News from Amy Higgins, received by Curtis on Jan 30:

We're in Rishikesh now, after a beautiful long train ride from Delhi
to Haridwar. We saw people bathing in the Ganges in Haridwar, and
watched a Hindu "puja" prayer service last night in Rishikesh,
overlooking the banks of the Ganges, enormous statue of Shiva rising
out of the water. Students are using the internet and calling home if
they want during free time this morning, and then we head down to the
river to meet our raft guides. We'll spend tonight camping next to the
Ganges, then raft tomorrow. Everyone is happy and healthy and excited.