A few pictures finally!

Rach and her assigned student Shodhankshu (sp?) at the picnic last Monday.















Children who saw Rach and I at one of the temples at Bishnipur and ran over and wanted to be in our photo! After we took it they kept saying choco, which we think means candy so as we had some on us, we gave them some, how could you not, how cute are they!











Terracotta Temple at Bishnupur







Flower at one of the temples








Sorry if these photos are not formatted that well...computers are not my strong point as many of you know! Also it would only let me upload 5 pictures at a time so we will try and do a few every blog if we can. The one photo I did not label is a man carrying flowers for sale at the famous flower market in Kolkata, it is this huge market underneath the very impressive Howrah bridge that only sells flowers, that are sold in these long chains that people buy and bring to Hindu temples as offering for the gods. It was a pretty interesting place, so many people, so dirty, so many smells, and so many flowers!

Not much new to update you on otherwise, I unfortunately got Delhi Belly just like Rachel did...as are classmates like to tease us we are like twins so I guess we had to get the same sickness as well:) I made the stupid mistake yesterday of thinking I was better and Rach and I went out to a market to buy loose, pants that we would need for today for traveling into smaller villages. After buying our awesome pants, think Aladin style, I started to not feel so well and we quickly caught a cab but I was not able to make it home and was sick in the cab (luckily I had a plastic bag to throw up into...however still a very unpleasant experience!). So I have spent the majority of the last three days in bed and am going a little crazy:) Rachel is having a really long day today that I imagine is really interesting. She is out on a community based outreach project into villages outside Kolkata with a doctor and maybe a physiotherapist as well. It should be a really fascinating experience so I will make sure she updates the blog when she has a minute!