The plane landed at 1am (vs. the scheduled time of 2:30pm the previous day) but apart from the video giving out before the end of Padmavaat, the 15-hour flight was fairly painless.
[Re-reading that, it looks it looks like it says ‘the plane landed at I am’ - which is pure Vedanta]
After the flight, immigration, bag claim, customs, money-changing and arguing with Air India about checking my bags through to Jaipur (not possible unless I stayed the night at the airport — regardless of what they told me at O’Hare) I was too tired to scan license plates so skipped Ola and Uber and took a prepaid government taxi (Rs300) to the hotel.
Finding the hotel took some doing, as did checking in — but here I am with four liters of bottled water, a hot shower, WiFi, free breakfast, and a comfortable bed.
Jai Guru
Photo: Emerging from a Kolkata cab, 2017
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Pranava recommended the hotel. It’s called the Red Fox (and I am drinking some awesome Assam tea out of the very mug you see pictured above).
Shambo and I have been reading The Little Prince to each other via FaceTime. ShantiMa made the recommendation.
Our most recent share was Chapter 20, about the prince’s encounter with a fox - who speaks pure Vedanta to the little boy.
He says, ‘Here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.’
Sounds like it came straight from Ramana Maharshi.
Jai Guru
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PS I’m not sure if the photos are coming out; please let me know if they’re not.
Yay! You got there. I will follow your adventures with love.
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