i am currently in india which is absolutely lovely! for those of you who don't know, my sister sara lives in india. she is pretty much my hero. people usually guess that i am the older sister...mostly because i'm the bossier of the two of us, and possibly because i have less of a baby face. but sara is my older sister. it's funny because on this trip we've been talking about our similarities and differences. we have similar interests, likes and dislikes, but we are quite different at the core. i think our core strengths and weaknesses are what is mainly different about the two of us. and where people usually guess i'm older, sara has all the qualities of an ideal older sister, because she's always carried me.
now, when i said that being in india was lovely, don't get the wrong impression. i love this place and the people here but india is quite dirty and QUITE different from any western place. i would describe the culture as chaotic, the driving as unpredictable, the air as spicy, the people as ambiguous and the food as scrumptious! i have been riding around on the back of sara's scooty pep. i call it a scooty pep because that's what it says on the side but in fact it's a normal moped. i've loved riding the back. at first i was holding on to the back with both hands, then progressed to one hand, now i sit on the back holding my camera with both hands twisting around to snap pictures as we whiz by landmarks and crazy colorful buildings and cars! it's quite fun!
i love the trees here. there are palm trees, banyan trees, huge cedar trees (or at least what look like cedar trees) and there are so many trees with colorful flowers growing in them. the colors here are amazing. this place is so full of color and life! it's never still and quite for a moment. the buildings are brightly painted, the cars are florescent, the temples are covered in blue and orange gods with bulging bellies. even the food is colorful!
i am loving it here!
