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Our Holiday, Part Two
Our arrival in Kerala was as perfectly not stressful as we could have wanted. We had never dealt with an Indian travel agency before, or really any kind of travel agency. However, Kerala Adventures was a great way to go. The company owner met us at the airport, introduced us to our driver, and handed us our hotel vouchers for the week. All we had to do was ride along and we would get anywhere we wanted to go.
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We recently returned from our Indian holiday; our last trip out of Shunem until we return home. We flew from Hyderabad to Delhi, took a train to and from Agra, and then flew down to Kerala for a week. Our friend and fellow volunteer Abi was with us until we went to Kerala.
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One of the most moving experiences we have had so far in India was our trip to the leper colony in Dasarlapally. Early one morning we took an hour car ride into the Indian countryside to a little village where a leper colony run by Christadelphians exists.
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This is Radhica This is Radhica. She is 3 years old and is absolutely adorable. She loves being picked up, carried, and snuggled. Watching her run is difficult to describe, but is truly hilarious. Her heels kick up to her sides and she doesn’t stop until she runs into your knees. She doesn’t speak any English, but will sing Telugu poems and songs the entire time she is sitting with you. She loves stickers and melts into a puddle when she doesn’t get one after phonics class, and it’s quite hard to resist giving her one even though she was so naughty. When she is surprised by or excited about something she opens her eyes wide and takes in an extended...
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