Shawn and Lilly, our first guests in our home in India, were at a party recently where we were. It was good to see them. If you follow this blog exceptionally closely, you will remember that they were on their way to do charity work in eastern AP in early 2008 and connected with us through a mutual friend. It was great to get their stories about what happened after they left our place. They had quite an experience working to help an orphanage. They found ample opportunity, such as a lack of proper water facilities, so they focused on building a piping system for the orphanage. Shawn's stories about how looking for the right parts was a day-to-day adventure, where he didn't know what was going to be found on a daily basis brought me back to India a bit. Additionally, an Australian couple had visited this same orphanage at some point before Lilly and Shawn and had worked on helping with the diet practices and nutrition of the place.
It felt good to hear about this good work being done by global trekkers and good to see these folks again. Nice seeing Shawn and Lilly and thanks for the picture!
