New Delhi

We have been in New Delhi for three days now and it is nothing like I expected. I have not seen any shockingly poor people and have only spotted one (possible) leper. The roads are crazy; we left the Defense Colony for the first time today and when there are two lanes painted on the road, there are three lanes of cars. Tuesday, our first day here, we went into the little market here and had a lecture. Wednesday we had two lectures, all in the hotel. Today was very hectic. I haven't been able to sleep much and it's really catching up with me. We had our first authentic Indian bureaucracy experience when we went to register our visas. It took five hours of standing in lines and getting things stamped and signed, but mostly just waiting. I talked to a Thai monk for an hour which was definitely the high point. We went shopping when we were finally finished with the visa thing and I bought my first salwar kameez.
Tomorrow morning we leave for Mussoorie. It will be an eight hour bus ride, the last hour up a steep mountain road from Dehra Dun (check your maps!). It is supposed to be much cooler there which will be an amazing change- it was in the 90s today with probably 100% humidity.

-Sarah