I've been learning more Hindi since my last post and I've definitely got the essentials - "How much" and "too expensive"! These came in really useful at the market today where I did some serious haggling on some goods! The market was really bright and sold loads of authentic goods and was exactly the kind of thing that i was expecting to see in India - wood carvings, handpainted papers and loads of bright materials.
I had a Yoga class yesterday too which was really good, I can see myself taking it up when i get back to England, it was soooo relaxing! Our instructor was really flexy and it was just unbelieveable to see some of his moves. We also did a bit of classical indian dance today which was also pretty interesting and we all had a good laugh trying to do it ourselves at the end. I also got to watch a Bollywood movie. There wasn't as much upbeat song and dance as i was expecting but it was still really good as it showed some of the main problems of corrupton n the Indian polical system. I'm also now more aware of the caste systeme, which is really unfair i think, as it completely segregates people into different classes from birth and the low classes just have no say or anything in the system, whereas university places and good jobs are reserved for people of the highest caste!
Anyway I'm looking forward to the next couple of days, particularly Saturday as that's when I'll visit Agra, where the famous Taj Mahal is situated!
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