Delhi

As the jet lag clears and I meet up with my family, I begin to really experience India. I went to Delhi Haat a local craft bazaar with my mom and best friend. Adithya and his cousin S accompany us and we eat (real) Indian food. Although I am still clutching my bottled water like it was gold to protect my sensitive american tummy, I am doing great as far as stomach problems are concerned. So much fear of tummy sickness while in India, so I just wanted to clear the air =)
I will admit I wasn't quite prepared for the poverty. Seeing the small children beg for food and skinny dogs lying on the street has definitely got me a bit shell shocked but I try to just focus on the task at hand. Taj Mahal =) We  have an awesome driver for the next three days and even though I squelch in fear every 30 seconds, he manages to come out of every near collision unscathed. I am convinced he "psychic drives." It's like he uses the force and knows when a car is coming in our lane or when to cut in front of someone.
We get a "tour guide" at the Taj. Adithya warns us he might just be making stuff up but he did show us some awesome detail like how the marble glows under a flashlight. This simulates how it would look like in the moonlight. Another thing I naively unexpected was the amount of burkha wearing Muslim women in India. We just don't see that much in America and it's a bit shocking at first. But once you realize it's a normal part of their everyday culture just like American's wearing jeans you ease up a bit about it. The amount of stares I was getting made me wish I was hiding under a burkha! Okay enough talk, you want the pictures. The Taj is huge!!! and Delhi is busy, crowded and has GREAT shopping and food. The End =) On my way to Hyderabad to get married!

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Namaste!