Chris sent me the link, and I have been lapping up my first ever blog - I don't have the bug to travel myself, but it's a trip to wander through your pics and posts. Will share with Gram and Papa when they are here tonight for dinner. love from yr Aunt
Amanda
The people who built the mosque basically destroyed the offensive parts--they carved off the faces and nakedness.
Mom
The statistical comparison of China and India was great since we were in China fairly recently. Fascinating.
Who has covered up or erased the offensive parts of Hindu temples?
Mom
You didn't say when you might be available to call. Just call when you can from Thursday night our time to Friday night our time. I will be home from Thursday at 6 pm on to Friday night.
Amanda
Mom, that is the day we come back to Chennai from Delhi so I'm not sure when I could call, but I can try. Noah will be on a different flight so it will probably be just me. We are currently at 9:42pm on Tuesday night while I believe you are at 12:17pm on Tuesday morning. The half hour difference is weird.
Lynne
Sounds like you guys are having a blast.
Mom
I will stay home all day and night Friday, March 14, if you want to call from India on that day.
Courtney Hamme
YAY! I really liked the photos this time around! Lots of animals and skydiving! AWESOME! I hope to do that some day too! Also, as I was looking at the photos, I thought, "What if they really aren't traveling at all, but are actually sitting at home and photoshopping themselves into random pictures from the internet and making up a blog?!" Then I decided that the hynea smiling at me was so cute that I lost focus and went back to looking at pictures....ha! Keep all of us posted! :)
Kim
Hey, Amanda! Thanks for the post card from Brazil. I will try to get my act together soon to get you some "real" mail. :) It sounds like you're having such an amazing time...Chad is telling me that he and I need to find a way to do Semester at Sea. ;)
Amanda
Thanks for the comments and reading about our adventures. We're getting ready to leave Mauritius tonight so we'll update on our time here soon.
Gmail almost never works for some reason so it is better if you send me messages through this. They go to my gmail and to this site too so I can actually read them.
Thanks for the real mail! Lois has pretty good handwriting. Mom, I can call you from the ship but it costs $20 for 13 minutes. On land we can try getting a calling card to call you. Otherwise, it is the $4 charge for you to call the ship. Yes, I would be able to watch a DVD if you sent one. We'd love some episodes of Lost as we have only been able to upload the first two episodes of this season.
Lots more programs to plan--Mr. Semester at Sea is this Sunday so we'll see how that goes.
Grandad, glad you were able to catch up. Expect more postcards.
Mom
Oh, look at this, Amanda!!!! Our wonderful Gus. What a treat that he is following your trip. We miss you and love you, Gus!!!