

Day 7: Opportunities
Engandiyoor to Chaliyam, 80.3km “It was like walking into a gladiator stadium,” one of our crew members said. Pat and the Spirit of India team were ushered into the school grounds at Umbichy Hajee, a secondary school in Chaliyam. A marching band led Pat into what was essentially a football-field sized sandbox, where almost three thousand students and teachers gathered to meet us. In rows of twenty or more, they lined against the wall cheering and waving. Others watched from t