From Tro-Tros to Tuk-Tuks

Emily here! Can't let Colin post everything. So... India. This blog
is pretty late, but I won't apologize, because after India, we had
four days on the ship before Singapore, and then two days on the ship
before Vietnam. I've been a busy beaver.

Let's see. We docked in Cochin (or Cochi, Kochin, or Kochi depending
on how you feel), which is in the southwest of India. It's pretty hot
there... and also humid. But the city was really interesting and
there was a lot to see. I took my first tuk-tuk (rickshaw) and it was
quite an adventure. We fell into a stupid tourist trap and went to a
government-sponsored store. This was accidental; we wanted to go to a
market on the street because things are quite cheap there, but tuk-tuk
drivers get paid to take tourists to expensive stores. So there we
were. I spent too much money and I don't want to talk about it.

The next day, I left on an SAS trip to Agra and Jaipur. Some SAS
trips are terrible because of the people who surround you. Luckily,
this was not one of them. I was fortunate to have a few good friends
on this trip and it was a blast. We took a plane from Cochin to
Delhi, where we saw a lot of monuments and old...things. Buildings?
I don't know. One was the oldest mosque in India, which was really
neat. I should have written this earlier because I don't remember a
lot of things.