Saturday April 10 Day 39

Saturday April 10 Day 39

I think I am guaranteed to have problems with credit cards on this trip. I have gone to the internet cafe 3 times this week trying to make a reservation on-line for the train from Dehradun to Delhi on the evening of May 31. Yesterday I got to the point of paying for the trip with my credit card when I discovered that the only one available was my American Express card. There was no generic Visa card payment selection available. There was also one minor problem, I had failed to bring my credit cards with me. So today I am really jacked because I had my AMEX card with me. It will not work. I had carried it for identification purposes only to prove that it actually was the card I had used to purchase the ticket I was flying on. This is a new wrinkle in the prevention of terrorism. You must present the credit card you used to but the ticket. I guess I had never contacted AMEX to approve the use of this card in India. So I shall tramp down the hill this week and get the card approved for use in India.

On my way back from the internet cafe, a 15 to 20 minute walk, I got very weak and dizzy. I got home and decided to check my blood sugars. They were the 2nd lowest I have had since my arrival in India. I grabbed an orange, it was rotten at the center and then ate my last orange. When I go the to school I shall come back via the hospital and go up the hill from Claremont (this is for my sisters). This side trip adds about 3/4 of a mile of “level” walking to the trip but it allows me to buy fruit without an extra trip down the hill.

This morning it was above 60 degrees in my room and I actually had to take off my long johns to get comfortable. I may even have to adjust the top of my pajamas to keep from getting too warm in the early morning.

I got my reservation for my hotel room in Delhi for May 31. I had tried 3 times via internet with no success. The phone call took 3 minutes and cost me a grand total of 7 cents.