Day 1 - Complete

Well, our first day here is almost complete! Though it wasn't too eventful, we accomplished a lot of "jet lag recovery" (aka, sleeping).  We also ventured out of our hostel building to check out the compound we're staying at.  After much discussion, we've decided that we're currently staying in a sort of dormitory for a business school, the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR).  The image below is not of our dorm, but the nicer-looking building in front of it, with a little courtyard....

...and a donkey statue!

Because of the hostel/dormitory's affiliation with the school, we've met a bunch of students from around the country who have been incredibly helpful in showing us where on the site we can buy snacks/soda and how to find the table tennis room.  Clearly it has been a productive day!

We also decided to explore a couple block radius around the school, where we found the best sight of the day:

Yes, that cow is not only tied up to a car, but is wearing some jester-like garb on its horns.  Awesome.


Time Zone Conversion

Before I forget, I thought I'd mention that we are 10.5 hours ahead of central standard time, which means if you're interested in video chatting and are pondering whether or not I'm awake, just subtract 1.5 hours from your time and then switch the time (e.g., right now it's about 11:30 AM, CST, whereas here it's 10 PM).