Joggers, books, ashes, bungalows, and table tennis

Carrot juice again this morning- :/ But also cereal and bread. And orange juice. :)

We had quite the...uh... interesting experience. My father insisted on bringing a bottle of wine that he received from our last hosts with him. Well, (like my mother said it would) the wine bottle broke and went all over most of my father's belongings. So, yeah. We spread out everything, wiped it down, and then re-packed.

Then we (and the team) traveled to Ankeleshwar. So on the 1 hour- indian time or 2 hour- regular time, I slept.

We were greeted by the rotary club of Ankeleshwar and showed into a hotel restaurant for drinks. Like, a coffee break. Haha. We were all excited for lunch at the usual american time (12), but alas. No.

Then we visited 2 of this rotary club's projects- a jogging track and a library (complete with a children's library) . Their jogging track was a dirt path with beautiful plants and flowers on either side.

The library was about the size of the Conover library but no computers. Then also a children's library. So cool. They had a Hindi section and an English section. We found harry potter in Hindi! (books 1,2,4,5,6) :)

Then we did have lunch. (finally). The appetizers were pure yum. uh... i don't know the name but they tasted like egg rolls. On a stick. haha. No jokes, guys. please. Anyway. The food was rather spicy, but I'm always good with bread.

A crematorium was our next stop. Grossly and morbidly cool. They are trying to make the cremations more eco-friendly by using natural gas. But they still have wood as an option (because of religious morals) for a fee. Sandra and I were just talking and thinking about how much more space humans would have if everyone was cremated, instead of being buried. With overpopulation, I bet we'd fill the extra space pretty quickly, but it would work for a little while. Saving the planet, 5 years at a time. (There, Ms. Lampe :P )

On the way to the next town we talked to our driver about overpopulation. I got rather confused but got some useful tips for my project. :)

Then we arrived at the next place and met our new hosts. I forget their names right now- I'll edit them in. Our hosts live in a bungalow. A HUGE bungalow. There are 9 of them living together. Plus many spare bedrooms. So- a little family tree for you guys: Grandma and Grandpa (our real hosts) then their daughter and her husband and son. And apparently cousins who are currently out of town for some reason. But it's cool. They have a bunch of servants and the house is pretty full- especially with my family now added on. Plus the son is 17! Hooray for an actual person in my same age group. Love you adults, but really, you can get a bit boring. :P

So then we had a bunch of time to just relax and rest. I worked some on my blog (3 cheers for internet access!) met Supas (the 17 yr. old) and some of his friends, played ping pong with them (haha yeah. that went...uh. well?) and then slept.

Only to be awakened for dinner. Oh well. Supper was great. They got the message that their normal food burns our mouths out, and prepared "bland" (to them) food for us. :)

Now, I'm listening to some american music with Supas (whoot for english) and getting ready to go off to bed.

Adios, my american friends. :)