Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Quick Update

Hello all,

I'm currently in Jaipur. We finished out travels to Jaisalmer (the furthest west in Rajastan) and then we skipped over Jodhpur due to lack of time and we're in Jaipur heading to Agra tonight. So far our trip has been very busy as we've been seeing a lot and the sun is extremely draining. The temperature is approximately 42-48 degrees Celsius and can go well over the 50s as well, or at least the locals say that. I don't particularly want to experience that. In Jaisalmer, we rode camels into the desert and stayed a night in the sand dunes. The hours between 1-3 became too hot to travel, so there was an afternoon break where we had lunch and slept each day and it continues even into this city where people don't work and take their time to relax/sleep back home. In the desert we were engulfed by a sandstorm. I survived a sandstorm! it was a cool experience as the whole group was sleeping and then all of a sudden we were hit by what felt like sand pellets and blinded by the sand lifted into the air. Being disoriented I hid under the blanket, I peered out to see Lauren sitting straight up confused and not sure what to do, so i pulled her under the blanket and we just sat there with sand in our eyes trying to breath for about a few hours. At midnight exactly, the sandstorm gave way and we opened out eyes and stepped out to see that our shoes were buried, the mattress was under a bunch of sand and our hair had so much sand that it couldn't be washed out properly even with multiple showers. Overall a great time there as the culture is a lot slower and people are genuinely friendly.

Having a lot of culture shock as the city is much different from Mussoorie where people will tend to keep their personal space and distance.

When I have the chance to later, I'll write about the culture, and the architecture/construction in India.

Cheers,

Jay


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