Week One Update

Howdy faithful readers....

Where we last left off, I arrived in India. And since then, I haven't updated. It's not that I haven't wanted to (believe me! I have!) it's more that I have been so busy and have not had the best of access to the internet. But that is life, and we deal with it. I started this week off in Rishikiesh and Haridwar. I ALMOST took a plunge into the Ganga...but I don't think my professors would have appreciated that much, so I stuck with a polite splash on the arms and legs. I took some wonderful pictures of the mountains in Rishikesh, and there is one in particular that I like. There was a storm moving in, and on one side is light and the other is dark. I'll try to upload that one sometime (the challenge is that it is on my computer, which I am not currently using.

Oh! and I was also on t.v. I was interviewed about teh Nizamuddin (a Sufi Shrine) and a bit about Indian history. I think I impressed them....at least my professor told me I did. It's supposed to be airing in CSPAN in a month- so do watch CSPAN for my television debut ;o)

The one frustrating thing, now, is that because I have waited so long to update, I feel that there is so much to say and not enough time to say it in. I really have been kept busy- if it isn't class or excursions, it's meeting up with old and new (well, new, but they feel like old friends :)) friends. I should have more time once we leave Delhi (I know people here!) Monday, we leave for Aligarh, and while there, I'll be living with a family. After that, to Agra, and if things settle down in Jaipur, then there. No plans yet as to what we will be doing if things don't get better in Jaipur...(I would cast my vote for going to Mumbai, but that's just me).

Alright, I better get going. stay tuned for more updates (hopefully more frequent ones at that...).

-b