Gavin in India: April Fools Post

Hi Folks,
April Fools Day, what you are about to read may or may not be true...

We went to see the world's largest Hindu temple here in Delhi, the Akshardham. It was built from 2001 to 2006. Impressive! Go see http://akshardham.com/photogallery/mandir/index.htm

There were 3 of us in wheelchairs, Matt and Kevin (two aussies)and myself and they treated us like kings, carrying us up several flights of stairs to see inside the temple. We saw a fountain/light show similar to one of many you can see in Vegas at the Bellagio sans free drinks, cigarettes or swearing. Made some friends, got massacred by mosquitoes, got stared at...we were freaks, crackers in wheelchairs. The contrast between the squalor outside the gates and the gold platedness inside was impressive and albeit somewhat disturbing...a very fun day with friends outside the stem cell compound.

I had a 3 day procedure at the other hospital planned to start yesterday but it got put on hold for a couple of days, business as usual here. Hoping to start it tomorrow. We're still laughing a lot, making the best of a bizarre situation, really enjoying the people who work here and the patients. Matt and his mom Marilyn are really an inspiration. I've posted a pic of him standing in his calipers. He's awesome.