A Quest for Community
Monday, October 27, 2003
We arrive safely in Chennai
Airport at about 12:45 am. The airport is modern and uncrowded this
late at night. The passport inspections go smoothly, and we emerge into
the main part of the International Arrivals Terminal as part of a
long-line of mostly Indian travelers. We pass down a long line of
relatively well-dressed Indians holding signs for various names and
high-tech firms and hotels, and finally reach the sliding doors leading
out of the terminal. As we walk through the doors, we are first struck
by a wave of heat in sharp contrast to the AC comfort we've been
enveloped in since leaving LA. ...