New hair cut

New hair cut
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This is my new hair cut from the last day in Bombay. Needless to say, back in DC it is much larger, and far from perfectly blown out, but I still like it.

Back

snake charmer
Originally uploaded by Maleaji.

So, Tom and I and all of our luggage arrived safely back in DC. I'm a little sad to have left, but it's nice to be in DC. For example, I am sitting in a coffee shop eating yogurt with granola and berries, which tastes like the best breakfast ever, but I'll be missing dosas soon. Anyway, my phone is reconnected, so you can call me. I'll probably be back in NC next week.

Delhi

Delhi
Originally uploaded by Maleaji.

Crazy sign in Delhi. Now I'm caught up. It's been a really exhausting week, and places outside big cities have horribly slow internet connections (and by big citiest, I mean over 8 million people.)

Agra

Agra
Originally uploaded by Maleaji.

And this is me at Lincoln's birthplace. Oh wait, no...

Fatepur Sikri

Fatepur Sikri
Originally uploaded by Maleaji.

I am told that this is Asia's largest gate. You don't really get a sense of how big it is from this pictures, but it's really impressive. It's at Akbar's deserted capital outside of Agra.

Jodhpur Haveli

Jodhpur Haveli
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Jodhpur had pretty buildings.

Flooding

Flooding
Originally uploaded by Maleaji.

This was the flooding we saw on our train ride out of Mumbai. It looked like a lake, except that lakes don't usually have power lines running through them.

Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer
Originally uploaded by Maleaji.

jaisalmer

jaisalmer
Originally uploaded by Maleaji.

So, we spent one day in Jodhpur, two days in Jaisalmer, (inside the fort in the background. It was great.) We just got to New Delhi this morning, and are planning on going to Agra tomorrow. Getting kind of tired, but still having a really good time. I'm completely dreading the thought of being in classes again.

finally...

To update from the last post, I managed to get tom's airline to tell me approximately when his fight was getting in, dash back to my airline to catch the last flight of the day to bombay about 5 minutes before it was scheduled to leave, with all the ticket people shaking their heads and making jokes about how crazy we were to actually want to be on that flight. It was pretty uneventful, until just before landing they mentioned that the flooding at the airport had damaged some of the equipment on the ground, so they had to land by sight. It was a little bumpy, but at least we didn't skid off the runway, as had a flight that morning. I got in at midnight, Tom got in around 3, and everything indeed worked out ok, despite the rain and the flooding in other parts of the city. They day before we were supposed to catch our train to Rajasthan, the weather forecaster said to expect heavy to extremely heavy rains, but they never came, and our train, despite being in the suburbs of Bombay, where the flooding was worse, left exactly on time. We did pass through some really bad flooding, where you could see that if the rains were just a little heavier the tracks would be submerged. You would have through you were passing through a lake, except for the power lines sticking up out of it. Anyway, I would post pictures, but I am in Jopdhpur and the connection is none too good. It's a gorgeous city, and we leave for jaisalmer tonight.