this is going to have to be a short one even though i have so much to tell. we made it to jaipur, it took about 6 hours including stops at these beautiful outdoor restaurants and sadly enough a mcdonalds. (don't hate me ian, i had to choice in the matter, but their veggie burgers here taste just like falafel.) we drove through miles of mustard seed fields which are these beautiful yellow flowers and a mountain range older than the Himalayas. beautiful. we've been staying at the rajasthan hotel, and i've been having some new experiences for sure. such as bucket showers. the bathrooms are huge and the "shower" has no curtain so i am just out in the open dumping cold water from a bucket to get the soap off. its really so fun and hilarious when i think about what i'm doing. we made it to our school today, which is in a (slightly) quieter part of jaipur and its in the second floor of a house, and its got a huge sunny outdoor patio and a room of just pillows and rugs. some things are scary, like the traffic and the honking (which is used to just say "i'm behind you" and not "i'm mad," which is hard to get used to) and camels, elephants, and cows all over the place. but i'm really in love with it, today we even accidentally met the second in command of the biggest university (over 500,000 students!) in rajasthan (the state i'm in) and we are hopefully setting up conversations between some of his students and us. so many people are willing to help you, its such a warm culture. and its beautiful here, today there isn't a cloud in the sky and probably around 75 degrees. well i'm off, going back for my last day in the hotel, tomorrow i move in with my host family!
love you all sooo much!
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I am doing my best to keep up with every day you post and I really love seeing/reading what you are because I think this experience is going to be so life changing for you. It is amazing to read that there are elephants everywhere outside of a zoo and that it doesn't overwhelm you, and if it does then you hide it well. I love you Sarah and goodluck with school. Don't fall in love with it too much over there to the point you don't want to come home and spend time with me gossiping and watching awesome Disney movies. I miss you!
awh kayla i miss you so much baby, and i promise as much as i love it here, there is no way i could give up disney nights with you. how's school going?
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