Ok so I've officially been in India for almost two days! I still can't quite believe it, its awesome! All except for the traffic, that's insane. We rode in a bus to get from Delhi to Jaipur which was the craziest bust ride I've ever been in. The drive was unbelievably bumpy. Everyone is in a hurry so people are constantly trying to switch lanes I think. I never actually saw people following the lane lines, in fact most people drove completely off the road to try and pass someone! This means, that traffic goes much slower and is much more confusing. This inevitably leads to honking. And a lot of HONKING!!!!!! Not only do people constantly lay on the horns, but there all different tunes and melodies. Some are like... do do do dee do, or da da da da dum, and any other type of horn you can think of; its awesome. Although when you leave the airport at two in the morning, its not so awesome.
Yesterday we ran around with our heads cut off, we didn't land in Jaipur till about 8- 8:30am and since then we ran around. I was dying from exhaustion and all I wanted to do was shower and sleep; to no avail. We met some of the 4th year Architecture students on campus and they seem incredibly nice! I'm excited to hang out with them. Everyone here has made us feel so welcome! It seems completely different than that of the states. Our accommodations are nice, we each get a LARGE room to ourselves with a walk through closet and a large bathroom. the floor has stone tile and that seems to keep the room a good 15-20 degrees cooler than outside. Which is good for when it gets to be in the 100's. But for now, its 70 degrees; So nice, especially when I think that its usually in the negatives back home! There still doing work on our building, I think they did a massive over hall to it, because they've been working quickly and have gotten a lot done in-just the short amount of time we've been here. My toilet still doesn't flush well though, most unfortunate. There's so much sand and gravel in it that the toilet paper won't even go through... I think I need a new toilet. Other than that, there are no complaints. Everyone has been asking if our rooms are ok or if they can get anything for us and so on... they've been unbelievably accommodating.
I still can't get over all the garbage and trash everywhere, or the lack of garbage cans! I just want to get a garbage bag and pick up all the trash; sad but true. This place would look completely different if it was picked up. We have cows on campus that hang out, its pretty neat, we've named one Jorge, and we're determined to name them all. There are also alot of dogs on campus, which is why there is a specially designed gate at the 3 entrances to the campus; so that the animals don't escape.
All of our meals here are vegetarian... so.. I guess I'm a temporary vegetarian (never thought I'd say that). I think I have the hang of this whole eating style, use your fingers. We went to the market today to buy food and supplies which was neat, people were asking us a lot of questions, but friendly enough. Now I know what it feels like to be the odd one out. We stand out like sore thumbs! But surprisingly, it doesn't bother me, I think it helps that people are more interested and have a positive manner about them; its refreshing.
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