Building...

Look at that! The beauty of a team that carries on their work during my absence...while I was in bed, they constructed the next phase of the development. The building is in progress just like India at large: slow, but steady.
Most of the delivery times as we have learnt over the years have to be multiplied. That works as follows: When our supplier tells us it will take 3 to 4 weeks to deliver the materials that actually means 3 TIMES 4 weeks = 12 weeks :). This really helps a lot in having the reality, hopes and expectations all come together in the same time frame. It also eases out a lot of the frustrations for us and our customers.

Amazing how workers climb the pillars without making use of any safety devices... love it when things can be simply done without too much difficulties. That part of the entrepreneurial venture is pretty awesome!

You just don't wanna fall sick...

Dealing with Malaria

Being sick in India is the last thing you want to be. The quality of life at this part of the world is different and so is the health care system... sorry for the big gap between posts, but yes, i have been in bed for the last 3 weeks. Malaria was the diagnoses, when the doctor finally came. A day later than planned, since the local festivals caused the doctor's offices as well as some of the hospitals to be closed. I don't know what that looks like, but here they are able to close a hospital for a festival...amazing.
High fever, chills, and feeling terribly cold (with 29 degrees room temperature). I have been treated with medication and had to take lots of rest. Fever and shivering took all the energy...
I have another blood test tomorrow as the local hospital "messed up the last samples" according to the local doctor reading out the results. "By seeing these results you should not have been among the living", was the doctors conclusion. Very affirming that the test was wrong...since I was alive! Here you go to a very expensive and highy recommended hospital to find some reliable truth in healthcare and they mess up the tests... so we go another round of sampling and will know the outcome on Friday.
Health and care are words with different meanings here and are hard to find.
Now, keep in mind that Pune is a relatively well developed city in India, but as soon as you require more than just a pain killer you are faced with more of the real condition of the city.
Business has been going on the way it should. Was a good test if the people we work have developed in the right direction. It's an awesome team we work with and they have done a terrific job! I hope my health will return quickly so we can continue the adventure of exploring the possibilities in a land developing slowly, but steady!

Keep you posted - Frank