Delhi 3: Stomach 1 --by Ryan

1/17/08

Delhi 3 - Stomach 1

So after battling "Delhi Belly" with Imodium, Pepto and Tums, I (Ryan) finally brought out the big guns-- Azithomycin (sp?), an antibiotic I picked up from Kaiser.  After a day and a half, I feel much better and somewhat regular (if you know what I mean).

Monkeys and Cobras:

Today, we are in Jaipur and paid a visit to Galta known as the Monkey Temple because there are simply alot of monkeys (go figure).  As we were hiking to the temple we fed the little critters some peanuts who took them straight from our hand, however one monkey became wise to Suz, and decided to go for her pocket where she kept the bag of peanuts-- simply put (Monkey 1 - Suz 0).

Also, we have run into a lot of snake charmers in India (always thought that was just a stereo-type), who love to play for tourists for a little cash.  Suz decided to take it one step further, instead just watching, the snake charmer wrapped the cobra around her, and she calmly held the snake as it fanned it's wings and stared at her (the snakes have no fangs or poison, and their mouths appear to be threaded shut).

I'm tired of these mutha-f---ing roaches, on this mutha f---ing train!

So on our train ride from Agra and Jaipur we were greeted by a few little friends.  Normally, we buy 2nd Class tickets for the train, but were able to only get 3rd Class seating (there is one more step below).  For the most part, the train ride was just fine, except for all the roaches running around on the floor of the car.  Fortunately only cows are sacred in India, because I smashed at least 10 roaches, our neighbor on the train said, "no problem... only small ones."  Now, they are dead ones.  We also had a mouse running around (just a gray blur) who was too fast to smash.

Hilary or Obama?:

We have ran into quite a few educators and businessmen who are all interested in American politics and fascinated with the race between Hilary and Obama... any chance they get they ask, "Who do you like, Hilary or Obama?"... then quickly tell us why they don't like Bush.

Tonight we head back to Delhi

-Ryan