Two sites were established on the east track, with Ihab/Ahmad at the northern site and Alex/Cynthia/Harish the Second at the southern site. Both sites had Cimels running in Oneill mode and BCLSKY.
It was a long 5 hour drive to the southern site. Upon reaching our destination, we found the spot to be unusable due to trees and houses. We proceeded to the back-up location up north on NH-91, we arrived 30 minutes later — only to find heavy downpour for the following hour, which finally cleared around 12:45PM IST. Instrument was set up around 1PM and took mostly BCLSKY measurements as the clouds had nearly 100% coverage throughout the hour until 2PM. Another 6 hours and we’re finally back at the apartment. Tired, and ready for 6 days of… R&R?
Joel is currently on his way to the Delhi airport, where he will await his delayed flight and wonder what to do with his extra thousands of rupeeeeeees.
