
As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, Kala Azar (KA) is a disease spread by a sand fly, which transmits the protozoan <i>Leishmania donovani</i> from person to person. The "epicenter" of the disease is in the State of Bihar, which will be the site of my field visits over the course of my fellowship. Bihar is the poorest state in India - people living in villages there survive on an average of about one US dollar per day. About 30 million people in this part of India are at risk of contracting KA, along with other conditions like malaria and tuberculosis.<br />
<br />
An illness like KA, thanks to time missed from work, mis-diagnoses and ineffective treatments, can cost a patient a significant proportion of their annual wages - some have estimated up to 60-70% on average!<br />
<br />
My role with the program will be first to set up a study to truly evaluate the journey of a KA patient in the poorer villages, determining how long they are sick before being properly diagnosed, how they go about getting diagnosed, how the health care system (starting with local community health care workers called ASHAs and going all the way up to District Health Centres) enables them to get diagnosed and treated, and what kind of impact all of this has on the individual. Importantly, we want to focus on the best way to diagnose and treat the patients, and what hurdles there might be in the process. Later, I will help set up the treatment and monitoring program to help evaluate progress against the goal of elimination.<br />
<br />
Part of the program will entail indoor spraying with insecticide (DDT) for affected areas, incentives for the local health workers to find potential KA patients, free diagnostic testing, and free treatment for the patients - as well as free transportation, meals and compensation for time missed at work - this will help encourage patients to actually show up to the health center and get treated.<br />
<br />
Because KA only persists in the human population, the goal is to find as many patients as possible and cure them, while also reducing the sand fly population enough to eliminate the disease. A huge task, but hopefully one we can accomplish!<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYZDD-5ITOHRgiHP1donngB0sxQ6QSuTLNhSnDICMD6sZOtiAGy2iuM0cdpFgh7TJmgXwlW_rMN7tF4MaJOcBm_lwJlx2H_2g-bLqIGTU4A-_SsdjIddzAMHMQsNbdye9mEleBK0EKH4/s1600/DSC00584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYZDD-5ITOHRgiHP1donngB0sxQ6QSuTLNhSnDICMD6sZOtiAGy2iuM0cdpFgh7TJmgXwlW_rMN7tF4MaJOcBm_lwJlx2H_2g-bLqIGTU4A-_SsdjIddzAMHMQsNbdye9mEleBK0EKH4/s320/DSC00584.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>CARE produced a series of posters<br /> geared at dispelling key Myths about<br />women in India for International Women's<br />Day</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I finished out the week with several more meetings about the KA program, doing more research on my own, and also learning about another key CARE program, called EMPHASIS, which helps migrant workers from Nepal and Bangladesh to have a more safe and secure life, with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. There is another American in the office, Samantha, a grad student at Emory University, who is an intern here at CARE and will be working with the EMPHASIS team. She arrived on Monday, and is only here briefly in New Delhi before heading to a CARE field office on the border of Nepal...but it was good to know I am not the only person learning the ropes this week.<br />
<br />
CARE India is doing some great work in other areas besides health, such as food security, education and gender quality. I feel honored to be able to be a small part of it for a few months!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-3196809363167425412013-06-02T01:47:00.000-07:002013-06-02T06:20:57.393-07:00Last full day in Dhaka and return to Delhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<b style="text-align: left;">Dhaka DAY 4</b></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Today, Zubayr decided to show me a little of Old Town Dhaka and also to take me outside of town to see some of the Bangladesh countryside (and some historical sights).</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
We started in Old Town, with its narrower, more winding streets, even heavier crowds, ancient ruins, streetside butchers and other foodsellers. We were fighting the rain, which was alternating between "light sprinkle" and "horizontal firehose"...but it was nice in that it cooled things down a bit.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfFvG29aj0UJbP1Kb9Xs9pHMyUnca3Sv928eaywIcgcQVnBSI19G2kcKD6gdarydHIM2LbEL6CngFsBKYgUoMrLiK_vDuEelLYxAgl2sW5Bkbh5yALGWjeP96apgfhOUABv7dUphCo-M/s1600/DSC00473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfFvG29aj0UJbP1Kb9Xs9pHMyUnca3Sv928eaywIcgcQVnBSI19G2kcKD6gdarydHIM2LbEL6CngFsBKYgUoMrLiK_vDuEelLYxAgl2sW5Bkbh5yALGWjeP96apgfhOUABv7dUphCo-M/s320/DSC00473.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rainy Old Town Dhaka, outside the Lalbagh </i><i>Fort </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH52UMESKsAVDxTkX_QVH8jARK77o2siowl4kQpCqTRQ-gSpnlieamnPjO4BAXJtkIGRO99rkuESUHAk7ZoJi6UtTUt3GQqddzudU48cOrXN7mCT-1Kz-OtmMPso2Id8xndIWh90OIRSA/s200/DSC00435.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="150" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zubayr buying tickets</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: white;">After making it through the traffic on the tight roads, we pulled up to a long wall with a gate and an adjacent ticket window. This was the Lalbagh Kella (or Lalbagh Fort), a remnant of the Mughal Empire dating to the 1670's, with lovely gardens, fountains, a beautiful mausoleum, a small mosque, and a <i>hammam</i>, or bath house. It was founded by Azam Shah, a Mughal Prince, who constructed the mausoleum (Tomb of Bibi Pari) to his betrothed who passed away before they could marry. See the pictures below - apologies for the odd angles at times - I was struggling with an umbrella and some strong wind!</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH52UMESKsAVDxTkX_QVH8jARK77o2siowl4kQpCqTRQ-gSpnlieamnPjO4BAXJtkIGRO99rkuESUHAk7ZoJi6UtTUt3GQqddzudU48cOrXN7mCT-1Kz-OtmMPso2Id8xndIWh90OIRSA/s1600/DSC00435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1acC_X4Zzx2xVXl8Z2b62UNHiP790r6W4OM6R1Nux4qGtwc3q3e1oAmeBcX2qjxRhvcJSoG5vqAeAJBEaI5IOPXfBZCohmf4vq7pWkCIH_9sQsTr8Sm7rmiPEV9LVI4tZVPHkde6Ly4/s1600/DSC00441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1acC_X4Zzx2xVXl8Z2b62UNHiP790r6W4OM6R1Nux4qGtwc3q3e1oAmeBcX2qjxRhvcJSoG5vqAeAJBEaI5IOPXfBZCohmf4vq7pWkCIH_9sQsTr8Sm7rmiPEV9LVI4tZVPHkde6Ly4/s400/DSC00441.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tomb of Bibi Pari</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2Ni1ufOW01VGtEYSbtDSOmXA9ni2LFdLxq_agLYYQazEgdsKp_S01Lfs2hrN1jIp4P1vddEd_AIW09LsU_U-FgNpoN3UCAZmm6xZ5eQzG2sX9Yirx7cMuYGW2XNZ0QuAfu4sg0Gmf3o/s1600/DSC00438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2Ni1ufOW01VGtEYSbtDSOmXA9ni2LFdLxq_agLYYQazEgdsKp_S01Lfs2hrN1jIp4P1vddEd_AIW09LsU_U-FgNpoN3UCAZmm6xZ5eQzG2sX9Yirx7cMuYGW2XNZ0QuAfu4sg0Gmf3o/s400/DSC00438.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gardens at Lalbagh Kella</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCmUQ3jBOmcSrcQLQoloroIYJk9V0mTwXAOYIEJRURLXiSDrVX0btXGRZxKvmJ1d7la0dYWKanpXfhqpgZGYpleI6N9bIjC9Nlu2Y5h3JvYTa7ZyuMPgJQ93hDBDXOc39nybz8F77huo/s1600/DSC00440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCmUQ3jBOmcSrcQLQoloroIYJk9V0mTwXAOYIEJRURLXiSDrVX0btXGRZxKvmJ1d7la0dYWKanpXfhqpgZGYpleI6N9bIjC9Nlu2Y5h3JvYTa7ZyuMPgJQ93hDBDXOc39nybz8F77huo/s400/DSC00440.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Zubayr and I were not able to enter the mausoleum, but we walked over to the <i>hammam</i>, which has been converted to a museum. The guard was in the process of sending out all the other visitors, but as we walked up to the door, he welcomed us in for a private tour! He gave us an entertaining and animated walkthrough of the artifacts and the structure of the building itself.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qQVTlIMR7oJ-0DYIVJAyqlWGAJR2nlDoMfDe1_DMGhNIA9aPSPhkzADeSMB6XhNS81gvkVFTHOA7S7m6ky5dvgfBB9FaXqdWheoHF8oKelFKLtY76Bb7PTKoWXZ5xSkQeM-VspDGagA/s1600/DSC00443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qQVTlIMR7oJ-0DYIVJAyqlWGAJR2nlDoMfDe1_DMGhNIA9aPSPhkzADeSMB6XhNS81gvkVFTHOA7S7m6ky5dvgfBB9FaXqdWheoHF8oKelFKLtY76Bb7PTKoWXZ5xSkQeM-VspDGagA/s320/DSC00443.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
Inside were relics from the Mughal period and beyond, through the 19th century, including some British weapons and some beautiful old books, mostly editions of the Qur'an.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_lH0uumADGUB_WyVaINHgZPgUzT5Y6tqta0aNKaUXjLmjh6NfULKN-fxiGA9xPDTSn1slm9RXyv9z41oOYUisvykqAuDJEbxdqdiOZ6g-n9kg-K2UJH64lFix4bUCNbq9h5XtcpYQ7U/s1600/DSC00445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_lH0uumADGUB_WyVaINHgZPgUzT5Y6tqta0aNKaUXjLmjh6NfULKN-fxiGA9xPDTSn1slm9RXyv9z41oOYUisvykqAuDJEbxdqdiOZ6g-n9kg-K2UJH64lFix4bUCNbq9h5XtcpYQ7U/s320/DSC00445.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Armor and weapons, including arrows tipped with <br />poison "like from a cobra that would kill you right away"</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WkwMhrb3qYteIh5sIa693ZpFQOmwGARFNZ2yz4N3nooJz8zZ-cAnX7FgjBRy-h0yp_hYr6EJt7g6RKrE91u_cRVPg4vs5e9MLASM3ZCImVHfWnenNMvW5mmUF6gQpYYCCL6ZiAgZXS4/s1600/DSC00446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WkwMhrb3qYteIh5sIa693ZpFQOmwGARFNZ2yz4N3nooJz8zZ-cAnX7FgjBRy-h0yp_hYr6EJt7g6RKrE91u_cRVPg4vs5e9MLASM3ZCImVHfWnenNMvW5mmUF6gQpYYCCL6ZiAgZXS4/s320/DSC00446.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Me with a Mughal Warrior. You can see the <br />effects of the horizontal rain.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqDDAUchJXdlr1jKEXc2eHLzHxbpgNg1dF1Pk-Hi3K5-LrQ5QXHyYIsLPYz8I_lpzNwDeSbcVnGdOmd8obZEBc39Vj6w9Mz0YLycRXvA7OK9_pqVAz2s20PCERS_LutrFhq4NnVJbok4/s1600/DSC00449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqDDAUchJXdlr1jKEXc2eHLzHxbpgNg1dF1Pk-Hi3K5-LrQ5QXHyYIsLPYz8I_lpzNwDeSbcVnGdOmd8obZEBc39Vj6w9Mz0YLycRXvA7OK9_pqVAz2s20PCERS_LutrFhq4NnVJbok4/s320/DSC00449.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chain armor</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oAA-xH_Se8LMIW8tG6I_Rx5XDp7JCF5osZHyZ2BT_Mf5Da6EWe_hiyiSffSNqVXqxowWPMH0yGGJDExStl9AwYtUV3TL9JlQ7fb6N5KhwUTOZSQ5dl1tOgSLaTn4QguhbHZK_9xKnq0/s1600/DSC00456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oAA-xH_Se8LMIW8tG6I_Rx5XDp7JCF5osZHyZ2BT_Mf5Da6EWe_hiyiSffSNqVXqxowWPMH0yGGJDExStl9AwYtUV3TL9JlQ7fb6N5KhwUTOZSQ5dl1tOgSLaTn4QguhbHZK_9xKnq0/s320/DSC00456.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Beautiful hand-made Qur'an from the mid-1800's</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUdf2eAAzL05OJa8fQ_iXuJW8-dY6OWba-Rc1weKr6W8-jMOclBknSt7S6dAFxqYWB39jH8sW8kGygltoulojTqa4EM7Sm3H6K1NZYI8mwTbOk8NA7voDzzhUFC8IX1hMxl6gRxzKZbI/s1600/DSC00463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUdf2eAAzL05OJa8fQ_iXuJW8-dY6OWba-Rc1weKr6W8-jMOclBknSt7S6dAFxqYWB39jH8sW8kGygltoulojTqa4EM7Sm3H6K1NZYI8mwTbOk8NA7voDzzhUFC8IX1hMxl6gRxzKZbI/s320/DSC00463.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Inside the hammam - there were hot and cold water bath rooms</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGkbyYG1kfEi7PrCUb0O4vWXYwRf2FBkMeYDP7wumAPYEJr0qjnTHyKahcPyeAorbS_WYIlWcijo-sdp8H67YiVWqvHTY7_5HSBF0gpE0AAzymJai39I912SZ3cwwYhIRDEgiXYNKlGI/s1600/DSC00469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGkbyYG1kfEi7PrCUb0O4vWXYwRf2FBkMeYDP7wumAPYEJr0qjnTHyKahcPyeAorbS_WYIlWcijo-sdp8H67YiVWqvHTY7_5HSBF0gpE0AAzymJai39I912SZ3cwwYhIRDEgiXYNKlGI/s320/DSC00469.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Outside the Mausoleum</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div>
Zubayr and I returned to the car, and Zubayr decided to take a risk and head out of the city to Narayanganj, about 25km southeast of Dhaka, to see the castle of the last Bengali Muslim ruler to fight the British. This place, Bara Sardar Bari, is now a museum.<br />
<br />
I learned a lot about Dhaka traffic that day. Specifically, you can easily sit in one place for up to two hours, waiting for...who knows? Then eventually some "dam" breaks and everyone goes. I managed to take a lot of pictured from the car that day! Really, it just took us about 90 minutes to get to Narayanganj.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmAn3w-XPCU0xYzY_eQmMMpDEOXHh2oj4EtQMR-CdJazTyEIUHGV0nxJZL2nxCQSUlVjqz-VhGtnlbMAOhCh4HGizT_zRCLE22Ve-BYWc6gft1D5_gZwXY4cD7fXLLSkP41fxxeuHLZ8/s1600/DSC00475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmAn3w-XPCU0xYzY_eQmMMpDEOXHh2oj4EtQMR-CdJazTyEIUHGV0nxJZL2nxCQSUlVjqz-VhGtnlbMAOhCh4HGizT_zRCLE22Ve-BYWc6gft1D5_gZwXY4cD7fXLLSkP41fxxeuHLZ8/s320/DSC00475.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zubayr in the car, in traffic, in the rain</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvLNiAZTQVvjZXCryNlqDFvP7dzUnj_4auIes_XOWX-oIoumcmlKoDqyPWYJFycy_iFUIdD8TRA09L3vR3hepTBLpSgedqBrGRKTn_7sIPnfOUnXV7uhXP5hlr8NFEnwZVj1Wk7Y0kd8/s1600/DSC00477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvLNiAZTQVvjZXCryNlqDFvP7dzUnj_4auIes_XOWX-oIoumcmlKoDqyPWYJFycy_iFUIdD8TRA09L3vR3hepTBLpSgedqBrGRKTn_7sIPnfOUnXV7uhXP5hlr8NFEnwZVj1Wk7Y0kd8/s320/DSC00477.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I liked the crows lined up in the background</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucATL83aDO6BAK3r_E-ky9QZkWq1R-l1gScQPGa_SgTk7VW_Fhjr0ii-fOeqEDwmSH0ETtawc5U7rYydtn8x4K-dpTtCPQt8-bf8Y30p_6bI9qqjO6qYTghSrTZJAXY4lfFcTw1sK8to/s1600/DSC00479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucATL83aDO6BAK3r_E-ky9QZkWq1R-l1gScQPGa_SgTk7VW_Fhjr0ii-fOeqEDwmSH0ETtawc5U7rYydtn8x4K-dpTtCPQt8-bf8Y30p_6bI9qqjO6qYTghSrTZJAXY4lfFcTw1sK8to/s320/DSC00479.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-t61g1JKLFvyByH5jPjS4IRAFIHJQJKRXeqlQn8zoLRjgAXf0rAmSj9ivKnIhnS_02ceEUfEYKWF-uCn7musE2KpyFnmiBLNLMZk3LDg1VMRSg2_gsUcYQcvhJ8cX-3IQAAOf08gfx0/s1600/DSC00483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-t61g1JKLFvyByH5jPjS4IRAFIHJQJKRXeqlQn8zoLRjgAXf0rAmSj9ivKnIhnS_02ceEUfEYKWF-uCn7musE2KpyFnmiBLNLMZk3LDg1VMRSg2_gsUcYQcvhJ8cX-3IQAAOf08gfx0/s320/DSC00483.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We were stuck under this underpass for about an hour...<br />but it made for some colorful people-watching</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSDPMo-TGDCcFZ21l5DZKP1zr0Zn_DCL3iImHwUOilmQwGxdTqSrFWX6KA3IjDgq8W_AUL_LGskDtoDv07VN1Ox5emD1Z9P-vH2zLIQxaw4huCWgRI9ZKHmByDqIwUa5wOqTakQrSjE8/s1600/DSC00484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSDPMo-TGDCcFZ21l5DZKP1zr0Zn_DCL3iImHwUOilmQwGxdTqSrFWX6KA3IjDgq8W_AUL_LGskDtoDv07VN1Ox5emD1Z9P-vH2zLIQxaw4huCWgRI9ZKHmByDqIwUa5wOqTakQrSjE8/s320/DSC00484.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiTRo2RPA7U7ofpQyizplfNiqRfGdv7-AgqfD_2NPajhSFowpgxToBFGlZS8XmXyYwXp5tj4VPC9hj-hPAWkNVXdyvtQgbkT3Ws-8vg8JQmu9XDqZmgLTWkMVKYBifNGgEUiloHD-Clw/s1600/DSC00485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiTRo2RPA7U7ofpQyizplfNiqRfGdv7-AgqfD_2NPajhSFowpgxToBFGlZS8XmXyYwXp5tj4VPC9hj-hPAWkNVXdyvtQgbkT3Ws-8vg8JQmu9XDqZmgLTWkMVKYBifNGgEUiloHD-Clw/s320/DSC00485.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCGYQ3jatBRhROe8dCbjzL57g8LHCAq2aGSoRJtCVBLqjx_7gVO7DADLJBk7g2zD8X2YT_egyAeNZ_1Ao7q2944TkDPLh_QI8b7rZR0Dp80BoRHgkaB2neGRsqEUB8Yo1VqDX9vuIthA/s1600/DSC00486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCGYQ3jatBRhROe8dCbjzL57g8LHCAq2aGSoRJtCVBLqjx_7gVO7DADLJBk7g2zD8X2YT_egyAeNZ_1Ao7q2944TkDPLh_QI8b7rZR0Dp80BoRHgkaB2neGRsqEUB8Yo1VqDX9vuIthA/s320/DSC00486.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Once out of the city, things got steadily greener.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKR6EKsfXRQkhJq40DCxETC38ET03_YWV5zwCgMPLAwDwzKrW2y6qhopqHupYnWgffmn3mQgJUveG3Lg9ZJ8ZnazRNcERl6NSHBAm-LLtra3MaKLIdkYzLoMpvXmXhZzYSwvxzOsK4v9Q/s1600/DSC00489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKR6EKsfXRQkhJq40DCxETC38ET03_YWV5zwCgMPLAwDwzKrW2y6qhopqHupYnWgffmn3mQgJUveG3Lg9ZJ8ZnazRNcERl6NSHBAm-LLtra3MaKLIdkYzLoMpvXmXhZzYSwvxzOsK4v9Q/s320/DSC00489.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
We arrived at Narayanganj, a town right off the highway, southeast of Dhaka. It was just as colorful here, and though there were still people everywhere, it felt a little less hurried than Dhaka..<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Qu-Dx0fotbl8QDZPMtJmW32IisVDkzFHBMC-ZdFeE_eihoHqvmXlxdzckbaeIlPQxv1MWMI1ZIhKx4_InwTD5LrZp9hlsYYpZczqN2bY7I2fsXTr2rqUJgZR1A2nNc94NN09lA3AGV0/s1600/DSC00490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Qu-Dx0fotbl8QDZPMtJmW32IisVDkzFHBMC-ZdFeE_eihoHqvmXlxdzckbaeIlPQxv1MWMI1ZIhKx4_InwTD5LrZp9hlsYYpZczqN2bY7I2fsXTr2rqUJgZR1A2nNc94NN09lA3AGV0/s320/DSC00490.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A busy intersection off the Dhaka-Narayanganj Highway</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIZ-XCVXv2Fp0th6OrNnqjiofyW4g6vxw_2mDM3Mjr6pWfD9mUIsdw5vAIcoH-toJgx0GYnC7asLCgL8HN1yhqdQ5GvceOtq5lhqEeJ7W-0OR5RRX9qP8PgE1382MmdJXoXSNjAbWOfg/s1600/DSC00510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIZ-XCVXv2Fp0th6OrNnqjiofyW4g6vxw_2mDM3Mjr6pWfD9mUIsdw5vAIcoH-toJgx0GYnC7asLCgL8HN1yhqdQ5GvceOtq5lhqEeJ7W-0OR5RRX9qP8PgE1382MmdJXoXSNjAbWOfg/s320/DSC00510.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Autorickshaws here are red, not green</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLReMDsTHRTUFQAidbUxJr90Wbpsw4jRNfLDwr1gsnn5tZH4lZetdzmNO_7P1uLoX5Pnuli015sk2Wb7JVsrl-mdhtt898BVoSB9OJObMsI91XfMdXLhlqcQlCR_6u-ogJADV8BlEdCE/s1600/DSC00512.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLReMDsTHRTUFQAidbUxJr90Wbpsw4jRNfLDwr1gsnn5tZH4lZetdzmNO_7P1uLoX5Pnuli015sk2Wb7JVsrl-mdhtt898BVoSB9OJObMsI91XfMdXLhlqcQlCR_6u-ogJADV8BlEdCE/s320/DSC00512.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Even the smaller town was busy on this rainy day!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHuDK-YfjJI_Jw9LE1itzx4uGpUcq1ySVy-sGdmoXuvSvfSgiSKx9V6RDY5XiS1ksCJmSz2zJZrHAbrTM8nHwhfTiFlPxGOK1BtxZI0hourqaD59UbyAjbrOFxcKSzYhk3WvHsTg9jVg/s1600/DSC00507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHuDK-YfjJI_Jw9LE1itzx4uGpUcq1ySVy-sGdmoXuvSvfSgiSKx9V6RDY5XiS1ksCJmSz2zJZrHAbrTM8nHwhfTiFlPxGOK1BtxZI0hourqaD59UbyAjbrOFxcKSzYhk3WvHsTg9jVg/s320/DSC00507.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Along the scenic little road to Bara Sardar Bari</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
We turned off the main road to head toward Bara Sardar Bari. I really enjoyed this small stretch through town and then a bit into the countryside. Very beautiful land here, with a lot of water (the highway traveled along a river, and there seem to be many streams, lakes, and ponds everywhere.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
When we arrived at Bara Sardar Bari, I was really taken with the beauty of this place. Once a palace, it is now a museum. We got out, and went up to the gate - but found that the museum was closed today. Luckily, we could still appreciate its beauty from the outside!<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="text-align: left;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="text-align: left;">
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQPDcUTRgyXw2UkIaqDXpTBtEam2TykESb26EVUxZTo7Hpa6nIXkuyBjHtmq7ZVZSLZbO6towxTRI_9ktGf32fv4P31Spl6xu0xE7gud6pXv9VFeEIz4ajHSt5OC2Qo2XJBD2jOwL9C0/s1600/DSC00496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQPDcUTRgyXw2UkIaqDXpTBtEam2TykESb26EVUxZTo7Hpa6nIXkuyBjHtmq7ZVZSLZbO6towxTRI_9ktGf32fv4P31Spl6xu0xE7gud6pXv9VFeEIz4ajHSt5OC2Qo2XJBD2jOwL9C0/s320/DSC00496.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bara Sardar Bari</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LuciT-g6tYB5apyIIlBd-EoLSjY1n97HkuSPfO6p19L9su14WJgTBJ9UzId4hDuZN_c0OzF7ecHFFh3X6dyG86cBUZwUXC6HiUiAvi9lF3hw-W7dqovqtyac7v54VYW4FEuQBlbncZE/s1600/DSC00499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LuciT-g6tYB5apyIIlBd-EoLSjY1n97HkuSPfO6p19L9su14WJgTBJ9UzId4hDuZN_c0OzF7ecHFFh3X6dyG86cBUZwUXC6HiUiAvi9lF3hw-W7dqovqtyac7v54VYW4FEuQBlbncZE/s320/DSC00499.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Brickwork along the gate</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDt_dF94UcZ9ztxPABZTsGqKtibO8Tyjizli7ulehWcGV8J3kkOYZFbkY3-3RiXGBAu1mRu6tGG_Q7Pyn04mCDGM8WwwbFUbQ1-1fJS_RoJ2Do9l7g9gxUfIIacaMRsaCdSV27Ouutjw/s1600/DSC00502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDt_dF94UcZ9ztxPABZTsGqKtibO8Tyjizli7ulehWcGV8J3kkOYZFbkY3-3RiXGBAu1mRu6tGG_Q7Pyn04mCDGM8WwwbFUbQ1-1fJS_RoJ2Do9l7g9gxUfIIacaMRsaCdSV27Ouutjw/s320/DSC00502.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The ubiquitous stray dogs padding along the road from the museum</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOYFgdfp34mfUxE5zVzyVqDatnKAkkazO6i9lmEh09U_t8ZhH5OngivP4K_bx0XTmirySScZZfQ6mvvi_ko8Dt2AxRQSZcPZ3DTNuSUvjhQkRwKjKXd12BzHf_0XlSEG5z-XqzX9ou0E/s1600/DSC00503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOYFgdfp34mfUxE5zVzyVqDatnKAkkazO6i9lmEh09U_t8ZhH5OngivP4K_bx0XTmirySScZZfQ6mvvi_ko8Dt2AxRQSZcPZ3DTNuSUvjhQkRwKjKXd12BzHf_0XlSEG5z-XqzX9ou0E/s320/DSC00503.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mango sellers outside the museum gate</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCdPzIplZxLrappcamXBRxwTIlown3fCW9_IVZuB5cD2gpbLmqu49MZ9vO4CPiEy2AkF9WjIDr3wctos-97dj36lOVbJZnaokhPTv7zEaYOSJ7TfFunXmI39SDxY-sEfv8Jp_xqCDB-8/s1600/DSC00504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCdPzIplZxLrappcamXBRxwTIlown3fCW9_IVZuB5cD2gpbLmqu49MZ9vO4CPiEy2AkF9WjIDr3wctos-97dj36lOVbJZnaokhPTv7zEaYOSJ7TfFunXmI39SDxY-sEfv8Jp_xqCDB-8/s320/DSC00504.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zubayr and our driver, Mamun, negotiating with the locals</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlMWfytUsyUF4g4pJ2-YjouyBGLjKxQFJ4XUZNysu7M7UGqefUoOsT5TmJJhIgpXxOkbGoAWzhHjd1YRxZCBMrvZG5Q6bHRUR1F1dkkrYE61G-FBrNDEZBLAEqJYPjM2R0ReXlgEi9aU/s1600/DSC00505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlMWfytUsyUF4g4pJ2-YjouyBGLjKxQFJ4XUZNysu7M7UGqefUoOsT5TmJJhIgpXxOkbGoAWzhHjd1YRxZCBMrvZG5Q6bHRUR1F1dkkrYE61G-FBrNDEZBLAEqJYPjM2R0ReXlgEi9aU/s320/DSC00505.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This little boy was begging for change, and was very<br /> persistent, following us around for about five minutes</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
The road back went quickly until we got back to the outskirts of Dhaka. There, we had to wait in traffic for another couple of hours to make the last mile or two back to Zubayr's in-law's place.<br />
.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNfpZ-_JDV0JHxf1bL_0MnKLRtGhRgky7kYwM-NjiyufhfOzrzGzD9CrxK00dP4RfnORUunS5xFpYp490iG9oXyfW075-JDV0YgEAC6P88weNqjpDXqg9KymfN8S4KLMYutT4mIFlplc/s1600/DSC00516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNfpZ-_JDV0JHxf1bL_0MnKLRtGhRgky7kYwM-NjiyufhfOzrzGzD9CrxK00dP4RfnORUunS5xFpYp490iG9oXyfW075-JDV0YgEAC6P88weNqjpDXqg9KymfN8S4KLMYutT4mIFlplc/s320/DSC00516.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All the trucks seem to be painted with scenic art, words, numbers...</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutMZQeAz80F0NyMj6DXcYiq_O6QNmp7-dyTLLFkvkkOFOoQgFDMhGyl6RerQM_Wn6M5ZakWUUTIUETUJqtU8YFhORiVteOnMh6hYQ3JzZLQTrkrkQf1C39aBAKrZ8vUrirSo7tW40B_Y/s1600/DSC00518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutMZQeAz80F0NyMj6DXcYiq_O6QNmp7-dyTLLFkvkkOFOoQgFDMhGyl6RerQM_Wn6M5ZakWUUTIUETUJqtU8YFhORiVteOnMh6hYQ3JzZLQTrkrkQf1C39aBAKrZ8vUrirSo7tW40B_Y/s320/DSC00518.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0_of-Bc2nATdHhhG2PlKs2fqCLVNMAjzK93SjYmrKfbYFAIrpNrU__lb9eJDXYDjbxvRK04n5JnXz5kerTyCcRQV7_vbubsEmcQo_ZgeRV9uiYjjgy5h5NWLRAq3ahMYRpqyPK18R-I/s1600/DSC00527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0_of-Bc2nATdHhhG2PlKs2fqCLVNMAjzK93SjYmrKfbYFAIrpNrU__lb9eJDXYDjbxvRK04n5JnXz5kerTyCcRQV7_vbubsEmcQo_ZgeRV9uiYjjgy5h5NWLRAq3ahMYRpqyPK18R-I/s320/DSC00527.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I noticed a lot of unfinished buildings along the way - I guess a<br /> hallmark of a developing country with waxing and waning investment</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBIXCuAcgw_gKde113c2FO6FRPoh5v-pmWY6-_z-4WbfM2KIl9FhegUP_2OSYDJhNWZVRjhzt_afLkOgvHHlbEYfqmhs1p8GL1ZKwNFBXro2OKc6491etWPU_ozpouHc0GGau0uT2FtE/s1600/DSC00531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBIXCuAcgw_gKde113c2FO6FRPoh5v-pmWY6-_z-4WbfM2KIl9FhegUP_2OSYDJhNWZVRjhzt_afLkOgvHHlbEYfqmhs1p8GL1ZKwNFBXro2OKc6491etWPU_ozpouHc0GGau0uT2FtE/s320/DSC00531.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ornate rickshaw in the rain</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Back in Dhaka, we got ready to go out to a family dinner with Professor and Mrs. Huq and Anouchka and her husband, Muntakim. We went to a steakhouse called Steak House. It was very good - and here I thought I'd not be having a steak until I returned to NYC! It was the perfect ending to a great week of fun, friends, culture, and great conversation.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBig7kavuoxc9eRskcdgp-12ihp1B6W96T6WSZpvj55x41vbXg9F3Do1PQXzN3-mHHaKpbvUezYaXeKtayUQYvO9v72i8Lsne1Hv48J7Hy_StfXWt4oMlk1Dx0DQjDRfekpqVeKdY3pu0/s1600/DSC00536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBig7kavuoxc9eRskcdgp-12ihp1B6W96T6WSZpvj55x41vbXg9F3Do1PQXzN3-mHHaKpbvUezYaXeKtayUQYvO9v72i8Lsne1Hv48J7Hy_StfXWt4oMlk1Dx0DQjDRfekpqVeKdY3pu0/s320/DSC00536.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Flower seller along the road to the restaurant</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBiSTlZHLDhoX4J3bNtv0suhGy8ct3aKM3cNMGvm3QQ1IanWugYhzaCpXyfgew7pm9_lagS3Tvp6hyphenhyphenwJncH1dkpHBKvVTMjWC0TVsRPMtmf0YJkexUL71z44T_icCIbFQfrSQTvsz4yc/s1600/DSC00539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBiSTlZHLDhoX4J3bNtv0suhGy8ct3aKM3cNMGvm3QQ1IanWugYhzaCpXyfgew7pm9_lagS3Tvp6hyphenhyphenwJncH1dkpHBKvVTMjWC0TVsRPMtmf0YJkexUL71z44T_icCIbFQfrSQTvsz4yc/s320/DSC00539.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anouchka, Muntakim, Zubayr, me, Mrs. Huq, Professor Huq</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6L-Egofk3QxWzVxRpmpoE5-9Z3PzuFVydvf8-tthjymQYick6oT6OYTASAaNldeLdoJmHqrJLMHkE6gHVGEUwDf_pUvuDT_Xja82EGXFNv7qy8mhiySgfp-iA9Q3VGCxQpz4PpyK3Jk/s1600/DSC00540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6L-Egofk3QxWzVxRpmpoE5-9Z3PzuFVydvf8-tthjymQYick6oT6OYTASAaNldeLdoJmHqrJLMHkE6gHVGEUwDf_pUvuDT_Xja82EGXFNv7qy8mhiySgfp-iA9Q3VGCxQpz4PpyK3Jk/s320/DSC00540.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ7gaIId5wEd2pzopdW-fYoR70QxA7gEt6idi5LWm-wwEZcbRf-G8hxMi3-qXuRsg3FGL3VLb8f8TZBBVuEKbtNPSS4mrxkGGZOertSZBt5fxu-B9wgGU_Fz7TYa1kqpWlzACoCzpi7s/s1600/DSC00542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ7gaIId5wEd2pzopdW-fYoR70QxA7gEt6idi5LWm-wwEZcbRf-G8hxMi3-qXuRsg3FGL3VLb8f8TZBBVuEKbtNPSS4mrxkGGZOertSZBt5fxu-B9wgGU_Fz7TYa1kqpWlzACoCzpi7s/s320/DSC00542.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
We got up early the next morning for one last delicious breakfast at the Huq's place, and then Zubayr brought me to the airport.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vOkueDvlzjp_lmY5QhuMcf2wiwxhovIrORj_I8DeWF_oQHxIXNV3J4dxoUSV5NtvKyTxEYCPc5p3TwQEVAA5D1hVa19cLY_RRoaT2O8gg0mdZpJHYwMM04rIwSY30Y4ljD2zq5uYN80/s1600/DSC00544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vOkueDvlzjp_lmY5QhuMcf2wiwxhovIrORj_I8DeWF_oQHxIXNV3J4dxoUSV5NtvKyTxEYCPc5p3TwQEVAA5D1hVa19cLY_RRoaT2O8gg0mdZpJHYwMM04rIwSY30Y4ljD2zq5uYN80/s320/DSC00544.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Goodbye to the apartment in Eskaton Plaza!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LVy82uJ6jdd0i0D6XB8kDcLICJn4IqID1Y_EYeeTpl7bU44mYm4_ntqeodOtXtaElNX4a9UYvu-WerzRzFtXZaRu86htMRg0dBod_-6BHXbGPJfO7ivCbp914LgK8mErDeZjkIlPNXo/s1600/DSC00545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LVy82uJ6jdd0i0D6XB8kDcLICJn4IqID1Y_EYeeTpl7bU44mYm4_ntqeodOtXtaElNX4a9UYvu-WerzRzFtXZaRu86htMRg0dBod_-6BHXbGPJfO7ivCbp914LgK8mErDeZjkIlPNXo/s320/DSC00545.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Veg seller we passed on the way to the airport - an appropriate last look at busy Dhaka city</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div>
It was very hard leaving Dhaka - you don't often get the chance to visit a new country and experience such amazing hospitality as Zubayr and the Huqs showed me! A wonderful trip with lots of great conversation. I hope to be back sometime soon! Zubayr finishes his research up and returns home to Scotland in a couple of months, but - who knows? - maybe we'll have the chance to meet up again before long...</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b>RETURN TO DELHI</b></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Another ho-hum flight (food was even worse this time!), but landed on time.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Steven from CARE was waiting for me at the airport, and drove me over the the new apartment, where I'll be living for the next five months.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
A very friendly security guard met us at the gate, and took me upstairs to me place. I'm on a 3rd-floor walk-up in a building with four stories, one apartment per level. The place is more than large enough for me! Two bedrooms, two baths, kitchen, living room/dining room, and some outdoor space. It's in a quiet neighborhood called Greater Kailash I in South Delhi. There are a couple of markets in walking distance (even with the heat) and it's a short rickshaw ride to the nearest Metro station that would take me anywhere in the city.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGNIpeDQ4Y3bmtIjJup18WWpSx_R-QlTd1OsYtMIlMKuJmSv0UVXeKSfU9obILb9FKUdfgA_wk22gj21ddL7VnL43vDAGMVm4gAlm1jSP4j3BDP4pjShVVAq_d2Fnd-R0WZ09daNrmKE/s1600/DSC00554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGNIpeDQ4Y3bmtIjJup18WWpSx_R-QlTd1OsYtMIlMKuJmSv0UVXeKSfU9obILb9FKUdfgA_wk22gj21ddL7VnL43vDAGMVm4gAlm1jSP4j3BDP4pjShVVAq_d2Fnd-R0WZ09daNrmKE/s320/DSC00554.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>First day in the new place - on the terrace</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVu0bNq4Gr9uPuHYlsn2SgpVlhyphenhyphenk4eXFAkDZZjdeJZ1MgqbEyp383xOWUO7W60h1sdXXaZyX7q3gxFvoexsUJk_0s3jc2gqikILyl_z1DodNNUHNvPUqlBvMXTxzqu9rNzu0tTEzkhTxc/s1600/DSC00556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVu0bNq4Gr9uPuHYlsn2SgpVlhyphenhyphenk4eXFAkDZZjdeJZ1MgqbEyp383xOWUO7W60h1sdXXaZyX7q3gxFvoexsUJk_0s3jc2gqikILyl_z1DodNNUHNvPUqlBvMXTxzqu9rNzu0tTEzkhTxc/s320/DSC00556.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My new home until November</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBeUbt41nXeaCelgCBb7w6Oxr6892Cia3d_bvBSe3BUIIuYKaNGjcrFoOH14tsLB8u2AJ2TanH_lUEi1FQS-aShaduDtYV7eT7TfOHlSFBy20z0fcY_gHpXz6DdRYOUbBKCIsT1cJ8Fo/s1600/DSC00546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBeUbt41nXeaCelgCBb7w6Oxr6892Cia3d_bvBSe3BUIIuYKaNGjcrFoOH14tsLB8u2AJ2TanH_lUEi1FQS-aShaduDtYV7eT7TfOHlSFBy20z0fcY_gHpXz6DdRYOUbBKCIsT1cJ8Fo/s320/DSC00546.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dining room/living room/office space!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8e9XOhrWBG_1wW_XSSjzh38YHv3gMQg4oUSTz8DKeRnMsr1ReRZuZbohOEN8-KzwI20FFwwG2xGeQFKmCuqfPpQf91IgjNDcC6xz8oZ_lvw4qyPlecpVVVpdNirn1lkj_aziiS47RIPY/s1600/DSC00548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8e9XOhrWBG_1wW_XSSjzh38YHv3gMQg4oUSTz8DKeRnMsr1ReRZuZbohOEN8-KzwI20FFwwG2xGeQFKmCuqfPpQf91IgjNDcC6xz8oZ_lvw4qyPlecpVVVpdNirn1lkj_aziiS47RIPY/s320/DSC00548.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The kitchen is small, but will do!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoqY8lQKBzcl6qfxD6_M2nbata31x4J6p0XBYKt4bzoilnQKMjczyQvNKtV_ie-tnSCh_ZXfo3G2qwgIC3z6cQ3e-PQaB41FT_xJZJIeRioybmQQwhtL-JwAqcdTQY50iv26ucH36w68/s1600/DSC00550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoqY8lQKBzcl6qfxD6_M2nbata31x4J6p0XBYKt4bzoilnQKMjczyQvNKtV_ie-tnSCh_ZXfo3G2qwgIC3z6cQ3e-PQaB41FT_xJZJIeRioybmQQwhtL-JwAqcdTQY50iv26ucH36w68/s320/DSC00550.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My bedroom</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX_BfmmAcFlBTrBdwvfOQK7pS7LK4QsH4y65axKrn3Mon48yi979yWPArk20JqRlG4-fR1IAZBC5Ady-Fe_-p1JkFK6wvf7u86xORCKr4oBtrk7dby7fPF59V9mugB7KriRjZkz9GJRA/s1600/DSC00552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX_BfmmAcFlBTrBdwvfOQK7pS7LK4QsH4y65axKrn3Mon48yi979yWPArk20JqRlG4-fR1IAZBC5Ady-Fe_-p1JkFK6wvf7u86xORCKr4oBtrk7dby7fPF59V9mugB7KriRjZkz9GJRA/s320/DSC00552.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The terrace - will be nice when it cools off a bit!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHjbdBkZYM5xqWj7HBS_TwikVDHTQAurDJ6Sf0WM1xQyf-PwOjALlwHwRdILEqzuW_9AZ2-4h6vrBoqdqYbZjQpwuqjOz_lj5GIbjNuWY_ppaXQta8It8DLjIAJzj0qd9QyBYDykUfKI/s1600/DSC00557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHjbdBkZYM5xqWj7HBS_TwikVDHTQAurDJ6Sf0WM1xQyf-PwOjALlwHwRdILEqzuW_9AZ2-4h6vrBoqdqYbZjQpwuqjOz_lj5GIbjNuWY_ppaXQta8It8DLjIAJzj0qd9QyBYDykUfKI/s320/DSC00557.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The new neighborhood - Greater Kailash I</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I did some shopping to stock the fridge and got the lay of the neighborhood. Fruits and vegetables are available from vendors who walk through the neighborhood, sometimes singing out to let people know they are around. Other foods and supplies are available within a 1km walk. I've already tried a few new foods, and am eager to experience many more!<br />
<br />
The wi-fi works well here, as does the air conditioning, so I think I am going to be pretty comfortable. The landlady, Mrs. Prakash, is very nice and has made sure everything was prepared for me.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDJ5zxQ1FrMTDwnyqqYrNxssnCbsmhDoQ2TDa2OLiSnhZntS0LNBb5mwlajuOWO_JhY0JJ7idRUsdFXU8Xe_chmT7gt7o9y8clN_9wzu0r2d74D-G-XgZD8WdrJSwruL3qVZjhMXFcRE/s1600/DSC00560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDJ5zxQ1FrMTDwnyqqYrNxssnCbsmhDoQ2TDa2OLiSnhZntS0LNBb5mwlajuOWO_JhY0JJ7idRUsdFXU8Xe_chmT7gt7o9y8clN_9wzu0r2d74D-G-XgZD8WdrJSwruL3qVZjhMXFcRE/s320/DSC00560.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fruit from a cart vendor - he walks his cart through the neighborhood</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
I'm looking forward to starting work on Monday. Until then, I will explore the city a little and try to get ready for a new work setting.</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-2322054759345898322013-05-31T07:49:00.000-07:002013-06-28T01:44:27.502-07:00Dhaka Days 2-3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
The next morning, <b>Tuesday</b>, I awoke feeling a little off, and not just because of jetlag. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qwcYxdEtCsv4O0mLPXh2MjEKNrmn9Ozab2xRRJ-moX1oixjkxdNFJ00AhcehTbLylpakJ4ZofhHVq2qPjWKtqutM3bokz1JWh5fXLRg8x0QDpyHb-5_qomlzDVG_V4tpDlF79qswDIQ/s1600/DSC00409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qwcYxdEtCsv4O0mLPXh2MjEKNrmn9Ozab2xRRJ-moX1oixjkxdNFJ00AhcehTbLylpakJ4ZofhHVq2qPjWKtqutM3bokz1JWh5fXLRg8x0QDpyHb-5_qomlzDVG_V4tpDlF79qswDIQ/s320/DSC00409.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>Incredible breakfast spread prepared by Mrs. Huq</i></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
We stopped by Zubayr's in-laws' house for breakfast, and got in a few minutes of shopping at an electronics mall and a gift shop, but had to turn back. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
Why....?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
Well...there are some basic rules to traveling in South Asia if you're from a country like the US:</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
1. Only drink bottled water</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
2. Don't eat food unless it's cooked, boiled, washed in iodine, or peeled.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
3. Bring antiseptic gel and use it regularly on your hands</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
4. Did I mention not to drink the tap water?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
Apparently somewhere along the line yesterday I managed to stray from one of these (probably thanks to some ice in a drink at a restaurant). Anyway, on the advice of my colleague Dr. Drew Lewis, I "nuked" the stomach bug with 1000mg of azithromycin (from a Z-pack) and took an Imodium. This worked EXTREMELY well, and I was feeling better within a few hours. Looks like we have a way to combat Delhi Belly...or, in this case, Dhaka....Belly. Not going there.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHB0nx1zyfsDjVVDAZUdCM3ru8AEGh-85HRVX1INVDosllH7-GM0f7r27RseCSVzhPzNgxWjE-RCv9OEUikLUM57fxtcpDITrLor0GA6cjDTELD3VB07kZUrkCpYwFnYh7kZrPAZw1w8/s1600/DSC00413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHB0nx1zyfsDjVVDAZUdCM3ru8AEGh-85HRVX1INVDosllH7-GM0f7r27RseCSVzhPzNgxWjE-RCv9OEUikLUM57fxtcpDITrLor0GA6cjDTELD3VB07kZUrkCpYwFnYh7kZrPAZw1w8/s320/DSC00413.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Parliament Building in Dhaka</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
Anyway, once I was ready to travel again, we drove around to take in the sights, including the very interesting and modern Parliament building, and met up with more friends of Zubayr's, Schumonn (local celebrity/actor and officer at an e-learning company) and Ahmed (multiple business owner and all-around nice guy). It was nice walking with Schumonn as for once people stared at someone other than me - you should have seen the expressions! </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
We shared a great dinner at a local restaurant called Oh Calcutta, then joined another friend, Anik (news show host/actor/laugh-riot), for coffee at a very fancy Gloria Jean's. After some great conversation and a few laughs, we counted it as another successful day on the books despite the gastrointestinal misadventure!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEbjj6Yy-8SmFTllX2HByjP-7mDvIjHJ4GCrXW-mWa0O1aGFKp27eXwNgsSqcLlAD6U3xji_pTA0GLcuKF58_JrieeEKjiZFl6mbzx3uG9V7OyMjSh5iNF9_u8hcgn99S3hj3cPz0nM4/s1600/DSC00421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEbjj6Yy-8SmFTllX2HByjP-7mDvIjHJ4GCrXW-mWa0O1aGFKp27eXwNgsSqcLlAD6U3xji_pTA0GLcuKF58_JrieeEKjiZFl6mbzx3uG9V7OyMjSh5iNF9_u8hcgn99S3hj3cPz0nM4/s320/DSC00421.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dinner with Schumonn, Zubayr, and Ahmed at Oh! Calcutta</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU0Y6dvRc7q8Vii8xIHnhXyVp8vlnAOmbJot3BrvpmW9hhT9eYl8wju-KEgy_R2ZRdRpKs1XBCY0NiOOkpYJMecHHs8PC4htXX_OomCclLKKiOlqA02OaLrYPCtrzPIEubPnopN9o85E/s1600/DSC00422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU0Y6dvRc7q8Vii8xIHnhXyVp8vlnAOmbJot3BrvpmW9hhT9eYl8wju-KEgy_R2ZRdRpKs1XBCY0NiOOkpYJMecHHs8PC4htXX_OomCclLKKiOlqA02OaLrYPCtrzPIEubPnopN9o85E/s320/DSC00422.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<b>Wednesday</b> started off well - feeling 100% better, good as new, right as rain (which seems to be coming and going a bit here). After Skyping with my family, Zubayr and I finished off leftovers for a late breakfast and generally took it easy. Today was a strike day in Dhaka, and no cars were on the road (just bicycle and auto-rickshaws), so we decided to head over to his in-laws' house in one of the autos. It wasn't bad! Just a little rough hitting potholes on three wheels...</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1vhjI5jcOcDeEQ8uOFa7qZ511AZlDpMAmWO8y_n-9BXB8V2yujPgjPNYc9NMQCoXj6MrORaLtotSqOJw0u1fhsXyqZCYfZZzZQZLgpueeuPiNNqWTrSQXdmRPM5EY_US1LKQwkik91A/s1600/DSC00425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1vhjI5jcOcDeEQ8uOFa7qZ511AZlDpMAmWO8y_n-9BXB8V2yujPgjPNYc9NMQCoXj6MrORaLtotSqOJw0u1fhsXyqZCYfZZzZQZLgpueeuPiNNqWTrSQXdmRPM5EY_US1LKQwkik91A/s320/DSC00425.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Inside the auto-rickshaw</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtGigG3-CB5Nher0BYQboPWy9pDotJif0Q-MVANHzufoJiuVAKW2kyWivljgDumfrE4aQR2euoBalqPPPGCqdFP5aT37MDNlLDdJDcpSDhyguDv3e-TgqozrwiYFVDYvPIlcO0vYLGKQ/s1600/DSC00427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtGigG3-CB5Nher0BYQboPWy9pDotJif0Q-MVANHzufoJiuVAKW2kyWivljgDumfrE4aQR2euoBalqPPPGCqdFP5aT37MDNlLDdJDcpSDhyguDv3e-TgqozrwiYFVDYvPIlcO0vYLGKQ/s320/DSC00427.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
At Professor and Mrs. Huq's house, we met up with Zubayr's sister-in-law, Anouchka, and had another wonderful homemade meal. After relaxing a bit and chatting (and getting a little help with my laundry), Anouchka had to go to work (she is a news anchor) so we dropped her off and went for another drive, eventually meeting up with Mridul and Rubayat again. We talked shop for a bit, and Zubayr, Mridul, went to a great seafood restaurant for dinner. Z and I dropped by Gloria Jean's for a "nightcap" coffee drink, then back to his parents' place to turn in.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
One more full day to go in Dhaka - it zipped by quickly!</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-40000133404646625632013-05-30T12:03:00.000-07:002013-05-30T12:15:32.877-07:00Dhaka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div>
<b>DHAKA DAY 1</b></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
After a very short time in Delhi, I am now in Dhaka. I planned this trip after I found out that my friend Zubayr, whom I met at a negotiations course at HBS back in 2008, would be here doing research for his PhD. What better way to visit a country for the first time than with someone who knows the ropes?<br />
<div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRB52-Ii1GI2wsBl1dFKlZyjNF6lkraotEWPbeEJfDgiMVz6i7lelImIvt_h69a0DzPWN0UvdU4k7dBdQXu0ZTJofp_Dk_tsCPDGpWQzvkMmmCH24r3g6AOfoU6CnZW57tZf4zCMafaA/s1600/India_etc_pol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRB52-Ii1GI2wsBl1dFKlZyjNF6lkraotEWPbeEJfDgiMVz6i7lelImIvt_h69a0DzPWN0UvdU4k7dBdQXu0ZTJofp_Dk_tsCPDGpWQzvkMmmCH24r3g6AOfoU6CnZW57tZf4zCMafaA/s400/India_etc_pol.jpg" width="371" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
After a 2AM wake up call and a 2:30 cab ride to DEL (which turned out to be WAY earlier than necessary for my 5:45 flight), I was pretty exhausted when we finally rolled up to the Dhaka airport gate. Let me say that flying Air India felt a bit like stepping back in time...but not far enough back to when service was given with a smile. Old plane, bland food, grumpy attendants. But who cares - it was just two hours!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Zubayr and his Father-in-law, Professor Huq, met me at the Airport. It was a bit of a comedy of errors trying to meet up at the VIP lounge, especially as I arrived 30 minutes early! ("no, I really am on the list - can you check again? - Maaaatthew Azzaaara - oh, forget it"), but Professor Huq eventually saw me. It was great seeing Zubayr again after 5 years. I think he got younger. I definitely didn't.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The weather is cooler here than in Delhi, about 85 degrees F, but very humid.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
We went to Professor Huq's apartment at the University of Dhaka, where we had an amazing home-cooked breakfast waiting for us courtesy of Mrs. Huq.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_g7DJunZhR5ZliSQnEd5gWDNfPQhrR8bb9K6qwTysohQrNooEdr_IZ4fq8ACswrjlYJQ9zLz55XW37vBgZV5UOxSN9LxYX1k3ir3w8wQmOfCoT748aFrlFnwGTtxiQjv6me7f1SaoKZA/s1600/IMG_2949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_g7DJunZhR5ZliSQnEd5gWDNfPQhrR8bb9K6qwTysohQrNooEdr_IZ4fq8ACswrjlYJQ9zLz55XW37vBgZV5UOxSN9LxYX1k3ir3w8wQmOfCoT748aFrlFnwGTtxiQjv6me7f1SaoKZA/s320/IMG_2949.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i> Breakfast! Professor Huq, Zubayr, myself</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After completely stuffing ourselves, Zubayr showed me around Dhaka a bit. Let me say that if I thought Delhi was vibrant, Dhaka is even more so! A riot of activity and color and sound - horns and bicycle-rickshaw bells, people calling to each other, chattering birds. Really a feast for the senses. The bicycle rickshaws are all ornately painted, and they weave in and out between the autorickshaws (called "tuk-tuks" in Bangkok for those who have been there), cars, trucks, buses, carts, and walkers.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWj6eDaho13PXCcZRV3GDYMIzasnDqZ5GS84JDG79E1Pn6aU3n48cosXUDcZaPbdsNaarnrS3TkGSnaBmt5GS2pNgGORJh-DJkfsdQWRExIWWMQrXFqheyfLhF-VFIwSoo9hCpNhUzvw/s1600/DSC00399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWj6eDaho13PXCcZRV3GDYMIzasnDqZ5GS84JDG79E1Pn6aU3n48cosXUDcZaPbdsNaarnrS3TkGSnaBmt5GS2pNgGORJh-DJkfsdQWRExIWWMQrXFqheyfLhF-VFIwSoo9hCpNhUzvw/s320/DSC00399.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We first saw the Shaheed Minar, a monument dedicated to those who died in the Bengali Language Movement of 1952, one of the events leading to the successful struggle for independence from Pakistan in 1971 - the Bangladesh Liberation War, probably the single most important event in the cultural memory of this country. After the Partition of India in 1947, the Dominion of Pakistan was created, and what is now Bangladesh was named East Bengal and renamed East Pakistan a few years later. After over 20 years of internal conflict over language (Pakistan had declared Urdu the single language despite the fact that the majority of those in the East spoke Bengali) and unequal representation in government, East Pakistan (backed by India) seceded in an extremely violent and bloody war. Students played a significant role in leading the secession, and to this day University of Dhaka students take pride in their continued political activism, as evidenced by their role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Shahbag_protests" target="_blank">Shahbag Protests</a> this year - which was really a sort of conclusion of the Liberation War, 42 years later - and evidenced by statues and art on the grounds of the University itself.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOUwzpZuvtqmettjYq1PHArLrmDhzMMX_IfyDb0V3hBAElNx8sxoZmMJGI9utlWRcHznJKNVGdg1R9HZe-ug6XoEt1RDjhYnaYzyMhTFfxN1QX1I9sNh61jKUV3DsY7LfZfHZ1MmDY7s/s1600/DSC00336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOUwzpZuvtqmettjYq1PHArLrmDhzMMX_IfyDb0V3hBAElNx8sxoZmMJGI9utlWRcHznJKNVGdg1R9HZe-ug6XoEt1RDjhYnaYzyMhTFfxN1QX1I9sNh61jKUV3DsY7LfZfHZ1MmDY7s/s200/DSC00336.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Me at the Shaheed Minar</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsfT3oEg5ke_PDVblVCNEginM9eFmEFEjhibD7qrznyVPqMOg0wZXpdoSezk_LzKBwoFdPNeFFES3XmnJkb3fKyZ638XnxRG81mdADLjgk2gWuiJ0q0ueFJdxfXCxM8KMXF6lv7Zl_iQ/s1600/DSC00373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsfT3oEg5ke_PDVblVCNEginM9eFmEFEjhibD7qrznyVPqMOg0wZXpdoSezk_LzKBwoFdPNeFFES3XmnJkb3fKyZ638XnxRG81mdADLjgk2gWuiJ0q0ueFJdxfXCxM8KMXF6lv7Zl_iQ/s200/DSC00373.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Undefeated Bangla" Monument </span></i><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">at University of Dhak</span></i><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
After a stop at Dhaka Medical Center, a moving experience (free healthcare is provided for anyone in need, and the hospital was teeming with patients and their loved ones, many sitting on the floor or crowded into rooms), we visited the University, where we had the chance to see Professor Huq (he leads the Department of Soil, Water, and the Environment), meet some of his students, and discuss their research. We then walked through campus, and had a glass of milk tea at a local watering hole. The two young boys that served us our tea decided to camp out at our table and stare at me, something that I understand I'll have to get accustomed to!<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5FsxjAEGGtf-Vgkjgjxp9xpi2sfHhtHP9XMaZ2LaGJ5qSyt9z-kDIGdq1UGCUfakZSuYDslLKtwCEubAv6y74Y503c2T_fD41RzuwHs7p_TEIuxDZ4QfdyGKDOZjl9mawKynGqDIiLI/s1600/DSC00375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5FsxjAEGGtf-Vgkjgjxp9xpi2sfHhtHP9XMaZ2LaGJ5qSyt9z-kDIGdq1UGCUfakZSuYDslLKtwCEubAv6y74Y503c2T_fD41RzuwHs7p_TEIuxDZ4QfdyGKDOZjl9mawKynGqDIiLI/s200/DSC00375.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Artwork celebrating the students' </span></i><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">role in civil protests</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
We also took a walk through the School of Fine Arts, and down the street to Shahbag Square, home of the aforementioned protests of a few months ago.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKNtVRYF_g3SSnOOcNAv7onA46BtUm4M84yKztfayxuKRZokv3w6DKNBGBkkXO9v3u-YsO94qaQT58bzF7mG-vcg9gOqpgjmiZy8KywnERqTfUlFe8s51uGkEQvtqtbz48ILoPOER7-I/s1600/DSC00400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKNtVRYF_g3SSnOOcNAv7onA46BtUm4M84yKztfayxuKRZokv3w6DKNBGBkkXO9v3u-YsO94qaQT58bzF7mG-vcg9gOqpgjmiZy8KywnERqTfUlFe8s51uGkEQvtqtbz48ILoPOER7-I/s200/DSC00400.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Rickshaw Driver</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1ZI1za5aGidVRLTqSQnj58MWbdmV31fTOLFvwTncBRumRbLL2sVN4N9YKWglDiT5Bo2oDu3yTw96YeR7swVr4_UHOvhyphenhyphenMlDqPnvpCkKDQBFKwcaYZbi0dhkkRJuea3hgEK7cw-CtPIo/s200/DSC00385.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="200" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Political Paintings in front of </i><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the School of Fine Arts</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s200/DSC00398.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">In Shahbag Square</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1ZI1za5aGidVRLTqSQnj58MWbdmV31fTOLFvwTncBRumRbLL2sVN4N9YKWglDiT5Bo2oDu3yTw96YeR7swVr4_UHOvhyphenhyphenMlDqPnvpCkKDQBFKwcaYZbi0dhkkRJuea3hgEK7cw-CtPIo/s1600/DSC00385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIXPI1LOUNWtUJq-qSgK6GT6pdl-Uy559w9EWGrVD11bG6rYokEeqI6VnBD-ZHBBZfHGlvJG2eike4hh_AnfYbMe28JED4lUbCWEiGHjq3gWEWpShgENCj98MC8PvmJFDCw0IBfFKiQc/s1600/DSC00398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </a><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i><br />
<br />
After a quick lunch, we met with Mridul and Rubayat, friends of Zubayr's, and shared some great discussion about<a href="http://www.mpower-social.com/" target="_blank"> their work</a> in Global Development, very much aligned with the sort of work I'll be doing with CARE. We had a late dinner at a Mexican restaurant (!) called El Toro, after which we called it a very productive day.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-63046813813249702602013-05-29T00:12:00.000-07:002013-05-29T00:12:15.245-07:00Last Day in US, First in Delhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
<b>The hours leading up to my flight out were surreal. Kasia and the kids all took the day off, so we spent the day together, and we left early (thank goodness - traffic was terrible!) to go to the airport. We had dinner together there, and said our goodbyes. I mentioned in my last post that once the pre-trip stress dissipated, the emotions would come....well they did. The girls waited as I went through the security line, and when I got to the end, I looked over and saw 7-year-old Gabbie crying. That did it...of course I immediately asked myself if I was making a terrible mistake in leaving. But I tried to keep my mind on what I would be doing in India, and that it would be helping me to determine what I want to focus upon for the rest of my life, as well as helping others in need. The beginning of the flight was very tough, but luckily I sat next to a young man from Delhi who was just heading home to see his family for the first time in several months (he works in Albany!), and our chat took my mind off things a bit.</b></div>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
<b>The flight itself was uneventful - it's direct from Newark to Delhi, about 14 hours. We took off late but arrived on time. I didn't sleep much, but that was a good thing as we arrived at night, having lost about half a day, and I wanted to be able to sleep.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEuRoVKmZy_knhfAkAUqY-gn-_zEK54VNEWsqXkwQFQ5Dgx0FcF1mcluM7_I2UaAHKHHZ2S6g1fLEc7jNS2wyw_50CQ57mG5ToT97pk6kcsvo1aaeFtroi8M4IbqSYhyTxqqO6FDJQq8/s1600/IMG_2939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEuRoVKmZy_knhfAkAUqY-gn-_zEK54VNEWsqXkwQFQ5Dgx0FcF1mcluM7_I2UaAHKHHZ2S6g1fLEc7jNS2wyw_50CQ57mG5ToT97pk6kcsvo1aaeFtroi8M4IbqSYhyTxqqO6FDJQq8/s320/IMG_2939.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><i> Where 14 hours in a Boeing-777 gets you</i></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>At the airport in Delhi, I found that I had two rides waiting for me! Steven from CARE was there to meet me, but due to a mix up in arrangements, a driver from my hotel was also there. After a couple of quick phone calls, we sorted everything out, and I went with the driver to the hotel. The JHT was just right - comfortable bed, plenty of space. I ordered a quick dinner (Chicken Tikka Butter Masala - very spicy, very good - and some garlic naan), and then figured out the Wifi and called Mom and Kasia on Skype. We had to figure out a few kinks, and lost connection quite a few times, but we managed. I fell asleep quickly.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>The next morning, Steven came by about 9:30 (it was already over 100 degrees Fahrenheit) to pick me up and take my two big suitcases to the apartment in which I'll stay. The current tenant, Marge, is a retired CARE executive, who still works on international assignments. She gave me a tour of the apartment - very spacious, with two bedrooms, kitchen, bath, outdoor terrace/patio, and a living room/dining room that is also serving as her office. She moves out on the day before I return from Dhaka, so I will be able to move right in when I get back.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Marge gave me some great tips about the neighborhood, and invited me to join her for lunch in the local market square. We met up a few hours later at a Chinese restaurant called Yo! China - and I was amazed to see several American food chains in the Market (Dunkin Donuts, Gloria Jean's, Pizza Hut). Not that I plan to eat a much American food while I'm there, but it's nice to know I can get a a little taste of home if I want one. </b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>After lunch, as we walked around the square (and Marge pointed out all the stores that she frequents, where I could buy groceries, housewares, gifts), we discovered that they had just opened up a Starbucks there as well! We went in for a quick cold drink, as the temperature had climbed to about 115 by then.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKUZ2ELcqwuTA4pbG46ccoQSYEA8EsXNnubVYE69ouREJ-sB5nvJc0UiaXtDmqzrUYj4vcRDC9UyyWILx5oKS1HiyNpsREbYzP6XuJghtbBLPSTWGpHJ4gMjwUw1EdSAENxFgguMjs98/s1600/IMG_2942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKUZ2ELcqwuTA4pbG46ccoQSYEA8EsXNnubVYE69ouREJ-sB5nvJc0UiaXtDmqzrUYj4vcRDC9UyyWILx5oKS1HiyNpsREbYzP6XuJghtbBLPSTWGpHJ4gMjwUw1EdSAENxFgguMjs98/s320/IMG_2942.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b> <i>LOTS of staff in the new Starbucks at M-Block Market</i></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>I have to say, the sights, smells, and sounds were nearly overwhelming to my jetlagged brain! Everywhere were wonderful cooking smells, spices, and flowers permeating the air. The streets were very crowded with people walking, cars, and autorickshaws, and the occasional hand-drawn cart. Some stray dogs were trying to beat the heat laying in the shade on the marble walkways. I saw a few cows in the road as I was driving around with Steven earlier, but none were in the square. People just move around them, and they seem perfectly content. The neighborhood here is largely middle-class, so there were lots of well-dressed people our shopping at the brand-name stores and eating in the various restaurants and cafes. </b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>After parting ways with Marge, I went back to the hotel for some rest. Realizing that I had to be up extremely early (2AM) the next morning for my flight to Dhaka, I went out for an early dinner in the square (biryani at an North Indian restaurant), then went back to my room, made quick calls to family, and passed out. A good, full day and hopefully a sign of good things to come.</b></div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-49786711251088769612013-05-22T06:03:00.003-07:002013-05-22T06:03:50.690-07:00Last PreparationsThe time is near!<br />
<br />
Two days until I head to India. This week I've been packing, gathering the final details about where I will be staying (an apartment in New Delhi), asking for last-minute advice on what to bring (and what not to bring!) with me, re-packing, finalizing details about my trip to Dhaka next week, and most importantly trying to spend time with my family. <br />
<br />
It's been a pretty crazy week already, but I still feel like it's not 100% sunk in yet. I'm sure I'll get on the plane, and once all the pre-trip worries (did I remember to bring a pillow? sneakers? my phone?) and logistics (check in early to try to move to a decent seat! get suitcases wrapped in plastic!) fall away, the emotions will find their way through.<br />
<br />
I am of course going to miss Kasia and the girls terribly (and of course all my family and friends here) - all the more reason to ensure we have three or four back-up plans for communications.<br />
<br />
We've set up Skype on multiple devices, and I've pre-paid some minutes to get me started. Unlocked an old iPhone so that I can get a sim card in New Delhi. Apple FaceTime should work on WiFi where I can find it. Of course there's Facebook and Email for writing back and forth. Extra charging devices are packed to help during those pesky power outages.So I hope we have it all covered. <br />
<br />
I am looking forward to getting there and getting settled, so that I can start working on my project. I'll be paired with a Fellow from another pharma company - first time we've had such a partnership! - so it should make for interesting work. <br />
<br />
And I'm particularly excited that I'll have the chance to visit with several old friends whom I haven't seen in ages - at least I hope so! More on that later...<br />
<br />
Anyhow, wish me luck! I have a loooong plane ride ahead of me.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-85214181113767316942013-03-21T11:30:00.000-07:002013-03-21T11:30:09.597-07:00Parallel lives - Steubenville and New Delhi<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
Alongside the tragic story of the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/17/justice/ohio-steubenville-case/index.html">Steubenville
rape case</a> here in the US, you may have noticed a spate of new stories
recently about rape in India, including the horrific <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/05/world/asia/india-gang-rape-trial/index.html">case of the young woman</a>
who was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi and eventually died from her injuries.
I have been intrigued by the parallels of the two situations – along with one
very specific call for a solution.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I read a very interesting – and sobering - <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/opinion/neogy-rape-india/index.html">OpEd
piece</a> on CNN about rape and the broader problem of abuse of Indian women,
written by Suniti Neogy, who incidentally works for <a href="http://www.careindia.org/">CARE India</a> (the NGO with whom I’ll be
working for my Fellowship) as a community educator for gender issues and
healthcare. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Neogy explains how the problem is really an epidemic –
claiming many, many lives and destroying many more each year – and it stems
from an underlying lack of respect for women in broader society and the
tolerance of abuse as an acceptable part of life. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Her proposed solution? Start educating boys, not just girls, about gender
equality from early childhood. Her piece ends optimistically, with the belief
that Indian culture can change, a belief fueled by her positive experiences
working with communities and seeing the change that education and the support
of both men and women in the community can bring over time.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Interestingly, over the past week, two unconnected people mentioned
to me that the serious issues with misogyny in India seem strange to them,
given that India has had something the US has not – a female head of state –
not to mention the reverence of female family members, especially mothers, in Indian society. However, I think that
we can see many similarities to American culture – in a country where we have a
growing list of women in powerful positions in corporations and government (yes, not growing quickly enough, but at least growing), I
have been reading about the backlash about the media coverage of the
Steubenville rape, and it is creating a similar tide of calls for better
educating boys about respect for women (for example, see this now-viral <a href="http://www.laughmom.com/2013/03/i-am-so-fucking-sick-of-teaching-our-daughters-not-to-get-raped/?fb_action_ids=10151572380069664&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B523434211032156%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D">impassioned
blog</a> from one concerned mother of three boys, Audrey Binkowski). </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The parallel is quite strong.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
This should remind us that when learning about social issues in
other countries, it is easy to castigate a foreign culture for the wrongs we
perceive. But let us not forget that we have to look inwardly – the solutions
start with each of us. As a father of three girls, I will do what I can to help prevent such a terrible crime from happening by educating them, but as both Ms. Neogy and Ms. Binkowski point out, it takes much more than the individual effort of concerned parents of girls to change things.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
CARE India is dedicated to empowering women, helping create change
by building up communities from the inside out. This is how we have to change things in the US as well.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-74473782044655166702013-03-11T12:16:00.002-07:002013-03-12T10:52:03.765-07:00<h2>
Preparations are Moving Along:</h2>
<br />
I have quite a few updates this week!<br />
<br />
<u>More on my Fellowship Project</u><br />
<br />
I had a great call last week with Dr. Drew Lewis, who is a Global Medical Affairs lead here at Pfizer, and who has worked extensively with vector-borne disease in the past. He gave me great insight into what I will probably experience in the field in India, and helped educate me on the sort of efforts that have been undertaken in the past to combat malaria. My GHF Program coordinator, Oonagh, joined in the call, and she was able to share a little more about what should be my main project in India.<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I will be based in New Delhi, helping <a href="http://www.careindia.org/"><span style="color: purple;">CARE India</span></a> to set up a new program to eradicate Kala-Azar, or visceral leishmaniasis (VL).<br /><br />VL is a disease caused by a protozoan called <em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">Leishmania donovani</span></em>, and it is transmitted by <em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">Phlebotomus</span></em>, a small sand fly, which bites human hosts much like a mosquito. According to the <a href="http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases-topics/leishmaniasis/en/index.html"><span style="color: purple;">World Health Organization</span></a> (WHO), it is endemic in the province of Bihar in India (where I'll be working in the field) and 60%+ of VL cases occur in the Indian subcontinent (including Bangladesh, and Nepal). VL is also prevalent in Brazil and Sudan. In 2010, in Bihar alone, <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/kalaazar-continues-to-plague-bihar/article1118604.ece"><span style="color: purple;">over 20,000 cases of VL were reported</span></a> (with likely many more unreported), and nearly 100 reported deaths due to the disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The disease usually first results in fever, weight loss, and enlargement of the spleen and/or the liver. The name Kala-Azar means literally "Black disease," and the form of VL found in India often results in darkening of the skin. VL is considered to be fatal if untreated, though it is actually the weakening of the immune system, leading to other (secondary) infections, that usually results in death. Because the sand fly and the protozoan are found in rural, poverty-stricken areas of the world, where the inhabitants are typically undernourished and subject to many other diseases (tuberculosis, malaria, and many others) - as well as a lack of treatment - it is easy to see the need for intervention.<br /><br />There have been efforts in the past to eliminate VL in India, through what is called Residual Indoor Spraying (with insecticides like DDT) coupled with efforts to educate villagers about how to better prevent or limit sand fly bites (bed netting or some kind of screening can be very effective); these efforts have been able to reduce the incidence of the disease for some years, but a renewed effort is needed to finish the job.<br /><br />My project will be working with CARE (and likely other stakeholders) to establish a new eradication program, establish goals, and determine how best to monitor and evaluate progress over time. I will be making several visits to Bihar, and by the end of my Fellowship will have started a pilot program to put everything into practice. The eradication effort will likely span many years, so key to this is setting up a sustainable system to continue monitoring progress over time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">For more information about Kala-Azar and past attempts to eradicate it in India, click <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/leishmaniasis/index.html"><span style="color: purple;">here</span></a>, <a href="http://www.leishrisk.net/Leishrisk/UserFiles/File/presentations/5_1b_Kala%20Azar%20elimination%20programme%20in%20India.pdf"><span style="color: purple;">here</span></a> and <a href="http://www.who.int/leishmaniasis/resources/documents/VL_NMR_1107_ok.pdf"><span style="color: purple;">here</span></a>.</span><br />
<br />
<u>CARE National Conference, Washington, D.C.</u><br />
<br />
On March 5th and 6th I had the honor and pleasure of attending the CARE conference in DC, joining Oonagh, as well as former GHFellows Melinda (2012), Carrianne and Crystal (2010). On the first afternoon, we attended a reception hosted by the French Ambassador, and had the chance to watch a chapter of the new film, "Girl Rising." The chapter was very moving, very inspirational, focusing on a young girl named Senna in small mining town in the Andes, and how she overcame poverty and many other obstacles to obtain an education and help her family. The film itself is made up of quite a few such chapters, and will be available for limited special viewings across the country (<a href="http://girlrising.com/">http://girlrising.com/</a>). CARE helped identify several of the girls featured in the film via their local anti-poverty programs.<br />
<br />
On the 6th, we attended CARE's program for the day, and it included sessions such as "Telling the Empowerment Story" and "Exploring CARE: Going Beyond the Mission Statement." The most eye-opening part was "Voices from the Field" - Crystal was one of the panelists who described their experiences working in the countries where CARE does most of its work. Fascinating and inspiring stuff.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Getting Visas and Planning for a trip to Dhaka:</u><br />
<br />
On the logistical side, after conversations with my host organization, CARE India, and our Pfizer GHF team, I have been able to make a few more plans, and to get my visas! <br />
<br />
The process for getting an India visa was not too tough, as I already had an active one from my business trip to Mumbai last June. I still had to get a lot of information together, including letters from CARE India and CARE USA, and submit travel plans and timing, etc. It took me a couple of weeks to get everything in line - and then I went over to Travisa (the organization to whom the India Consulate has outsourced the provision of visas and other passport-related matters) and submitted it. A couple of days later, I just walked over and picked it up.<br />
<br />
I also made plans to go to Dhaka, Bangladesh, for a few days before the start of my Fellowship, to see my dear friend Zubayer (<a class="g-profile" href="http://plus.google.com/101493618906541525413" target="_blank">+zulkarin jahangir</a>)! Very excited about this - it's been almost five years now. I bought a ticket from Delhi to Dhaka (2.5 hour flight) a couple of days after my arrival in India (so I have a little time to settle in, hopefully), and Zubayer will be taking care of all the arrangements in-country. Looking forward to it immensely! <br />
<br />
The Bangladesh visa process was a little easier than for India (less paperwork, etc), but it actually was tough to submit the documents as they don't allow you to set up an appointment - it's walk-in service and first-come, first-served at the Consulate. Luckily, it's right across the street from my office, so I was able to find a little time to wait in line before work. Their turnaround was even faster - just one day! So I am now in good shape - after a few more vaccinations - to leave on May 24th.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-31591912779340725412013-02-14T09:42:00.000-08:002013-03-12T10:52:16.166-07:00<h2>
The Long Prep</h2>
<br />
I tried to think of everything I must do to prepare for my Fellowship. There were so many things to do that I had to break it up into categories:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Share with friends and family (check!) - and explain to them what I'll be doing and why the heck I thought it was important to do something that entails leaving for 5+ months (still working on that)</li>
<li>Get a better understanding of India - its people, history, culture, and spirituality (all those things are tightly intertwined)</li>
<li>Contact past Global Health Fellows who have worked with CARE India, to get tips on working with the organization, how to assimilate locally, and what to do while there</li>
<li>Vaccinations!!! (and other health matters)</li>
<li>Visas - most importantly for India, but also for any other country I might have the occasion to visit while there (Bangladesh, maybe Nepal?)</li>
<li>Talk with CARE India about the fellowship projects, and start doing some research on my own time</li>
<li>Start buying and organizing the things I need for the long trip (mostly medicine-cabinet related, but also other supplies and comfort items)</li>
<li>Contact people I know in India, or who might be nearby, to let them know I'll be in Delhi</li>
<li>Make sure I'm able to Skype efficiently </li>
<li>Buy the plane ticket (work covers it, but I have to make the arrangements) </li>
<li>And, of course, attend all trainings from work</li>
</ul>
I feel that, with 3+ months to go, I've got a good start on the list.<br />
<br />
<u><b> Share with friends and family</b></u><br />
<br />
After telling my immediate family and close co-workers - the people I see all the time - I posted on Facebook, and let the word trickle out. About a month ago, word also went out internal to Pfizer about the group of us who will be venturing out on Fellowships this year.<br />
<br />
Since then, I've received a lot of great feedback from people - and of course some head scratching. The toughest, I think, is family who don't quite "get" why someone would do something like this - especially someone with a spouse and three children at home. I try to explain the best I can about the VERY long time I've been dreaming of a chance to do something like this, about why it's important to me to try to make a difference in others' lives, the excitement of being immersed in another culture, how I think this will change my life by helping clarify what my higher purpose - and maybe longer-term career will be about...and how I want to use this as an example for my children to think about their place in the world, and maybe what they can do to change it. It's not always easy to communicate all of that...<br />
<br />
<u><b>Get a better understanding of India</b></u><br />
<br />
Can anyone ever truly understand India? I don't know. On one hand, we see the beauty, the spirit and spirituality and intelligence of its people - and on the other the poverty, health issues, the overcrowded cities. I have been seeking out a few difference sources to help me get a better grasp. On the recommendation of a friend, I watched the 6-part BBC series, "The Story of India," which turned out to be a great overview of the long history of the subcontinent from its earliest civilization through the country it has become today. It spurred me to pull out some dusty paperback versions of the Mahabharata and the Upanishads, the Rig Veda, and the Bhagavad Gita. I haven't worked my way through them all, but even at a summary level, it gives some insight into both the spiritualism and the practicality of India. I've also been doing what I usually do when I travel to someplace new - reading a guidebook. My office mate, Rockwell, gave me a great present of a Lonely Planet guide for India, and it has already been a great resource to understanding the layout of the country and the important things to see, do, and understand.<br />
<br />
<u><b>Contact Past Fellows</b></u><br />
<br />
I had the pleasure of speaking with past CARE India Fellows Janna, Crystal, Carrianne, and Melinda, who during and after the application process gave me a HUGE amount of great information about living in India, working with the great crew at CARE, and about the types of work I might be doing. I am sure I will continue to pick their brains as May 24th (my departure date) draws near!<br />
<br />
<u><b>Medical stuff</b></u><br />
<br />
Wow. I have never had so many shots. TDAP, Hep A, Hep B, Polio, Japanese Encephalitis vaccines so far, and (if I can get it) Rabies still to go (plus the Typhoid vaccine in pill form). I will have to start taking a malaria preventative a couple of weeks before leaving as well. I've had bloodwork done, and have another overall health check before I go. And I've also had to catch up on vision and dental visits, as I won't otherwise be able to do that until the end of the year. I've also been advised to bring lots of meds with me, including antibiotics (Cipro, Z-Packs) and anything to help combat Delhi Belly (Pepto, Immodium, etc). Fun!<br />
<br />
<u><b>Visas</b></u><br />
<br />
I'm used to going through a passport and visa service here at work, so it will be my first time going straight to the consulates to get visas (though for India, most of it is online). I hope to have it all squared away by the end of March so that I don't have to worry about it as the departure approaches.<br />
<br />
<u><b>Meeting with CARE</b></u><br />
<br />
I've had a first meeting, and it sounds like the project work will really be fascinating. The proimary project they've mentioned is setting up a program to eliminate Kala Azar, or visceral leishmaniasis, in India. Kala Azar is a disease caused by a protozoan (similarly to malaria) that is transmitted by the bite of a sand fly. It is indigenous to some provinces in India (especially Bihar and West Bengal) as well as Bangladesh. I'll be spending time both in the Delhi main office as well as the Patna office in Bihar, and will take part in some field visits as well in and around Bihar.<b> </b>I've also started to do a little basic research on the disease itself and what has been done already to combat it and its sand fly vector. More on that later! <br />
<br />
<u><b>Gearing up</b></u><br />
<br />
Costco is going to be very helpful here. I have to think about the healthcare needs, but also comfort items. I'm stocking up some e-books for reading material as well, and of course I'm sure I'll think of a million other things in the weeks before I leave. I've decided to wait until I arrive to purchase some climate-appropriate clothes - as I understand the prices can be a little lower there!<br />
<br />
<u><b>Contacting people in the region</b></u><br />
<br />
I was very happy to find out that a couple of friends will be visiting India and Bangladesh while I'm going the be there! One of the stipulations of the GHF program is that we cannot take vacation during the Fellowship itself, but we are encouraged to do so on our own time. I hope to at least have a couple of weekends free that coincide with my friends' visits. In addition, my wonderful Pfizer colleagues in India have offered help and guidance while I am in-country - so I hope to take advantage of their kind offers!<br />
<br />
<u><b>Technology and communications</b></u><br />
<br />
I am no techie whiz, that's for sure, but I do need to start making sure I'm set up to speak daily with my family through Skype. CARE is kind enough to provide me with a laptop and cell phone for use while I am in India, so I don't have to bring my own along.<br />
<br />
<u><b>Plane Ticket</b></u><br />
<br />
Found a good deal on United - direct flight! I'm hoping beyond hope that I might be able to leverage my status and/or miles on United to upgrade to Business Class...but otherwise it should be a fun, 15-hour ride in coach. <br />
<br />
<u><b>Work training</b></u><br />
<br />
Oonagh and the GHF team have a terrific program set up to provide us Fellows with background in consulting, International Development, safety, and communications so that we are better able to prepare for the trip. We have already had a good part of the training sessions, with a few left to go! The program also provides Communications and Security contacts to ensure we are ready for whatever comes our way.<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179541786940404812.post-56505723611360812013-02-12T09:06:00.002-08:002013-02-12T09:06:53.513-08:00Global Health Fellowship - 2013<b>In early December of last year (2012), I learned that my company, Pfizer Inc, had selected me as one of its Global Health Fellows for 2013. For the next year or so, this blog will be dedicated to this Fellowship program.</b><br />
<br />
<u>Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 - The Story So Far:</u><br />
<br />
The story really begins back in 2006, when I first heard about the Global Health Fellowship (GHF) program, back when it was still fairly new. I spoke to a couple of colleagues who took part in the program, and it sounded like a life-changing experience for each. This especially intrigued me as I've always felt a calling to service - including considering joining the Peace Corps as a teenager - but because I had always struggled with that big question of What To Do With My Life, I never formulated a plan to put this calling into action. By the time I started business school in 1998, I was married with one child, Veronika (with my second, Josephine, born while there), and an inkling of a potential career, so that calling was put on the back burner.<br />
<br />
But only for a while! Hearing about this program gave me hope that I would be able to get at least a taste of helping those in developing countries without having to take the huge risk of leaving my career track (especially with all those pesky student loans). The Fellowships are essentially an opportunity for Pfizer to provide pro-bono consulting to non-profit organizations in developing countries with great need - where everyone gains something (Fellows get exposure to a completely new world, and develop new skills in leading projects; NGOs get months of free time from someone with corporate leadership experience and some form of functional expertise, and Pfizer gets better-rounded employees who develop new, valuable leadership skills). I learned a lot about the GHF program back then, and followed it throughout my Pfizer career, but with multiple job changes and moves to different states (Connecticut, California, back to Connecticut, and now NY), as well as the birth of our third child, Gabriela, the time really never felt right.<br />
<br />
But 2012 was different. My wife, Kasia, and I had spoken at length about my desire to take part in this program, and she has always voiced her strong support (despite the hardships I know it would place on her, taking care of three children while also attending to her own career). I came to realize that 2013 may be my last chance for a while to become a Fellow - all three of my daughters would be continuing in their current schools here in NYC for at least another year, but the summer of 2014 will bring college tours for Veronika; 2015 will be the start of her Freshman year, and then the process begins again in 2016 for Josephine.<br />
<br />
So, recognizing that this is probably my last chance - at least for many years - to do this without missing these major milestones for my daughters, I watched and waited carefully for the start of the 2013 application process, in July of last summer.<br />
<br />
The process entailed a long application, with multiple essays about my motivations for applying to become a Fellow, my experience in working across cultures and traveling to other countries, and my volunteering background. I solicited advice from friends and colleagues who had taken part in the program, and others who have lived and worked in developing countries and who had worked with not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the past - my officemate, Rockwell, was an especially great resource, as he had worked for Population Services, International (PSI) in Africa prior to his career at Pfizer. After a month of crafting the essays, and with a recommendation letter from my then-manager, Savitri, I finally submitted my application in August.<br />
<br />
The almost four months of waiting for the results was gut-wrenching. Pfizer lets you apply as many times as you want to until you're accepted, but knowing I really just had this one shot to do this really had me sweating. In October, I found that I'd been selected to the final round - very exciting! - but I was still one of four candidates for a Fellowship in India, with interviews with the NGO (CARE India) and the internal GHF team still to go. My interviews were delayed thanks to Hurricane Sandy, stretching out the waiting process even further. Finally, after a great conversation (with lots of questions in both directions) with the CARE team in New Delhi and a brief interview with our GHF team leader, Oonagh, and Pfizer Global Security, I learned on December 4th - in the middle of a huge team meeting - that I was accepted into the program. I would be heading to Delhi for a five-month fellowship!<br />
<br />
After sharing the news with my wife, family, friends, and colleagues, I gave myself a little time to celebrate before getting overwhelmed with the huge amount of preparation required for such a journey. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515690748421141348noreply@blogger.com0