India

Right now I am sitting in a small internet cafe next to our hostel, the Peace Hostel. We are staying in a small Refugee area for Tibetans. I am wearing a traditional Indian style Tunic suit and wearing bangles!!! Yesterday we went to our first market to shop for our outfits. I got two tunic things and one pair of pants. It was so amazing to shop right along side Indian women. Its really different from shopping at home. Because there are only 2 or 3 styles each outfit is really ornate and everything has to match perfectly! you know me I don't match so its a little hard but I'm trying.

Yes we have seen all the things that people told me to look out for, begging children, people sleeping in the street along side cows, I almost got run over by a bus. Literally. But also it is just a city like anywhere else and people live here and I do not have that fear that I was expecting. Everyone is so nice. Yesterday I slipped on the stairs to the subway and two people helped me up and one man asked very sincerly "are you hurt mam." I was so touched. In the states no one would have blinked.

We have one more day in delhi and then we are going to the Taj Mahal. Not going to spend more than the day in Agra as it is not a great place, instead we are spending the night in a nearby town called the "city of eternal love." Driving was probably the craziest part of my short time here. I thought that the driving the the middle of the road in SE Asia was dangerous but here is 10X worse. When I get pictues I can't wait to show you my Indian oufits but for now just know (Mom) that I am safe and happy and don't want to ever come home!!!

Love you all so much, EM