I'm in India. How cool is that to say? We arrived this morning and it is hot and crazy here. A fellow RD (Marcia) and I just took one of the craziest ricksaw rides to get to this internet cafe and the fun thing is we still have to ride back to the ship at some point. Basically it's like riding a motorized bicycle down the turnpike while people blare their horns and signs say "Go fast and meet God" pass you. I think I said "We are going to die" about ten times on our ride hear. I can't wait till our driver, David, gets back to pick us up and we can do it all again. The only annoying thing about taking any transportation here is that the driver has to take you to some shop before he will actually take you where you want to go. They make a commission for bringing people in to the stores and you cant fight it no matter how much you protest. Its best to just go along for the ride.
The bummer of the voyage so far is that my trip to Varanasi just got cancelled. We are still going to the Taj but now I don't get to see the holy city of Sarnath or Varanasi because of the terrorist bombings there Tuesday. I could go off on a rant about how stupid blowing up a holy shrine is and how killing in the name of religion is retarded but I have to explore this crazy country. No worries though things will work out.
Check out one of my fellow RDs website marciaatsemesteratsea.blogspot.com
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