Hampi- elephants need baths too

Took a little vacation over the weekend. My insomnia made it so I was the only one awake on the 8 hour, night, bus ride to and from- but I guess it was worth it when we got to bathe and be bathed by an elephant! In an Indian river! (Not to mention it was a "holy" elephant)

(Yes my eyes are closed in this picture.)

Hampi is an amazing city. It is right in the middle of ancient ruins and monkeys roam the streets... Charming really.

Now time to get back to work.

Have an elephant squirt me in the face. Check. 

Here's what we are up to:

Still working on getting our big projects together and I'm researching women's issues here in India so I can bring "Proud to be a Girl" here too.

We are in the research phase for a lot go things but are already doing some cool things like:

-almost getting hit by cars everytime we cross the street 

-seeing Bollywood movies

-teaching summer classes to children 

-Lydia and I are painting a mural at a school 

-getting randomly invited to people's weddings 

-and sweating a lot!!!!  

 That's not even the half of it and there's more craziness to come :) 

CONTRAST

The fist word that came to my mind about India is "contrast". Every corner you turn there is something new and different. From camels walking through a busy, crazy, city to vast dry lands in the slums... People, houses, cars, everything is so colorful here. It's fascinating and magical. Everything looks like a perfect picture- problem is I haven't really taken many photos yet, but they are soon to come!

Just wanted you all to know that we are alive and well in India and found wifi! 

Ps we probably had our most succesfull 36 hour journey to a foreign country yet! It was a long but flawless entry, pretty proud of myself ;)