hanging in delhi

well, glad to report there is not much going on!

i am getting a little cold so i feel a bit achy, tired, and sniffly so i am just taking it easy.


kora did show up this morning, knocking at my door, and it has been fun to see her in delhi. we went to the jain bird hospital, one of my favorite places. it is very sweet to see the jains taking care of all the birds. (the jains are a religious group who believe in harming no one or no thing, very lovely.) we saw a couple of hawks, some parrots, parakeets, pigeons (both "pets" and wild), and some crows. i lvoe crows, they are so sassy. the hawks just looked pissed. this place has been in my mind ever since i saw it last, and it was good to go back. while we were there, two young boys brought in a sick bird and they looked very proud of themselves.

then we went and checked out the jama masjid, a huge muslim temple. we didn't go inside though because we had cameras and it cost rs300 to go inside with a camera. it was a beautiful building though. the grounds were still quite messy and stinky due to the large number of goats and devotees that were there last week. umm, i am wondering if this pic has been seriously photoshopped, though, as the temple is actually quite dirtier and messier looking than is appears here. maybe just all the people are covering up the squalor that is there in real life.

then we went on over to connaught place, the area that was designed and developed byt he british. not much happening there for us today, but i wanted to show kora where to go shopping, as she was a little jealous of the lovely clothes i bought there last week, just as i thought she would be. (i am sure she would deny this, however.)

i must report that my fingrnails are still growing quite nicely. for those of you who don't know, i have been an active nail-biter my whole life, and this is the 1st time my nails have been long enough to paint with a color! it is very exciting for me, so i went and bought some sparkly pink polish yesterday to help show them off. very nice.

i bought a train ticket to ahmedebad today, am looking forward to going there because it is the connection city to bhuj, my final destination on this leg of the trip. bhuj is very far away, after a 15 hour train ride, i have about 8 hrs more on the bus. but it will be worth it to go see all the lovely hanidcrafts being made in the villages. i am excited! i have been there beofre, but i feel this time as a grown-up and someone working in the crafts field it will be much more of an enriching experience for me. we'll see.

see ya!
best to all,
jo