Famous in a Small Town

Today was super busy. We started our morning off with a large breakfast consisting of lots of fruit, toast and eggs. We all needed to do a little bit more shopping so we went to a big department store called Sartha’s and to some surrounding shops. Ali and I went there the first weekend after we saw Rock Fort, but the other two hadn’t been so it was fun to take them. Once again we all bought a ton of stuff at hardly any cost. Gifts for everyone! For lunch we decided to try a restaurant that we drive by every day called Arab Spice. The food was delicious! We all ordered something different to share, including the traditional Indian drink, Lassi. We were told we needed to try one, so I’m glad we finally had the chance.  It pretty much tasted like very sweet melted yogurt. We also got a bread basket which consisted of a ton of different Indian breads, probably the best decision we could have made. The bread was amazing. I hate that I can’t bring fresh bread home for everyone to try.

 

Here's a picture of Lassi. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures while we were eating a Spice, so this one is from the internet.

 

After Spice, we were taken to a rural village that Bishop Heber helps take care of. They provide the people with healthcare, an education, agriculture, and fix up their village to make it a nicer place to live. We were given a nice tour by Ravi who once lived there. As soon as we showed up, everyone flocked to our car. We felt kind of famous. The children in the village absolutely adored us and wanted their pictures taken. The same 2 little boys wanted to be in every single picture we took, so that made it a little difficult. Every step we took it was either “What’s your name?” or “Picture”. That might be some of the only English they knew, but they knew it pretty well. We went into a couple houses to see what the typical Indian home looks like. Each house consisted of one room where eating, sleeping, cooking, socializing, pretty much everything occurs.

Here’s a picture of Dawn trying to go through a door. The door frames were very small because as you probably know the average height of an Indian is much less than that of an American. .

It was very hard to get candid shots because once the kids knew we were taking a picture of someone, they had to run and get in. This little girl was super cute playing with her paper and pencil, unfortunately this is the best picture I could get.

This was their main water source. The women fill up their buckets here and carry it back to their homes.

Here a woman was cooking dinner outside of her house. Typically we saw the stoves in the homes.

If the family had a bed, this is what it looked like. Sadly we did not see many beds.

The next 3 pictures were taken inside the home. The house was one big room where everything took place.

This is from the inside of the house. These kids, plus the four of us was about all that could fit in the house.

I just thought this little boy was adorable playing with his candy.

This is 3 of the trouble makers who had to get into every picture.

We then came back to the Hostel, enjoyed a nice little dinner and sat around and watched Little Miss Sunshine. We had a nice relaxing evening after such a busy day.