INDIA!!!

We are in INDIA!  We have been traveling for 6 days so far, and have been to Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra.  It's been a very busy trip, but we have been really enjoying it.  India is definitely unlike any other place I've been.  Janine and I seem to compare things here more to Kenya more than we do the US, funnily enough.

So I just want to let the pictures do the talking.

Us at The Taj Mahal.  It was a "foggy" day.  The fog is actually really awful air pollution.  Because of winter, and the cold air sinking, it creates an inversion layer, trapping all the nasty smog at ground level.  Didn't know you were getting and environmental science lesson today, did you?

This is from Keoladeo National Park.  It's a bird sanctuary.  Janine and I got some awesome pics here, as it was nesting time for all the stork chicks.  We took a 2 hour long tour through the park via rickshaw.

This is Janine and I in the inner part of a Masque.  I always feel weird going deep inside the temples and especially the Masques, but Janine leads the charge into the places.  She got a $10 dollar offer on her bandanna from some guy.  We declined.

This elephant is 1 of 90 that makes 4 trips up and down the road to Amber Fort each day.  You can take the short ride and it'll only set you back about $18 US dollars.  Janine and I opted to walk the short 10 minute walk, and cost us $0.  Clark Howard would be proud.

This is the lake palace in Jaipur.  Super beautiful!  We heard they are planning on making a restaurant on it sometime in the upcoming year.

This is me trading hats with a snake charmer.  Snake charming is actually really sad, and definitely animal cruelty.  They remove the cobras fangs, and he lives his life, cooped up in this little basket.

Just 10 rupees (20 cents) got us this behind the scenes tour of a Garden Palace that was lived in by the actual Maharaja of Rajastan.  We even got to sit on his throne!  Like they say, the early bird gets to see old, dead, rich people's stuff.  (I can't decide if I think that's a funny joke.)

We miss you all, and we will try and post again before Christmas.  We start a 20 hr. long train journey tomorrow, bound for Darjeeling.  It's a very famous place for tea.  It's also in the Himalayas, which I'm super excited about, but it's gonna be cold.  I'll be snuggling my wife extra close!

Love and miss you all!

D