I give you good price

so many things to describe and so little time to do it.

FIrst of all, the Taj Mahal was absolutely wonderful . . . no more words, want to understand, go to India

afterwards mackenzie and I wandered into a local market outside of the tourist quotas which was amazingly refreshing (the streets were too small for annoying rickshaw drivers who pester you to no end) and the people werent looking to scam or annoy you, everyone just wanted you to take a look at their shop and havey ou try something.
After that we wandered out of the market down a more industrial street where we were mobbed by children screaming hello and demanding that we take pictures of them . . . usually the public harassment here is totally annoying but on this street it was pretty obvious that it has nothing to do with taking your money and they were just excited to see a white person, so we amused them and took pictures . . . we were called into one house with this gigantic and awesome woman who just had us sit down and attempted to talk to us for a few minutes, even though she knew no english, i really liked her

Second house we ended up in was because we were watching people fly kites from the roofs. . . we were beckoned up to try which turned into Tea, swarms of neighborhood children talking to us, free henna, and hindi music transferred to mackenzie's pen drive.

Unfortunately these amazingly good experiences are completely shadowed here by people trying to scam you, pester you, leave no room for your personal space, stare at you, shake hands with you as you are walking down the street, and pretend to be really nice to you until they finally reveal why they really have started talking to you (want a tip for being your unofficial guide, want you to see their shop. ect)

The only way to deal with this has just been to let it be and go with the flow and laugh about it. . . because in India the more you fight the system, the worse it kicks you in the ass.

Heading to a small quiet town called Pushkar on the edje of the desert in Rajasthan, and then heading up to delhi for one day in a few days to catch the Flight to GOA !!!!!

GOA = Bamboo hut on a beach!!

so much more to explain and describe, but honestly its too much for words, india is amazing and ridiculous, annoying and beautiful, fragrant and putrid, kind and cutthroat. Someone could come here and have the time of their life, or the worst time of their life . . . not to say i have not been pissed off a few times here, but i am definately doing more of the former.