Coming from California, I am one of those traveling the farthest for this event. Almost halfway around the earth, of course. In the past I’ve done the trip in two 8-to-10-hour jumps. This time, like the previous, I did it in a short jump to Chicago followed by a 15-hour flight to Delhi.
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Runway 28L
Three groups of students are focused this week on one destination. The US students took off four days ago from San Francisco International Airport, and have already experienced their introduction to New Delhi. A world apart for them! Our video crew and a photographer are accompanying them. We’ll catch up with them again on Sunday. In San Francisco, it was a rainy morning, and the photo here is of runway 28L as seen thru my window.
Their motivation is named Project Happiness. And they are going to India to meet The Dalai Lama, the author of their textbook.
Two students, and their teacher, from Nigeria will begin their journey tomorrow, and will join the US students in New Delhi on Saturday. We’ll capture their impressions later on.
At the destination itself, in India, students at the Tibetan Children’s Village are preparing to meet and host the visitors.
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