On India and it's roads...

This is the village where we visited to give some positive reinforcement of the DOT program and providers (see explanation below).
This was during the meeting...can you spot the only white lady?
Administering Vitamin A to all the children
Me and one of my new buddies...
Here is one of the challenges of driving...hay drying on the road. Roads in India have many uses outside of driving.
Cows, cows, cows everywhere. And they don't move out of the way as quickly as you'd think!
People use the road for personal transport as well.
Roads are also only intermittently paved - above shows a paved section.
There are also random speed-bumps that appear and are quite intense - the car slows to about 2-3 miles/hr to go over them. Also, there usually isn't any warning that they're coming. The drivers are just always on the lookout.



Now, don't worry people. I have no interest or intent on driving while I am here. I have, however, experienced being driven...which is an experience all in itself. Today I accompanied a crew out to a local village about 40 minutes away for a meeting to acknowledge their DOT providers and patients (DOT = directly observed therapy, which is done for TB patients). The community was small, only about 250 people. See above for photos of the meeting, as well as the illustrations of why the roads are fascinating to ride upon.