Incredible India!

Greetings from India!

This journey has been so incredibly amazing so far! The group I am traveling with is so fun and positive it has made the trip so great.  Today after walking in the scorching heat and shopping through the markets, a few of us decided to go get some AC at one of the restaurants. We ended up sitting there for over 2 hours and drinking three pots of tea, three baskets of nan, and ice cream. It was so nice to step away from the hustle and bustle and relax and enjoy each others company.

A couple days ago we experienced our first Indian night train and well it was just that, an experience.  We all managed to sleep soundly through the night and all agreed it could have been WAY worse. 

My favorite experiences have been in Pushkar, it was smaller than most areas we have visited so far.  It was nice know your way around and be able to see familiar faces on the streets.  The last morning in Pushkar half of us decided to go on a sunrise camel ride through the desert.  It was so awesome!  Everyone's camels all had very Indian names except mine, they had told me mines name was Jimmy, he was also almost double the size of the rest of the camels. We rode all the way out to literally the middle of desert and were surrounded by sand dunes and a chain of mountains. After an hour of riding we all sat down and took a little break (mainly a break for the camels). During this break the sun also had just started to rise.  While we were sitting there these two men came over a sand dune, we have no idea where they came from. They then sat down and started playing excruciatingly out of tune music.  After they had sat down the look on Frank's face was priceless, he had thought the two men were holding guns and had already started making a plan in his head. It was hilarious!  This was just one of the many awesome experiences we have had during our adventure. I can't wait to experience more of such a different culture and interact so closely with many of the people!

Miss you all!