Small town cities

Here's one thing that I love about Banaras (the list could go on for quite a while)

I had been emailing and calling this guy, Pinku-ji, about being my project advisor for weeks, with no responses to any of it. In my guesthouse one day, Simon (the Danish yoga master) was talking about how he's been giving massages to a guy named Pinku-ji. Yep, same guy. I then met him in the guesthouse when he was there for a massage.
I went to see him today, and he took me to talk to a boatman on the ghat pretty much to make me comfortable with the interviews. It's going to be amazing. After doing nothing for almost a week, I now have plans to interview lots of people tomorrow morning at 7 AM and other leads. I love that one connection means infinite connections here.

Also, here's a bit of information about my guesthouse:

The bottom floor includes a small, cute Thai monk who walks around with a smile on his face in his monk robes (except for when he caught me walking to my room in a towel and looked shocked). Next to him is the ethnic (Spanish, I believe) couple who don't talk to anyone. Sarah, the other SIT girl, is next to them. On the other side are the probably 6'5" tall Danish yoga master and the American guy who just graduated from liberal arts college and is studying martial arts here for lack of anything better to do with himself.
My floor includes a South African guy studying art at BHU, a Spanish philosophy lady with a mullet, another Spanish philosophy couple, and Kyle, the manager who is an American getting his masters in Indian philosophy at BHU. There are also Japanese girls, one is a dancer, one is a painter, a large Swedish woman, and, of course, me. This all makes for a very fun living environment.