Tailors, mangos and sand :)

So, we kind of slept in today. I didn't even wake up when Anushka did, but I slept instead until about 9. Then we immediately had breakfast. Scrambled eggs with parsley, sweet indian porridge (halwa) with cashews and almonds, steamed rice cakes (idli) and donut shaped sweet bread (vada). Yum.

Then Aditi, my mother,father and I piled in her little stick-shift car and went to the barber. We dropped my father off so he could get a haircut. Then us girls (:D) went to a tailor to get a saree blouse made for my mother and my pants (that go with the tunic) taken in a bit.

Then we went to a different store to get petticoats. Or really slips for sarees, so people can't see through them. At 75 rupees each, my mother and I both got 2.

After picking up my father (he was very pleased with the 50 rupee price for the haircut) we all went to Aditi's preschool- Euro-kids. The kids were ages 2-5. So cute. We also took a tour (well...) of the yard and backyard, looking at all the fruit trees and plants. Mangos are not in season, but at the preschool there are pretty good sized mangos on the trees. Aditi quoted her mother saying that where children play, mangos will always grow. Guess it's true. :)

Also: coconut, bannana, aloe vera, basil, curry, white jamun (little white berry fruit with fluffy flowers) and bouganbilla (pretty bush with pink/purple flowers).

Then we went back to the college we visited yesterday to meet the other members of our group. When some of us arrived, we loaded a bus and went to a hotel where the rest of our team got on the bus. All except Rankin and Sandra who stayed with their host family for the day.

We went to go see a mango farm. Pretty neat, and interesting to see, but we stayed there sooo long, and really? how many mango trees can you see? They all looked the same to me. Still cool though.

Then we moved on to the beach. Covered with sand, no less. This was the arabian sea, apparently if you started from here and sailed in a straight line you would reach dubai in 24 hours. We saw a camel, which kind of looked rather odd on the beach. haha.

Finally when we got people motivated to move, we returned to the college, and the got picked up by Vikaus. We made a quick dash home as it was 6:30 and the rotary club meeting started at 7. :O

Aditi lended me a saree and then wrapped it for me. ZOMG. wow. I have no words. pretty cool, but I do understand why Indian girls don't wear them all the time. I think the indians thought i looked weird in their attire, though.

The meeting was cool. I met some new people, including a girl who went on an exchange trip to New York. I also got to see Nikki again. :)


When we got home, I wrote my blog for the day before, reminding myself to always finish them the night of at all times after this.

Now I'm sitting listening to the pigeons, talking to some people on facebook and skype, and downloading pictures. :D