People...Everywhere!

I guess we will start this off with why exactly we are in India in the first place (for those that are perhaps wondering why our "African Cycling Expedition" is in India)
Andrew's older brother is getting married in Southern India, so we are here as a little pre-Africa vacation. On December 27th we leave for Dubai (for part 2 of the wedding) and then pff to Cairo on January 2nd for the start of the cycling. So for all of you that donated, no we didn't just take off with your money on an elaborate vacation!

So India is crowded! There are litrally people everywhere, doing everything from farming, sleeping and of course trying to sell everything under the sun. We've visited two more cities along our way, the first was Agra; home to the famous Taj Mahal, which really does deserve to be one of the wonders of the world. Its beauty is truly mesmorizing.The city of Agra itself is also quite beautiful, and my favourite part is that there were rhesus monkeys everywhere!
Now we are in Jaipur staying at a really cool hotel which used to be the home of the Maharaja. Its called the Bissau Palace if you are inclined to google it. This evening was one of the most fun filled that we have had so far. We went up to the roof of our hotel, and to our astonishment, the sky was filled with hundreds of kites! From every rooftop as far as we could see families were flying kites, it was such a magnificent sight! A few kites came loose and landed naer us, so we tried our hand at it, much more difficult than we thought! When we were done, we gave the kites we found to some little boys on the next rooftop. We didn't think something could top the elephant ride that we also took today, but it did! Overall a fantastic trip so far. Tomorrow we fly to Chennai for the wedding!

Still having some trouble uploading pictures, although we hope that we will be able to put some up in Chennai or Dubai! At the very least we will have some up for the Africa trip.

That's all for now! Ciao!