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!!!!!
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007
I heart Rishikesh
Went for a dip in the Ganges today it was real fun and real refreshing considering the 115 degree heat- no joking. While in the Ganges we played Frisbees and warded off beggars and cows quite a good time. I got some good pictures with religious men/ beggars that you can put up next to the picture of me with the African men. Also, in the last few days I have taken yoga classes and natropathy classes about acupuncture, ayurveda, magnet therapy, yoga breathing and meditation. I have learned that according to Ayurveda I am a Pitta as opposed to being Vatta or Kapha. Pitta Pride!!!!
Tomorrow we are going to Hardwar ( one of the 7 holy cities in India- also on the Ganges yeahhh!!!) and then to an elephant reserve. Sunday we will probably go white water rafting or to some caves that have a temple in it. I got to say that I am not so excited to leave rishikesh and move on.
Aside from the cow poo it is really quite nice here and yesterday we saw the ashram where the beatles stayed when they were here (or at least I think it was their ashram as every beggar pointed to a different ashram and said it was that of the beatles- then they would return to their drug induced sleep or turn to the man sized monkeys and fed them bananas.) Hmmmm what else. I have bought out the whole town and there is not a tee shirt or necklace left in sight and I have eaten every bit of tika masala in the place. I guess in that case it is best that I leave my Indian home away from home.
Tomorrow we are going to Hardwar ( one of the 7 holy cities in India- also on the Ganges yeahhh!!!) and then to an elephant reserve. Sunday we will probably go white water rafting or to some caves that have a temple in it. I got to say that I am not so excited to leave rishikesh and move on.
Aside from the cow poo it is really quite nice here and yesterday we saw the ashram where the beatles stayed when they were here (or at least I think it was their ashram as every beggar pointed to a different ashram and said it was that of the beatles- then they would return to their drug induced sleep or turn to the man sized monkeys and fed them bananas.) Hmmmm what else. I have bought out the whole town and there is not a tee shirt or necklace left in sight and I have eaten every bit of tika masala in the place. I guess in that case it is best that I leave my Indian home away from home.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
My Life in an Ashram: The Chronicles of a Jewish Girl from Long Island in India
It has been brought to my attention by my own mother that I indeed still have massive amounts of typos. Please accept my sincerest apologies for the misspelling of the words meditation (medication) and rations (rassions) as well as anything else I may have misspelled.
Ashram Life: Schedule
6:45 Morning walk to nearby exciting sight (the bridge, the Ganges, temples)
8:00 Yoga with the most soothing man on earth
9:00 Breakfast aka rice with nuts in it
10:00 Morning session where we learn about naturopathy. Today we learned about mud baths and massage
3:30 Afternoon practical session- today we got a mud bath which was much better than going to look at different types of bathtubs for the hydrotherapy session
5:00 Mediation aka sleep and alternate nostril breathing
7:30 Dinner
10:00 Sleep
In between my exciting class schedule I do fun activities such as playing UNO and going to a beach on the Ganges. I also shop like a crazy woman, sweat because it is really hot and eat weird crackers and chips. Today was particularly exciting because there were cows walking on the beach eating marigolds that were lying on the side of the Ganges. We had some mango skins and decided hat it was a great idea to feed them to the cows. So, we threw the skins at the cows and they became a little too friendly and started walking over to us. AHHHHHHH so, I threw some rice on the sand which diverted them long enough for us to make our escape.
That’s all I have to say about that.
Oh yeah, there are millions of monkeys living on my ashram which are ridiculously cute and human like.
Final note on the day: I wore a bindi around town on my forehead – yes I said Bindi.-
Ashram Life: Schedule
6:45 Morning walk to nearby exciting sight (the bridge, the Ganges, temples)
8:00 Yoga with the most soothing man on earth
9:00 Breakfast aka rice with nuts in it
10:00 Morning session where we learn about naturopathy. Today we learned about mud baths and massage
3:30 Afternoon practical session- today we got a mud bath which was much better than going to look at different types of bathtubs for the hydrotherapy session
5:00 Mediation aka sleep and alternate nostril breathing
7:30 Dinner
10:00 Sleep
In between my exciting class schedule I do fun activities such as playing UNO and going to a beach on the Ganges. I also shop like a crazy woman, sweat because it is really hot and eat weird crackers and chips. Today was particularly exciting because there were cows walking on the beach eating marigolds that were lying on the side of the Ganges. We had some mango skins and decided hat it was a great idea to feed them to the cows. So, we threw the skins at the cows and they became a little too friendly and started walking over to us. AHHHHHHH so, I threw some rice on the sand which diverted them long enough for us to make our escape.
That’s all I have to say about that.
Oh yeah, there are millions of monkeys living on my ashram which are ridiculously cute and human like.
Final note on the day: I wore a bindi around town on my forehead – yes I said Bindi.-
Monday, June 4, 2007
The joys of India
The last few days have been very fun-filled and very very hot. I have left Dehra Dun Dun but not before I attended an hour and a half medication and chanting session of joy!! It was really very interesting. There were about 15 people and there were pictures of their Guru in front of the room decorated with flowers and beads. The chanting was led by some community women on a microphone. Of course the tunes were in Hindi but the medication was in English and I took advantage of the experience by going into a very deep meditative state also known as sleep.
So, now I am in Rishikesh which is a very holy town (not meat, eggs of alcohol in the town). I got here on Saturday morning and met up with the rest of the large group to go white water rafting down the Ganges River. The rafting was really fun and the rapids were about class 2 which means that we were not going to tip and for that I was thankful. I also did cliff diving which was quite scary and very reminiscent of jumping of the high diving board at the Newbridge pool in Bellmore. That night we shopped around and had dinner. The food here is good there are Pizza and pancakes as well as Chinese food and Israeli!!! We also went to an aaarti which is a spiritual gathering on the shore of the Ganges. Basically people sit around and chant to a hug floating statue of Krishna. The next morning we got up at 4 am to watch the sunrise atop a mountain and take a hike. The hike was really nice. We walked through beautiful green mountains and got to see local farmers and families and streams running down the mountain. There was also a water fall and watering hole where we were able to cool off fro the extreme heat. The whole hike was down hill and I am super sore today. Everything was great about the hike except that many people did not have any water with them because we left so early in the morning. Basically we had to rashion of the water or risk death in the 115 degree heat during a 7 hour hike. That after noon was spent napping and swimming in the Ganges. Although the Ganges gets a bad rap it’s quite cool and aside from the clothing that we found laying on the bottom and the matchsticks and cucumbers floating it is a nice retreat from the heat.
This morning we moved to our new ashram called Parmath Niketan and had our 1st naturopathy class. I will give you more scoop on the classes and ashram experience but for now it is a time for an ice-cream brake.
So, now I am in Rishikesh which is a very holy town (not meat, eggs of alcohol in the town). I got here on Saturday morning and met up with the rest of the large group to go white water rafting down the Ganges River. The rafting was really fun and the rapids were about class 2 which means that we were not going to tip and for that I was thankful. I also did cliff diving which was quite scary and very reminiscent of jumping of the high diving board at the Newbridge pool in Bellmore. That night we shopped around and had dinner. The food here is good there are Pizza and pancakes as well as Chinese food and Israeli!!! We also went to an aaarti which is a spiritual gathering on the shore of the Ganges. Basically people sit around and chant to a hug floating statue of Krishna. The next morning we got up at 4 am to watch the sunrise atop a mountain and take a hike. The hike was really nice. We walked through beautiful green mountains and got to see local farmers and families and streams running down the mountain. There was also a water fall and watering hole where we were able to cool off fro the extreme heat. The whole hike was down hill and I am super sore today. Everything was great about the hike except that many people did not have any water with them because we left so early in the morning. Basically we had to rashion of the water or risk death in the 115 degree heat during a 7 hour hike. That after noon was spent napping and swimming in the Ganges. Although the Ganges gets a bad rap it’s quite cool and aside from the clothing that we found laying on the bottom and the matchsticks and cucumbers floating it is a nice retreat from the heat.
This morning we moved to our new ashram called Parmath Niketan and had our 1st naturopathy class. I will give you more scoop on the classes and ashram experience but for now it is a time for an ice-cream brake.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
You know your bangles are too tight when.....
So, now I ma in Dehra Dun. It is a city 3 hours north by train from Delhi or 7. 5 by the bus we took. It is a nice city with a wuiet sduburb like outskirt wher I live (well at least for the week)
A typical day goes as followed.
6:30 I wake up at (for no reason at all) and read 1 million pages in my book until the sun comes up
8:30 Have breakfast at Mrs. Meta. Miss Meta is the lady with whom I live. The house is really big and nice and I have a large room with a private bathroom and a roommate name Alia from Vermont. There are also a few other people from the program in my house including the coordinator so there are plenty of people to play with. Mrs. Meta is married and has a sun named Varon he is in a rock band.
9:30 Hindi Lesson with Mayank who runs the program. Yes it is true I am leaning to read and write Hindi. Apkanan Kiasey? What is your name? Mein Nam Jessica. My Name is Jessica. I even learned to write Rosenberg in Hindi yesterday which is probably the only time the name has ever been written in Hindi in the history of the world. Hindi is somewhat similar to Hebrew so I am catching on quickly- sort of.
11:00 meet with Dr. Nisha Gandi OB/Gyn.. She is great. Everything takes place in one room while I Alia and Austin the others from my group sit in the corner and watch. Basically a patient comes in and sits at the desk. There is a curtain in front of a bed right behind the good doctor. Sometimes there is patient being examined while she is talking to another patient in front to the curtain (which the nurse wipes her hands on) and then maybe there is even a baby being vaccinated. Talk about efficient. The funniest part is that all of these pharmaceutical reps also come tot eh clinic trying to get her to buy there drugs. The look just like the reps in America and you can spot them a mile away. Hopefully there will be a birth while we are here because she lets you come in and watch. Word on the street is that they basically push the baby out of the woman by pushing on her stomach. Average time of birth ~ 15 minutes.
1-4:30 Roam the streets of Dehra Dun. The other day I went to a market and bought some small trinkets-toe rings etc. Today I will be going to a Buddhist temple in town. The craziest thing happened the other day I went into this really nice restaurant and there were two young Buddhist monks sitting there- crazy!! I have been told that the Buddhist monks are actually really wealthy here and that they have nice cars :O)
4:30-5:30 Meet with Perm Nath. He is a natural healer and is teaching us about Reiki and Acupressure. I love his class because it teaches me how to harness the universal energy from the doors of heaven through my skull and siphon it onto my patient’s Chakras through my hands. What else could you ask for in a man? P.S he is 92 and looks like he is 75 he must be doing something right.
6-8 Meet with Dr. Nunda- Homeopathic doctor. His clinic can be slow at times and so I have asked him 1 million questions about what he does. He is also really funny and the cases that do come in are interesting. Yesterday a Sikh man wearing a turban came in. Apparently his son owns a restaurant at OSU called the Taj. During his visit he proceeded to show us how he likes to do his 10 stretches for one hour each day to stretch everything including his veins- interesting.
8-? Have dinner. Mrs. Meta makes some mean Indian food and accept for that act that it is making my teeth sensitive I really like it. Sometimes after dinner we will do an activity like go to town to get ice-cream. Last night I got a cone with chocolate shavings and M and M’s but the guy was very particular and treated cone making like an art form and took 20 minutes hand placing each M& M in a perfect design with a pattern. What a hoot. Anther night we went out to town to a nice restaurant because this girl was leaving. Some of the places in town are quite nice while others are little hole in the walls. Tonight there will be some sort of chant and dancing in the streets (so my style)
Interesting Observations: The doctors do not wear gloves. Lots of children beg for money and food and try to sell you balloons. Getting an outfit made costs 2 dollars (I got fitted for some dresses this morning). My hand is too big for most bangles and I actually started bleeding trying to get one on this morning. The food called a Dosa is massive and their equivalent of a burrito.
A typical day goes as followed.
6:30 I wake up at (for no reason at all) and read 1 million pages in my book until the sun comes up
8:30 Have breakfast at Mrs. Meta. Miss Meta is the lady with whom I live. The house is really big and nice and I have a large room with a private bathroom and a roommate name Alia from Vermont. There are also a few other people from the program in my house including the coordinator so there are plenty of people to play with. Mrs. Meta is married and has a sun named Varon he is in a rock band.
9:30 Hindi Lesson with Mayank who runs the program. Yes it is true I am leaning to read and write Hindi. Apkanan Kiasey? What is your name? Mein Nam Jessica. My Name is Jessica. I even learned to write Rosenberg in Hindi yesterday which is probably the only time the name has ever been written in Hindi in the history of the world. Hindi is somewhat similar to Hebrew so I am catching on quickly- sort of.
11:00 meet with Dr. Nisha Gandi OB/Gyn.. She is great. Everything takes place in one room while I Alia and Austin the others from my group sit in the corner and watch. Basically a patient comes in and sits at the desk. There is a curtain in front of a bed right behind the good doctor. Sometimes there is patient being examined while she is talking to another patient in front to the curtain (which the nurse wipes her hands on) and then maybe there is even a baby being vaccinated. Talk about efficient. The funniest part is that all of these pharmaceutical reps also come tot eh clinic trying to get her to buy there drugs. The look just like the reps in America and you can spot them a mile away. Hopefully there will be a birth while we are here because she lets you come in and watch. Word on the street is that they basically push the baby out of the woman by pushing on her stomach. Average time of birth ~ 15 minutes.
1-4:30 Roam the streets of Dehra Dun. The other day I went to a market and bought some small trinkets-toe rings etc. Today I will be going to a Buddhist temple in town. The craziest thing happened the other day I went into this really nice restaurant and there were two young Buddhist monks sitting there- crazy!! I have been told that the Buddhist monks are actually really wealthy here and that they have nice cars :O)
4:30-5:30 Meet with Perm Nath. He is a natural healer and is teaching us about Reiki and Acupressure. I love his class because it teaches me how to harness the universal energy from the doors of heaven through my skull and siphon it onto my patient’s Chakras through my hands. What else could you ask for in a man? P.S he is 92 and looks like he is 75 he must be doing something right.
6-8 Meet with Dr. Nunda- Homeopathic doctor. His clinic can be slow at times and so I have asked him 1 million questions about what he does. He is also really funny and the cases that do come in are interesting. Yesterday a Sikh man wearing a turban came in. Apparently his son owns a restaurant at OSU called the Taj. During his visit he proceeded to show us how he likes to do his 10 stretches for one hour each day to stretch everything including his veins- interesting.
8-? Have dinner. Mrs. Meta makes some mean Indian food and accept for that act that it is making my teeth sensitive I really like it. Sometimes after dinner we will do an activity like go to town to get ice-cream. Last night I got a cone with chocolate shavings and M and M’s but the guy was very particular and treated cone making like an art form and took 20 minutes hand placing each M& M in a perfect design with a pattern. What a hoot. Anther night we went out to town to a nice restaurant because this girl was leaving. Some of the places in town are quite nice while others are little hole in the walls. Tonight there will be some sort of chant and dancing in the streets (so my style)
Interesting Observations: The doctors do not wear gloves. Lots of children beg for money and food and try to sell you balloons. Getting an outfit made costs 2 dollars (I got fitted for some dresses this morning). My hand is too big for most bangles and I actually started bleeding trying to get one on this morning. The food called a Dosa is massive and their equivalent of a burrito.
Gilligan's 3 hour tour is nothing compared to this....
So it has been brought to my attention by friendster that I have missed quite a few Birthdays-So Happy Birthday to everyone who’s Birthday I missed – these people include but are not limited to – basically every Lindsay I know.
India is grand!! I have not been able to write in a while because the days are jam packed.
Before my program started I spent two days in Delhi with Sara and Helena. We went all over and say the red fort, aksherbad (which is this new gorgeous temple) a market, took a rikshaw ride through old Delhi and went to Cannaugh Place. We also booked a tour to Agra for the next day and have thus far fallen for every scam known to travelers. Including- making friends with Indian who then walk you to a travel agency where they get a commission. Also, having a rickshaw driver takes you to a market that is over prices and he gets a commission (no wonder he wasn’t charging us for the ride).
The next day we met with two other girls from the program Tara and Tami who are great. We all slept at Hotel Vishal whish is in the heart of the city and quite disgusting (Dear owner of Hotel Vishal, Please tell your cats to stop defecating on my door step. Love, Jessica P.S. your hotel is nasty). We got on the tour bus at 6:30 AM for a “4 hour” ride to Agra to seer that taj. Well, the ride was actually 7.5. The day went like so. Stop at random rest stop. Go to Agra fort, Go to Taj (big and beautiful – very memorable). Haggling in the street with little boys trying to sell me mini taj mahal snow globes. Being ripped off. Taken to a shop to get souvenirs (saw mini Taj mahal- very unnecessary). Went to Lunch in a place where the bottom of the toilet runs out onto the floor while a little boy continuously wipes it up (probably why I have a cold now). Then we were supposed to go home. So, we drove for 3 hours. At 9 at night get woken up to go to Krishna’s temple in the dark. Fine, it was very interesting but a bit crazy to go so late. It was very hot and smiled like incense people were chanting and ringing bells and lying on the floor praying to Krisha. They would approach a statue pray and then walk around it in a circle. Once I was even splashes with some holy water by mistake. Then, after we thought it was all over we get woken up an hour later to go to Krishna’s birthplace and home. This was actually really interesting. We sat on the floor while some guy unveiled the statue of Krishna like it was a magic act. After being told that there was no pressure to donate I gave 200 rupees he said can you give 500. For 500 they were offering bricks with inscriptions with your family’s name. Guys I thought you said no pressure. On the way out they gave us some crystals, some sweets and these little beads to put in a locket for a year and everything that is wrong in your life will be right. The town where this temple is a very religious town and was quiet and clean unlike everywhere else. So, we get back o the bus for what we think it our ride home. Nope, we stop at a trucker stop for diner where some drunken waiter asked my friend to marry him. Ok, ok so we get back on the bus. This day may not sound so bad to you and it was actually really fun. But, we got back at 3 am from a tour which was supposed to end at 10 pm. It was a 22 hour tour!!!
After we got dropped off and had to walk through a scary street we made it back to the hotel in time for a shower before meeting the group at 5:30 1 hour away to start the program.
Thats all I have to say about that.
India is grand!! I have not been able to write in a while because the days are jam packed.
Before my program started I spent two days in Delhi with Sara and Helena. We went all over and say the red fort, aksherbad (which is this new gorgeous temple) a market, took a rikshaw ride through old Delhi and went to Cannaugh Place. We also booked a tour to Agra for the next day and have thus far fallen for every scam known to travelers. Including- making friends with Indian who then walk you to a travel agency where they get a commission. Also, having a rickshaw driver takes you to a market that is over prices and he gets a commission (no wonder he wasn’t charging us for the ride).
The next day we met with two other girls from the program Tara and Tami who are great. We all slept at Hotel Vishal whish is in the heart of the city and quite disgusting (Dear owner of Hotel Vishal, Please tell your cats to stop defecating on my door step. Love, Jessica P.S. your hotel is nasty). We got on the tour bus at 6:30 AM for a “4 hour” ride to Agra to seer that taj. Well, the ride was actually 7.5. The day went like so. Stop at random rest stop. Go to Agra fort, Go to Taj (big and beautiful – very memorable). Haggling in the street with little boys trying to sell me mini taj mahal snow globes. Being ripped off. Taken to a shop to get souvenirs (saw mini Taj mahal- very unnecessary). Went to Lunch in a place where the bottom of the toilet runs out onto the floor while a little boy continuously wipes it up (probably why I have a cold now). Then we were supposed to go home. So, we drove for 3 hours. At 9 at night get woken up to go to Krishna’s temple in the dark. Fine, it was very interesting but a bit crazy to go so late. It was very hot and smiled like incense people were chanting and ringing bells and lying on the floor praying to Krisha. They would approach a statue pray and then walk around it in a circle. Once I was even splashes with some holy water by mistake. Then, after we thought it was all over we get woken up an hour later to go to Krishna’s birthplace and home. This was actually really interesting. We sat on the floor while some guy unveiled the statue of Krishna like it was a magic act. After being told that there was no pressure to donate I gave 200 rupees he said can you give 500. For 500 they were offering bricks with inscriptions with your family’s name. Guys I thought you said no pressure. On the way out they gave us some crystals, some sweets and these little beads to put in a locket for a year and everything that is wrong in your life will be right. The town where this temple is a very religious town and was quiet and clean unlike everywhere else. So, we get back o the bus for what we think it our ride home. Nope, we stop at a trucker stop for diner where some drunken waiter asked my friend to marry him. Ok, ok so we get back on the bus. This day may not sound so bad to you and it was actually really fun. But, we got back at 3 am from a tour which was supposed to end at 10 pm. It was a 22 hour tour!!!
After we got dropped off and had to walk through a scary street we made it back to the hotel in time for a shower before meeting the group at 5:30 1 hour away to start the program.
Thats all I have to say about that.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Saag Paneer
I am here in India - Namatste. My plane ride was great. I slept, ate, slept
, read 15 magazines I needed to make my bag lighter) and slept. t actually
went pretty quickly for a 14 hour flight. Needless to say I never really
experienced May 24th 2007 because of the time difference which is pretty
funny. Rahul a lovely man from CFGHI picked me up at the airport I was able
to find him easily because I was the only Jessica Rosenberg arriving at the
airport and allt he other sigs had names like Vishnu Ramajan.
But, I am here. It is hot I am shwety . Last night I stayed in hotel star
that was ehhhh medium ok . I was with another girl from my trip named sara
who is great and we have moved to a cheaper hotel in the heart of the city
instead of near the airport. This new hotel is ehhhh as well but it is near
to the train station and ther are other tourists. I think we are going to go
to the Taj mahal tomorrow :O) and will need to take a train there so it is a
good location. Today I am going to meet up with a friend of a friend named
Helena who will take us around Delhi. She is a volunteer living here for a
few months so she knows her way arounda bit better than we do. Teh streets
of Delhi are crowded dirty and nuty but somewhat simialr to Kamapala in
Uganda so nothing shocking. Yes, there are sacred cows walking the street
and I must say they are quite hefty and robust. Th rest of the group arrives
on Saturday night and we leave at 5:30 am on a bus to Dehra Dun when my
India adventure begins (well at least the pre-paid part).
, read 15 magazines I needed to make my bag lighter) and slept. t actually
went pretty quickly for a 14 hour flight. Needless to say I never really
experienced May 24th 2007 because of the time difference which is pretty
funny. Rahul a lovely man from CFGHI picked me up at the airport I was able
to find him easily because I was the only Jessica Rosenberg arriving at the
airport and allt he other sigs had names like Vishnu Ramajan.
But, I am here. It is hot I am shwety . Last night I stayed in hotel star
that was ehhhh medium ok . I was with another girl from my trip named sara
who is great and we have moved to a cheaper hotel in the heart of the city
instead of near the airport. This new hotel is ehhhh as well but it is near
to the train station and ther are other tourists. I think we are going to go
to the Taj mahal tomorrow :O) and will need to take a train there so it is a
good location. Today I am going to meet up with a friend of a friend named
Helena who will take us around Delhi. She is a volunteer living here for a
few months so she knows her way arounda bit better than we do. Teh streets
of Delhi are crowded dirty and nuty but somewhat simialr to Kamapala in
Uganda so nothing shocking. Yes, there are sacred cows walking the street
and I must say they are quite hefty and robust. Th rest of the group arrives
on Saturday night and we leave at 5:30 am on a bus to Dehra Dun when my
India adventure begins (well at least the pre-paid part).
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