india

Jesse ran all the way up to the top so he could take pictures of us. We had a blast!

We ordered way too much food here. Indian food is good and filling! Sitting at the table next to us was a woman from Wisconsin. We hardly ever see Americans- much less one from our home state.

We got back to the hotel and there were bells ringing, a man singing and a few of the workers walked back to this temple next to the main building where a man was praying and lighting candles.

We ended up staying up HERE for longer than we thought- because of the monkeys and the hike. So, we watched the sun go down- then quickly descended so we wouldn’t be totally in the dark on the way back to the hotel. You have to be careful, but not paranoid. People are always telling us that foreigners should go here, don’t go there, ‘you’ll like this,’ etc. I have some good travel advice- beware of people telling you that it’s too hot for kids or the trek is too long (hard, whatever) or the hotel is not good for you, etc. A lot of the time, the person trying to ‘help’ you is actually trying to make money off of you somehow. You have to trust your gut!
We like to be on our own and figure things out by ourselves- plus that’s when the most authentic moments with local people happen. While trying to find the entrance to the pathway up- local people were running out of their houses, saying hello and pointing us in the right direction. The people echo us a lot, too. I said, “Oh my gosh!” when a bunch of goats were heading for us and my Wisconsin accent came out pretty strong. A teenage boy sitting on a big rock next to the path, kept repeating it. Funny.

For people who don’t watch the tv show Seinfeld- there was an episode where Elaine (one of the characters) thinks she has a big head because a bird flew into it at the park. In this picture, you can see a bird getting extremely close to my head- so I got a bit self conscious myself!