http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/dbuco3/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from dbuco3 en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:45:39 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:45:39 +0000 Hello friends. Transition time is over. I am now no longer using this blog site. Everything has been moved over to blogspot.com. You can find it from there but might I suggest that you visit the home site for my program first. Its www.yavindia.net and it will redirect you to my blog at all times. If it doesn't currently it will. httpdavidbuco.blogspot.comHappy readings I posted 11 notes toda http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-351732.html Today is the first day that I have logged on to my blog in apparently a long time.In case you were worried I am not dead. I am very much in a period of transition. I have been here several months and settled into my site. The traveler side of me is fading away as I embrace my commitment to serve. I am moving blog sites from travelblogs to yavindia.net seeing as I a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-347137.html So I feel like itrsquos about that time again to type up some more of my experiences and how things are going in general. I also have the free time to do it today because yesterday and today are holidays. Which is good because my days off are often split between doing things with various people around town and a day of down time where I run around and try to do the things I have to do then try http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-332785.html Not afraid of SpidersSo I am not afraid of spiders. But somehow the rumor got started that I am terrified of them. That I do not like them and that I am very very afraid. This is not true. I love camping and I like nature. I love and am fascinated by spiders. Clearly I am not afraid of spiders.One day when I was first here I noticed that there were insects living in the doorframe to my room. My f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-332784.html Pictures are worth a thousand words which is good because I don' t have time to write. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Munnar/blog-331779.html Hitting the Ground RunningSo I do not have very much time so I will make this brief.After a week and a night at Achen's house we all went our separate ways. The training time was over. No more comfort and security of a family that was used to volunteers. No more people who were there to help get us used to India and acclimate. Nothing is scarier than being pushed out of Taxi door on the step of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-324137.html So Where to Begin So where to begin I guess I can start with getting on the plane in New Orleans Louisiana. Here after a cup of coffee I left my mom dad younger brother and girlfriend I miss them to board a plane for what promises to be an adventure of a life time. Because of Hurricane Gustav I was not able to fly out on that Monday Sept. 1. If you did not know that is the day Gustav c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-322325.html