Leaving today...

Today is our last day in India. We traveled by jeeps yesterday from Dharmsala, a 12 hour journey back down the Himalayan Mountains. I learned from the last trip that Dramamine just might be my friend again. I was right. Coming back to New Delhi was a much better trip for my stomach. We were stopped twice by police armed with machine guns on the side of the road. There was unrest in the Punjab region due to an assassination of a Sekh leader in Austria last week. One armed police man quizzed us on where we were from, what we were doing and where we were headed. At one point, our driver was taken out by the armed police for questioning. But, we all made it through safely.
The U of MN posted foreign travel warnings in and out of India. We are to arrive at the airport 4 hours in advance for security checks this evening. Please send out good thoughts for our safe journey home. There seems to be some unrest here. We leave at 2pm Wednesday, Central US time which is 12:15am New Delhi time.
When I return home I'll do some back blogging about our adventures here. I apologize. There just hasn't been a lot of time to write.
Best to you all-
Christa