yey India!!!
This was written while in Mussoorie sometime last week (thursday maybe?)
So a monkey tried to attack us today, but we used gandhian nonviolent tactics like screaming and looking at him to assuage his anger. There are lots of monkeys here. Almost an equal proportion of monkeys to consumable (and non consumable) trash. The baby monkeys are so cute because they climb all over there mother's backs. I could go on about the monkeys, but I would not want to bore anyone...
We have been quite the show lately for the locals. Today we proceded to have a "Spring Break India 2005" in Kempty waterfalls by trying to escape the hoardes of sari-clad mothers and their barefooted children to a more private part of the falls. The private spot turned out to be not so private and we found ourselves being videotaped and observed by people (mainly by males who enjoyed Schroeder's very nice personality and very nice body) (the fact that there were 3 girls in shorts and loose wet t-shirts did not help avert their attention either). The water was pretty grimy and cold. It was refreshing if you didn't think about the trash heaps surrounding the pool and the fact that there were tons of kids peeing and pooping a few meters upstream.
Oh yea, the other fun part about today was us waking up at 530 am (still not over jet lag) and going in search of bottled water while watching the sunrise over the foothills of the himalayas...it was gorgeous. The lack of rushing cars and horns complemented the serenity of the scene. Monkeys walked the streets with babies on their backs and trash in their mouths. Dogs, goats, cows, and little children also roamed free. When we got back to our hotel, we did meditation and yoga on the roof at 630am. It was incredibly refreshing. We had an audience for that (as we do for almost everything we do). There are not very many noticable tourists here, so we stick out. Yesterday we met a really cool girl who was learning Hindi. She was from Canada and had been in India for a few months and a few years before that. It was good to know that there are people like her who continue to visit India and learn the language and culture. I hope to come back sometime and visit southern India, well really I just want to go everywhere. I guess I'm pretty lucky to be here though, considering the fact that many people here barely have the means to travel outside their own state. Ok, I think im going to buy some bananas and water with this crazy dirty kid Danny Miller.
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