Feb 5, 2010 Day 1 4 hours before landing in Delhi Its been over twenty hours since I left Portland, but it feels like I just got on the plane. Untamable pre-departure anticipation resulted in the least amount of sleep I’ve had in probably a decade, and the resulting dream-like state I’ve been in since has left me feeling totally incapable of processing what’s happening. I do know, however, that I have never been in darkness for this long before. The sun went down 14 hours ago on my flight to New York and I haven’t seen it since. This is not to say that the sweet, sweet sun isn’t shining outside my window right now; I can see it’s tantalizing glare through a crack in the bottom of my shade. Unfortunately for me and any
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