Ohhhhh man what a whirlwind past few days. I feel like I always say that, but its really, really true this time. So we were in Delhi for about 3 days, and the night after we got back we ended up going out to a club, which was REALLY fun, but slightly sketchy, but then the 2nd night we went out to a different club, which was nicer and even MORE fun, especially since no one tried to grope us at this place. Also a funny story: I am travelling with two girls from my group and then 3 other girls from our group were also in Delhi. So we decided to meet up for dinner and went to Connaught Place which is sort of the western-style, nicer area of Delhi. Anyways, we are driving in an auto richshaw (basically a scooter with a bench on it, but really fun) and we passed T.G.I.Fridays. Now usually, being the conscious American consumer that I am, I would avoid such a restaurant. However, I had been for about 3 weeks without American food, so in theory it sounded like a great idea. Anyway it was such a good meal and we were having so much fun stuffing our faces and listening to music and stuff, until about 20 minutes after we left the restaurant and we all simultaneously got reaaaaally sick to our stomach. Thankfully, no one puked or anything like that, but uh, it was pretty rough. So moral of the story is don't overindulge and also when I get back to the US be careful of what I eat. But once I got on the dance floor and such, I was feeling like totally awesome. Sunday we went to see the TAJ MAHAL and let me tell you people it is sooooo beautiful. Probably one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. Our experience there, however, was slightly dampered by the fact that about 9,000 creep Indian men kept coming up to us and asking us if they could take our picture w/them. It's sort of endearing the first few times and then it just gets annoying. One woman advised us to hit them with our shoe, so I will attempt this and then get back to you. Anyway, it was such a beautiful place, and probably one of the greatest things I've ever seen.
Today, we woke up super early and caught a train to Jaipur, which is about 300 km from Delhi. I have to say that so far, of all the ways I've travelled in India: by car, by plane, by train, taking the train is my favorite - air conditioning, no traffic or loud horns, no waiting in long security lines, no bumpy roads...it's just very nice. And the scenery was beautiful, AND they gave us breakfast, which was better than most airplane food I've had. We haven't been in Jaipur very long, only about half a day, but we were really tired from being up late two nights in a row/getting up early...so we've just been resting, taking it easy, and planning what to do for the next few days. I think hopefully before we go back to Delhi we're going to get henna too! yayyy! I'm excited about that, plus as usual, its super cheap. Things are golden as usual, and I'm still having a blast here, even though I am getting increasingly more tired as each day goes by. But I am for sure relishing my time here, and I can't wait to share all my stories to people at home.
OH I saw an elephant, and a camel. And a monkey tried to eat my face off. The end.
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so i was going to post something witty about how amazing your posts are and i laugh so much. but then i spoke to you on AIM which was much better. WOOT. I MISS YOU ARE YOU HOME YET?
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