Random Pictures from India

There are monkeys all along the streets in Baroda

This cute little boy walking on the streets barefoot

the lift we took up to the beautiful Temple

Cute boy again. I fell in love with him

A Mosque we visited in Champener

Justin being a dork

good news

WOOOHOOOO!! We finally got our flights confirmed to get out of India! Can't wait to get home :)

Day 5,6,&7

After breakfast with Ingrajeet, we came back to the hotel and relaxed all day. Wendy called us in the afternoon and asked if she could come for dinner that night. The company that sent us here is paying for all of our meals, so we don't mind if she takes advantage of that with us :) That night, her and her mom, Lynda, came for dinner. It was a lot of fun to have dinner with them and to meet Wendy's mom. Lynda helps out a lot with the Salvation Army and the orphanage that Nat runs. She has donated lots of money and supplies, and given much of her time there. What a great lady! Well after dinner we went to Amul and got some ice cream with Wendy and Lynda. It started raining shortly after, so they caught a taxi home.

Saturday, after my internal scan/blood work/injections, we headed off to explore India for the day. Wendy had invited us on this excursion and we were stoked to get out. :) First we went to Champaner. It was a really old city with lots of mosques. We got a pass to tour all the mosques in the city. It was amazing to see all the handwork put into these buildings!! No words can describe how amazing these buildings were.. Just to think of the time those Indians spent in the heat carving on that building. wow!

After that, we went to a different city to ride a ski lift type thing up to the top of a mountain where we found a very special mosque. Wow these temples are amazing.. The ride to the top was undescribable! there was lots of fog that day, and so many green trees. I felt like i was in a tropical forest.. no joke. We were surrounded by Monkeys and Donkeys when we got to the top. We had to hike for awhile.. then we entered the temple. The Priest was so happy to see us.. he gave us some markings on our foreheads, and he even cracked open a coconut for us to drink the milk.

I can't explain how we are viewed here. So many people were asking us for pictures while we were on the mountain. I felt like a moviestar. One family stopped us and gave their baby to Justin to hold,. then they took a picture of him holding their baby. So cute! We had alot of teenage boys asking for pictures with them.. Whenever I would smile and wave at them, they would get shy and blush. Wow- what a culture shock!

We stopped at Baroda on our way home, but the calico museum was closed. So we just walked around for a few minutes instead. This city was amazing to see how many monkeys there were! They were everywhere on the street and sidewalk!! How cute :) We stopped at Dominoes on our way home.. yes, they have a dominoes here (much different though). We ordered a pepperoni and cheese pizza. The pepperoni was 100% pork since they do not eat beef.. kind of interesting. We crashed early that night and got a good nights sleep.

Sundays here are called "holidays." Nothing is open and everyone rests. We slept the ENTIRE DAY. We woke up at 2 and got some lunch, then went back to bed. Wow that was a lot of sleep for us :)

Today is Monday.. I will go to the doc in an hour and get another scan, bloodwork, and injection. wish me luck. My hunny is sick.. :( Must be all this Indian food. But hopefully we will get some medicine for him today when I go to the clinic. Gosh I hope he feels better soon.

PICS

us with our driver, Mr. Ingrajeet

The guys at the breakfast joint who wanted to take our pics

The Madhubhan Resort



Typical Indian living conditions


Us out shopping

day 4

Yesterday was a good day. We got to the clinic in the morning and Dr. Patel had gotten back from Rome. She asked that she does an internal scan to check things out. Everything looked good. She was worried that because of the thyroid problem, I will need to stay an additional 5 days to successfully complete the process. She needs me to stay till the 13th of July. I told her there is no possible way I can stay that long. We are in the process of figuring out what we can do to make this trip not last until the 13th.

On a happier note, they are continueing me on the meds.. 2 tablets a day of levothyroxine. I'm getting my blood drawn about every other day to check my levels. Still getting my injections of the hormones. I had 2 yesterday and 2 this morning. They are getting pretty painful, but still bearable. Luckily I have Justins sweet hand to squeeze when I'm in pain. :) I don't know what I would do without him here with me. it has been such a relief to have a huge 6'4 man walking around with me.. I feel so much safer :)

Dr. Patel sent us on our way, but before leaving, Wendy stopped us and asked if we wanted to go shopping with her. So we had Mr. Ingrajeet (our driver) take us around town. We first went to lunch. Ingrajeet took us to an all you can eat type place where they load all different kinds of Indian food on your plate. It basically gives you a taste on India in one meal. the food was alright I thought.. Justin loved it! Very spicy though.. Next we went to D Mart.. basically it's similar to a Smith's Marketplace or a Target. We were so intrigued by the Indian products and labeling. We got some souveniers for family and friends, then left to go to the Big Bazaar. The Big Bazaar is a 3 story building, similar to a smaller Costco. We had a lot of fun walking around the building. I tried on a Sari and really liked it, but I didn't end up getting it. We seriously feel like exotic animals here. Everytime we walk into a room or area, everyone stops dead in their tracks and just watches us. Crazy.

Our last stop was a very very nice resort called "madhubhan." We literally forgot we were in India while we were touring the resort. It was SOOO NICE! I took tons of pictures so I will try and post some, but it hasn't been working lately. The grounds at this place were beautiful. Very well kept. The spa was immaculet. We are considering having a spa day here soon and going back to the Madhubhan Resort.

We got home after a long day of shopping and eating. We ordered some chai tea to our room, then went to bed early. We woke up a few hours later (it was 10 pm) and we were a little hungry. Justins stomach was pretty upset from all the spice, so he ordered a mild americanized dish of Stroganoff.. I ordered some Tandoori chicken with some buttered naan. Yum :) We went back to bed and crashed the rest of the night. Wow we have gotten so much sleep here in India. :) Kinda nice.

This morning I got my blood tested again and got 2 more injections. Then Mr. Ingrajeet took us to a little breakfast place which was awesome!! The men serving us were so funny.. they asked to take a picture of us :) Anyway, we tried some awesome food. The Chutney sauce was my favorite. they put it on top of a deep fried roll. Sounds weird, but it was delicious. We took lots of pics of the food and we'll be sure to post them :)