They beat the sh*t out of the clothes on concrete slabs, pour bleach on things and dip the whites in lovely blue chemicals. We are still amazed, that both here and in Africa, there are hundreds of jobs that have been eliminated in the West by the use of machines like, oh a traffic light, washing machine, lawn mower (in Africa, a common job is hacking grass with a machete).Mysore is a pretty cool town. Today we went to Mysore Palace which was spectacular. Plus...note my cool new Indian outfit in the picture (I'm trying to blend....hahahahahahahah)
The food here is great, we've been gorging on thalis, dosas and chai. Dan has discovered "barfi" a milk and sugar sweet that he's eating by the pound. We are staying at a hotel that costs a grand total of $6 a night -- I think it's a step above the now infamous "19 bars of soap" hotel that my brother Mike and his girlfriend Jackie stayed at a few weeks ago in Central America (If you haven't checked out their blog about the bike trip there is a link on the right).
The other big news is that my parents have decided that since 2 out of 3 kids are out of the country, that they should join the fun. They just booked a flight to India to join us for a while at the end of October.
Finally, I know that many of you have been to India before. Please post comments with your favorite places, hotels etc. We love travel advice.
P.S. Dan and I have both now finished reading Harry Potter... so let the on-line discussion begin. Will there be another book? Are all the people who are dead, really dead? Who would name a child Hugo?
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you heard that JK Rowling said she's going to write a HP encyclopedia right? other than that, no more books. apparently she's already working on a new, non harry potter book.
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