Apologies for the lack of posting thus far. This is a general summary of what has happened to us as of 11p Wednesday evening. I added several backdated stories to the log since I couldn't get to teh interwebs until just now.
1/30:
- Driving and trains in India (see trains, planes and tuk tuks post) -- Within three hours of being in India, we are nearly ready to call it quits and go home
- Kerala backwaters tour -- Pig out on delicious Indian food while floating through picturesque waters. By the end of the day, calmed down and ready to give India another chance.
1/31:
- Get off backwaters tour refreshed and ready to roll. Cabbie informs us we are mere blocks from a beach, so we head there and play in the Arabian Sea for a little while. We also have our first photographs taken purely because we are American.
- Back onto a train, this time involving first class experiences for both Kellie and I on a moving eastern latrine. I will probably never write about this story, but I will tell it at dinner parties to disgust people. NEVER USE A TOILET ON AN INDIAN TRAIN.
- Meet up with Divya and Vinay and the rest of the wedding party!
- Pig out on more Indian food.
2/1:
- All of the girls in the wedding party have henna done. I never knew how long of a process this way -- it was essentially an all-day event, and we have only now gotten the use of our hands back. They reek of camphor oil and various other scents (like everything else in India) but are oh-so-pretty!
- Again, scared witless by a taxi ride.
- Continue pigging out.
This barely captures what has happened in the last few days. It feels like an eternity since we were in America. There are so many more stories to tell, but I haven't got the energy to write them all down. A few remaining notes:
- Tomorrow, we head to Guruvayur for the first part of the wedding.
- The mosquitos love Kellie -- Michael and I have barely noticed the bugs, but Kellie has been bitten ad nauseum.
- We are 12:30 ahead of Mountain Standard Time.
- Still no Delhi belly for anyone.... yet.
- Forms of transport taken so far: Planes (fine), trains (frustrating), taxis (terrifying), bus (slightly less terrifying)
- Transport left to take: Elephant, tuk tuk
Hope all is well at home!
