O.K so it's a few days in and I'm still enjoying myself. I'm starting to feel a bit more at home and things don't seem as crazy as before although it's still weird how people are staring at us and asking us if we'll be in their photographs!
I met the British High Comissioner last night in his huge, posh residence and got to 'mingle' with some people who are backing the programme which was really good. I also got to play with the dog in the field of a garden! :)
I had my first Hindi lesson in india today and it was really good, I can say a few things like 'what is your name?' and introductions so it won't be long until I'm fluent! I'm also a huge fan of air-con now as we're all sweaty betties in 45 degrees!
I learned all about hinduism and Buddhism today and the lady who was teaching us was so good she almost had me converted! The only thing holding me back is that you aren't allowed to have too many desires like... getting good grades and a well paid job so that ruled it out for me! ;)
The food's good and everything is soooo cheap so naturally i'm loving it and can't wait to get to Bangalore to start some souvenir hunting! All of my fellows are a great bunch so I'm having a great time at the minute and every day it seems like I see something that amazes me.
For example, yesterday we were driving along and on this dirty street corner at the side of a motorway there were about 15 children all naked pouring buckets of water over their heads to wash and when they noticed us all started dancing and waving at us on the bus when they were totally naked which was pretty odd!
I'm not sure exactly what my expectations were before this programme but so far I'm seeing a really ancient and diverse culture here. One minute we're at really impressive pices of architecture such as the Lotus temple and the next we could be walking past groups of people sleeping on the street under nets. I'm surprised by how hospitable people are being and I can't wait for the next few days which have a lot more activities packed in!
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