Vacationing right?

That is what we are doing right? Yes, finally we are (sort of) on vacation.

Two days ago Chris arrived in Delhi at about 1 in the morning (that is 2 in the afternoon your time) and we dragged him out of bed at about 6 the next morning for a car tour of Delhi. We may have deprived him of sleep, but we all "deprived" him of the experiences of learning how to get around the city.

So we took a car around the city, some of the sites were over 12 kilometers out the city center, and we saw all the forts, temples, tombs and touristy stuff we could stomach. It was nice to not be hassled for most of the day. Accept for the driver constantly trying to sell us tours....and then getting kind of lost in old Delhi.

We ended up near the biggest Mosque in India RIGHT AFTER the sun down prayer. So we hoped on a rikshaw, which can't travel on main roads, and wound us through this insane maze of a pedestrian market. Man, those rikshaws are the way to travel! Sitting above the crowd....caught in a pedestrian/motorcycle/rikshaw back alley traffic jam...and watching the people pass you on foot. But you can't get off, because honestly have you no idea where you are, and are trusting the driver (cycler) to take you to the right place! It was really fun though...some of the best window shopping of my life!

So we took an over night train last night to Johdpur, which arrived 2 and a half hours late. We then found a guest house, arranged a village tour for tomorrow and a car to take us around the rest of Radjasthan. THEN...THEN....THEN....we went up to the top of our guest house, with an amazing view of the city (which has houses painted mostly blue, because the Indigo paint helps keep desert bugs away) and the fort towering above us....and had an amazing home cooked lunch and a few beers! We breathed clean air, didn't argue with anyone, weren't josseled, and weren't stared at. BRILLIANT! I needed a day like that!

Tomorrow a village tour and then on we go!

Hey, and all you amazing people out there, feel free to leave comments if you want, I love to hear back from everyone! We miss you all a lot! This is amazing, but don't they say that you go on vacation so that you appreciate home more? Miss ya'll!