India Day 2

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we went to bed really, really early last night (to the confusion of the housekeepers who wanted to turn down our beds).

up at 7 this morning, then we had breakfast. some western food, some indian food. lots of different kinds of bread. group met up at 11 am. 17 people in the group, mostly married couples, a couple of moms with daughters and a three single women traveling alone. one of them is actually a globus employee from australia. the rest of the group is american, and seems nice. due to a bankruptcy/de-licesnsure of an airline, we'll be going from jaipur to udaipur by bus, rather than flying. while that means a very long day, i'm happy to have one less flight.

first stop today was ghandi's cremation site. after he was cremated they built a black marble platform and erected an eternal light. we didn't go down near it because you had to take your shoes off, but pictures from afar are okay. then we went through chandi chowk on the bus to the jama mosque. since i don't like paying to use my camera, sorry, no internal pictures of that.... or of me in the silly gown they make women wear.

our real adventure of the day was a bicycle rickshaw ride through the bazaar. okay, there is NO way to describe how hair-raising that was... indians do not line up. they squeeze through. so our rickshaw as sharing very narrow spaces with other rickshaws, motorbikes and pedestrians. it was hysterical to watch pedestrians shove past us and try and push little lorries out of the way.

annoyance of the day. my new camera. i could have sworn that i charged both batteries for it before i left. but they both only lasted about 20 pictures. fortunately, i have my old camera, so i used that a bit. I'm going to recharge them tonight, so let's hope.....

oh, and i'm really glad that we took air india and a direct flight, as one of the women who was routed through amsterdam almost didn't make it here on time.

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Comments

[Mike Hicks]

Glad you made it!
Sounds like you're off to a good start. Looking forward to the upcoming reports! ;-)

[Jan Hicks]

Keep 'em coming!
I'm going to be living vicariously through you! So far, I've been everywhere you have, so I have pictures of it in my mind! Keep the blog posts coming! :)

[Brendan Carroll]

Good Day (or Night?)
Glad to hear you made it through the night and a bus ride. I've heard they are really, really crowded on the streets in the cities like you witnessed. Have you seen any of those trucks all painted and decorated or is that Pakistan only? Those are awesome. Good luck! Happy traveling.

[Rosie]

I can just picture you in a rickshaw. Priceless :). Can't wait to see your pictures. Take care. Have fun.

[Paula]

I would give anything to see you in a rickshaw.