update!!
i don’t have a TON of time on this internet here….but i’m here!
chris - this is a repeat, sorry!
hi!
just a quick hello from agra - i’m running on 1/2 an hour of internet for $1.50.
after a 14 hour flight into delhi, i found my driver and had a precarious drive to my hotel. it is beautiful here - a real culture shock though. you have never seen so much filth and mass of humans in your life. just driving down a street is tough, as people will drive into oncoming traffic, and about 5 vehicles across 3 lanes. the people are nice - besides the ones who are always trying to sell you overpriced souvenirs, or are in dire need to drive you somewhere in their rickshaw, or the little children who will pat you on the arm and walk with you begging for food or money.
i spent the day touring around delhi yesterday with a couple from australia, most of the people on the trip are either canadian, aussies, or brits, with one norweigen.
it is SO loud, horns are used at every opportunity, there are cows, and stray dogs, and elephants wandering the streets on their own. it is SO filthy - i think i will cough up a black gob of something when i get back. i’ve been cleaning my feet, ears and nose nonstop. smog!!!!
the food is AMAZING. i could literally live off of this stuff forever.
we took a train ride this morning from delhi to agra - today we saw the taj mahal!! it’s really fascinating up close and amazingly beautiful. if i was a fancy rich indian back in the day i would build something like that too! riding in the tuk tuks is an experience in itself, so many of the cars here have dents from driving so closely together and running into each other.
we are off my local bus (6 hours) to jaipur tomorrow, the pink city.
hoping to get internet access again - it’s harder to come by than you might think. it’s always broken (same with atms) or the power just cuts out.
update again soon!
