a few of my favorites so far

I have taken so many pictures. Here are just a few.

Oh ya know, just having a moment with superman.Outside the Russian Airport.

This picture adequately depicts how much my mom and I didn't sleep.

I don't really know what this is. I'm being serious. I think it's important, though.

It's RED SQUARE.

The freakin' sweeeet hat I bought in Russia.
The Taj Mahal.
Kam charming a cobra. What you can't see is my mom freaking out behind me.

Little magician boy.
Just chillin in the ancient jacuzzi at Amber Fort.
Second try to get to Kathmandu after the weather forced us to turn back to Delhi.

Stuffed in the Taxi.

So glad to see these little missionaries.

Day 6: Jaipur

In Jaipur we saw the Pink City, Amber Fort, some little temple thing, and some other place where we saw things that they used to keep time and find horoscopes. Oh yeah, the Observatory. Pretty cool. And then we went to City Palace and saw the Water Palace.

This whole day was pretty cool but nothing beats the Taj Mahal. Bullets.

• Pink City really is pink.
• Amber fort is not made out of Amber.
• I got a dot on my forehead in the temple thing.
• Sat in an ancient "jacuzzi" at Amber Fort.
• Kam charmed a cobra. He even wore a little hat and played some kind of flute.
• Two little boys gave us a magic show. One claimed us when we got out of the car and when the other came up to steal his claim they got into a major fight. Our guide (who was crazy) told them that they had to split whatever they got. During the magic show, three balls got sent to Mumbai, Delhi, and Agra but then they returned. Also, a rupee disappeared and magically appeared in my ear. He had me blow on a knife and a flower opened up right in my face. I LOVE LITTLE MAGICIANS. they so cool.
• I honestly can't remember and I don't want to refer to my journal.
• I do remember that Singh (our guide) was obsessed with the camera and kept saying stuff like, "My turn" and "I will now take a picture". Crazy.

Day 5: India (Agra - Taj Mahal)

We woke up very early (it didn't even feel early though because the time here moves sooo slowly) and headed off to the Taj Mahal. YEEEAHHHH.

THE. TAJ. MAHAL.

It was possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life. We were able to see it at sunrise, and you should have seen how incredibly beautiful it was.

No, I didn't take this picture. I'm just sick of my blog looking bland. I googled this.

The Taj Mahal is all about love. Shah Jahan built it for his favorite wife after she died in child birth of her fourteenth child (or according to Slumdog Millionaire, a tragic car accident). Shah Jahan asked her what he could do to show her that he loved her more than anything in the world. I can't remember what she said... but this is the result. It took 22 YEARS to complete. I love Shah Jahan because he was so awesome. He even built a mosque on the side for his workers, and in order to keep the perfect symmetry (I'm not kidding it's freakin perfect) he built a similar building on the other side.

I could go on and on about how much I LOVE the Taj Mahal. Inside are the tombs of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan. It's a huge symbol of love. One of Shah Jahan's sons imprisoned him and killed his brothers so that he could take the throne, and all that Shah Jahan wanted was to be somewhere where he could see the Taj. The colors inside are not paint. They are stones.

GOOGLED again. SO AWESOME.

Anyways, we went back to the hotel, swam, packed, went to the shop where the descendants of the artisans that did the inlay work in the Taj Mahal are still doing the same art (AMAZINGGG) and headed off for Jaipur.

I just read what I wrote and it really has no flow haha. WHATEV.

Day 4: India (Agra)

INDIA IS THE BOMB DIZZLE.

I'm gonna do bullet points because they are easy on the eyes and I'm lazy.

Day 4:

• Driving here is crazy. You don't drive in the lines because that would just be a crazy thing to do. Also, when you honk, it's not because of anger. Honking is simply saying, "I'm here, right by you, and I'm going to pass you. So move."
• If you go to McDonalds here, get a Chicken Maharaja Mac. I didn't get that but that's beside the point.
• Women make houses out of cow dung.
• Hotel: Jaypee Palace (I think...) Gave us some type of lei made out of jasmine and rose water to drink. My mom couldn't drink it because she's weak sauce but Kam and I downed them.
• Take a nap after flying a bazillion hours. Seriously.
• Agra fort is freeeeaking awesome. Pictures later.
• When I got out of the car at Agra Fort a street vendor followed me and said, "I think I will name you Lily." So you may now call me Lily.
• If you're tall, thin, and American, Indian people will want to take pictures with you.
• This boy came up to me and said, "One copy please?" He led me to his family where his brother wanted a picture with me while his family stood off to the side giggling and his mom snapped our picture. Nitin said, "They think she is like Demi Moore."
• Rug factory. So coooool! I took a video for future viewing pleasure and memories. Takes about 6 months for two people to make a decently big one.
• If you plug in your straightener, and it causes the power to go out, don't do it again... because of course the same thing is going to happen!! And then your straightener is dead. Yes, that was my mom who did that.