India
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: Asia Trip
Our first day in Delhi we hired a driver who took us to all the main sites. The traffic is nuts and Marisa's palms were sweating. Our hotel was, well lets just say that it was below Marisa's standards. It was a little bit creepy but it was ok. We tried to get in touch with Gopaul who was our friend's driver when they were in India. He was out of Delhi but hooked us up with Anil his brother who picked us up at the creepy hotel in Caunaught Circus yesterday morning at 7:30 to begin our 11 day tour of Rajasthan. This involves more crazy driving out into the rural areas. More sweating palms. Below is my journal entries from the last few days.

"We are in the car driving out of Delhi with Anil. On our way out we ran into Manute our driver from yesterday and they laughed. They are friends. I think that Anil forgot that we did not eat br4eakfast so it is 9am and we are rolling with rolling stomachs. I took a shower with the hand spray this morning and it was just fine. My legs feel achy and lazy. We are watching the bicycle rickshaws pull huge loads and I am mssing the bike trip. With the bike trip there was a built in purpose. Not only to tour and to learn but also an acomplishment at the end of each day. With this, I just sit in the car and feel lazy. I do not even deserve a cold beer at the end of the day.
The polution in the air in and outside of Delhi is getting to me and my eyes are burning. Of course I only slept in 2 hour increments last night and was awoken by some crazy screaming ally cats. We are now weaving our way through the busy streets of Narnul, cows-rickshaws-wagons-camels-motercycles-cars-bicycles and lots of people. It is common proccedure to honk your horn when you pass ANYTHING.. so there s lots of honking and lots of near misses. We just passed a pig digging through some trash.