We were all tired.

We hung out the night before, working hard through the night.

Travis was writing his blog for the Huffington post - which you can read here

Alex, the journalist that was traveling with us, was writing stuff for Spin Earth - which you can read here

And I was working on this site.

It got to about 6am, we ordered scrambled eggs, took showers, and then it was off to the airport - again!

None of us really knew what to expect from the journey we were about to take. We were going to see a project called Utkal Network of People Living with HIV, run by a 24-year-old girl named Mandakini.

This was the one project we hadn’t been able to visit the day before filming becuase of its location - so we really were going in blind…

We arrived in Bhubaneswar late morning and then had to take a 2 hour ride to a small town called Cuttak. It was hot beyond belief - 46 c. / 120 F.  We later found out there was a heatwave - and even the locals - who are used to sweltering temperatures - were finding it uncomfortable.

We arrived mid-afternoon.

Here’s Travis at Bhubaneswar airport, getting ready for the ride to Cuttack…

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