Kolkata

A lot of things have changed since I arrive to Kathmandu. All my travel plans, my way of thinking, to treat with people and even with children... When I was planning this trip, I never thought on go to Kolkata, since I imagined it as a city full of beggars and sick people around the streets that should be flloded most of the year. But it's now when Kolkata apeeras in my way to Thailand.

I haven't decided yet the rute, but if there's no problems on thursday I will be reciving my Indian visa without problems, around next sunday monday I will be on the way. I don't know if I will go to Darjeling or New Delhi, I got around 20 days to croos India, in its trains, buses or on bicycle ot reach the Indina New York. The other day in the Indian embassy a girl forma Haiti told me that it's a really nice city, full of good architecture, and with godd cienmas, ( she also loves cinema) so probably I won't be able to resist and I will go to the cinema after three months.

But why I'm going to Kolkata?

Well, the first reason it's the prices of the air tickets to Thailand from Nepal and rest of India. Kolkata is the only airort from where a low cost airline flies to Bangkok. I haven't buy the ticket yet, but I'll do once I reach one of the office of the airlien in India.

At the same time, when I was locking how to go to Thailand, I got in my mine another ideas. The first one was cross Burma by land, but one visit to the embassy in which I was told that is forbidden, throw it to the rubbish. the second one, was take a ferry from anywhere around India towards Bangkok, but it doesn't look that it doesn't exist. So I will forget my four months in Kathmandu going to Kolkata.

The second reason isrelated with teh visa and after all with problems in the school. The next week, myvisa expires, I just got right to one fifth month, and I not gonna renew it for spent another month in the school in the actual conditions. Theorically, it won't be a problem since right now I should have my non tourist visa to work in the school. Since I accept to stay to work on my ideas in the school, uring the last five weeks, I haven't done anything. Just go to the school, sit, play chess or football and nothig more special. Whe, after three weeks of inactivity, in which none came to ask me about my ideas, to talk about how to work on them, or just ask me one favour, gime some work or even ask me advice, I complained, and the answer was that they were busy and that they don't really know how to start. I answer that I don't know all the answer and to fix something it's necessary to speak, instead of don't say anything. Anyway, after two weeks and good intentions, the thing is in the same situation, so I'm really thinking if comeback after Thailand to work in the school. At the same time that I wasn' working no information about my visa that was promised or even basic petitions that I made to be able to work were close to become true.

I tried to find myself as a guilty, I certainly my actitude waiting during three weeks could have helped to the actual situation, but nothing else. The principal and subdirector were busy, it's true, and even the principal is going abroad, an so on, busy preparing everything, but I was told to be part of the team, and I was just let in one side.

So, if I'm not staying longer in Thailand or India, whatever the reason, I don't even know If I will come back to the school to try to work on my ideas.

During this long inactivity, I was still going to the orphanage, taking the children to the swiiming pool, with Kevi and a new volunteer, May. One saturday, I got the chance to meet another spanish after three months, from Barcelona, thet were also working in another orphanage, taking the children to the swiming pool.

During the spare time in the school, I have created I chessboard for three players, it's really complicated to play it and aslo read books about central Asia, that makes me think that I will try to come back Europa by land, through the silk road, instead of go by air.