I made it!

Greetings!
After spending New Year's Eve (and what quickly became New Year's Day as I went East) up in the airplane, I am happy to report that I've landed and am settled into my hotel in Chennai. I'm loving the dance which is India, even despite the air pollution which has already landed me with swollen glands, a bloody nose, and a sore throat. All my discomfort fades away the moment I step into the auto-rigshaw. The traffic is a wild weave of people darting across the street, buses, bikes lugging heaping piles on their backs or big trays in the front, cars, motorbikes (mainly solo men but I've also seen two men, a man with a woman riding side saddle, and on the rare occasion a woman riding solo), and of course the yellow auto-rigshaws. People look you right in the eye, even as a passanger in the back seat. The women and men alike walk with their shoulders over their hips, and a general sense of respectability lifting out throught the crown of their heads. Tonight I go to an Indian dance performance and tomorrow I start my course at the Krishnamatcharya Yoga Mandiram.
More soon!
Photo's are coming...I promise!
All my best,
Katharine