New Experiences

I knew that India would provide many new and different experiences.  Since I arrived last Friday, I:

• Was left in charge of a room of twenty 2 to 6 year olds.  They don’t know English and they know I don’t know Hindi or Marathi
• Saw five people riding a motorcycle (child, father, small child, baby, mother)
• Passed cows, goats, pigs, and stray dogs on the way to work
• Piled four people into a rickshaw and seven people into a regular-sized car in the same night like it was a completely normal thing to do
• Negotiated my curfew so I could stay out after 11:30 on a Saturday night
• Befriended a gecko in my room
• Paid less than $5 for a nice dinner, delicious ice cream, and a rickshaw
• Thought I was really sunburned or tan, only to spend 5 minutes washing red and brown dust off my feet to reveal my pale, pale skin.