Day 2 in Hyderabad

Brian here. Well I left Anchorage on a redeye flight Friday night and now its 7 pm Tuesday night in Hyderabad, 4:30 am Tuesday morning in Anchorage. 14.5 hour difference.

So today I met Dr. Sammit of the Kiran Clinic and I made the first deposit. We are using an egg donor this time.

Amber and I have used Skype to stay in touch and its working great. It is a big help to calm my nerves and get a reality check just to talk to her. We were never big Skype users before but we never were half a world away from each other before, either.

The flights were good. Long, with jetlag and no seatback entertainment but no problems, no missed bags or connections, delays etc. My first time on a KLM 747 was cool - its throwback like you're on PanAm or something. The flight attendant ladies even wear scarves. And the baby blue outfits are cute.

I stayed at the Radisson Hotel in New Delhi and it was very nice and expensive, about $240/night. I would have gone with less expensive but for a one night stay not worth worrying about I guess. I am worrying less about expenses this time. This time its only 5-7 days whereas in January 2008 and April 2009 we were in India 2 and 3 weeks each time.

The Golkanda Hotel here was recommended by PH and its nice too. They have the same "American Pancakes" that we found at the Emerald Best Western in Mumbai.

Well I have about a million interesting anecdotes and tidbits but I am not able to pick just one or two out of them. India is overwhelming. Its my third time here but I could come 100 times or 1,000 or half a lifetime and I think I would still be just as clueless as ever. I went out shopping/sightseeing today and was worried and stressed and after a couple of hours looking around and observing and taking it all in I had the window rolled down and was enjoying it. Let myself get hustled and get okay again with sticking out and being ridiculously out of place.