Q. What do elephants, typhoid fever and mice all have in common? A. Me

Hey party people so are you wondering why you have not heard from me in ages? well, its because I was sick and well just lazy. But its true I was sick for two days bed ridden and sleepy eating white rice and hoping for the best. Now I am back and better than ever.

Let us review the last week. I spent the weekend In Hardiwar a very holy city. The first day I went on an elephant safari and saw a few elephants doing their elephant thing in the wild. A very fun and dusty duty trip ( open air jeep) but there were really not many animals aside from deer. You know your safari is lacking when they start to show you bee hives and termite hills. The next day I shopped around and got followed by a 3 year old begger girl for 3o minutes. It got so intense that I had to go into a store and sneak out the back to loose this persistant 3 year old. Had I come out the front door she would have tailed me again and would still probably be following me 1 week later (actually this story is a lie and she is sitting next to me now in the internet cafe- I have grown quite attached to her and we have become good friends). A

After Hardiwar I was in Dehra Dun staying with a different family than the first time in Dehra Dub- a lady named Miss Setty and her daughter who is our age. The home stay was very nice and the rotation we did to a cardiologist, neuologist and natropath were interesting ( although I missed most of them because of my illness).

Review----
We made 1 trip to Opal lounge a "swanky" indian club
There was a mouse in my rom ( that no one seemed to mind but me)
I had my chakra doused - apparently my head chakra is a smidge weak as well as my belly charkra ( probably explans my illness)
I mailed a package home and they have a silly custom of sewing the package into a makeshift sleeping bag and sealing it with wax- it looks more like a bomb now that I could have ever imagined

Now, I am in Missouri a gorgous hill station 7,000 feet high. It is quiet cool and foggy here which I am thoroughly enjoying as the heat was quite overbearing for the first 3 weeks. We are staying at a nice hotel on a cliff that over looks the rolling hills and terraced farming. There is awesome shopping here and I have already done some serious damage in the jewlery department with only one night under my belt. Tomorrow we will hike to a water fall and then return to Dehra Dun ( boooooo) and then head off to the village of Than Goan to visit a rural clinic and take medical trips to villages to set up day clinics. I am very excited ( you know I love that stuff) but I will not have access to a computer for the week so stay tuned.......... But wait don't go yet. There will only be a few hour span when I may or may not be able to get to the internet to blog after that week. Then, I am heading off into the Himalays for a 6 days hike. So, if you don't hear from me just know that I am alive and well and probably stumbling on some rock high in the mountains. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!!!!!