and it's not bad at all. First let start with the auto rickshaw ride to the train station. I know I've posted one or two pics of these little death traps in the past. They're very small and very fast when you are darting through rush hour traffic in Delhi and Narinder is yelling at the driver to go faster because we are going to miss the bloody train. At a stop light (that the driver actually stopped for) Narinder pointed out some drag queens in the rickshaw next to us. They were beautiful!! Their hair, make up, Saree's, everything [View Full Entry]

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That's what Laura calls it anyway, I'd like to think it's rubbing off on me. My lifestyle has definitely changed since I left Balbirs family. When I lived there the servant would do my laundry, but for the past week I've been living in the farm house outside of Delhi, it's just myself and Narinder, and we DON"T have a washing machine. I'm not crouched on the banks of a river with that bar of Tide laundry soap (which works awesome by the way!) but I am barefoot standing in a tub of water washing my clothes, and then after that [View Full Entry]

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Dear Mom and Dad, I know I said I was coming home tomorrow but I've decided to stay a while longer. I went ahead and cancelled my plane ticket. There are a couple of reasons why. First and foremost I'm really happy here, perhaps the most I've been in awhile. India, she's teaching me so much, everyday is an adventure and I'm the kind of girl who thrives on that. All of my affairs are in order and I'm not slacking on any responsibilities. I have no commitments and it's not hurting anyone, so why not? Secondly, there might be a [View Full Entry]

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We got the mehandi (tattoo) for the 3 day wedding that we are about to attend. Mom made us some BEAUTIFUL clothes to wear. I can't wait to get back from the wedding and post some pictures of us all decked out Punjabi style. [View Full Entry]

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Jammu and Kashmir or J&K as they call it. As long as I live may I never set foot in that place again, for so many reasons but the worst being we ran over a 5 year old boy with our car. We were leaving to head back home to Punjab, while driving through a small village in the Himalyas a little boy darted across the road. It was totally unavoidable. Laura was sitting in the front seat and I was in the back seat behind our driver. I heard Laura scream, I felt the brakes slam on and then 2 [View Full Entry]

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If this works it's a little clip filmed at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. First is cousin Jaggi, second our driver and third cousin Sukhi. I soooooooooo hope this works because if it does from here on it's going to be video clip mania!!! Please message me and let me know if you are able to view. Love Snake Charmer [View Full Entry]

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I was just reading my previous entries and laughing my head off. I hope you all enjoy this blog as much as I do. Could I be any more dramatic? I bet I could but I'll spare you!! Am I the worst speller ever? That's even with me asking Laura how to spell every other word. I noticed I've told you the same thing twice sometimes but that's how you'll know it's important. I can't even begin to cover all the spectacular things that happen in a day but if I ever come home I'll have some wonderful stories to tell [View Full Entry]

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1. The bathrooms are disgusting!! Imagine the worst gas station bathroom you've ever seen and multiply times 100!! and there's never any toilet paper, I now carry a roll in my purse. Also you have no idea what I went through trying to find toilet paper at the stores. It's probably easier to find black tar heroin at the vatican then toilet paper in India. 2. We drink buffalo milk and we are strict vegitarians. We hardly ever use silverwear and napkins are as readily as available as toilet paper. Instead we scoop up our food with chibattis (unleavened bread) served [View Full Entry]

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Test 2 [View Full Entry]

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Since I last wrote from Jaipur I've lost like 7lbs, maybe I'm exaggerating a little but I'll tell you one thing and you can take this one to the bank, food poisoning is AWFUL!! It was a 3 hour drive from Jaipur to Pushkar and I was deteriorating the entire way. By the time we got there I couldn't even hold my head up and I had the worst stomach pains of my life. Needless to say I didn't get to see much of the Blue city as they call it, mostly just the bed in my hotel room. A doctor [View Full Entry]

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