I have now left the state of Rajasthan and spent most of the last week in Delhi. I was so blessed to stay with a wonderful family that I met on the plane coming into India! They showed me the best hospitality and really took me in as one of them. It was great to be able to relax & have fun with them. They had to kids who are 12 & 14 years old and a dog even crazier than Pongo! I did fit in some sightseeing too - the Red Fort, Qutb Minar (both Mughal re...

Wow! I've packed a lot into a short amount of time! Sorry its been a week since I last wrote... After Jaipur I went back to visit my friends in Pushkar (although I didnt go into the town itself) and helped on a nearby farm picking roses, making chai & milking the cow! Also visited the local school. These are the things I love! Much better than being a "tourist". Nice to see them again :) Then I moved on to Jodhpur (the blue city that wasnt really ...

Wow! I've packed a lot into a short amount of time! Sorry its been a week since I last wrote... After Jaipur I went back to visit my friends in Pushkar (although I didnt go into the town itself) and helped on a nearby farm picking roses, making chai & milking the cow! Also visited the local school. These are the things I love! Much better than being a "tourist". Nice to see them again :) Then I moved on to Jodhpur (the blue city that wasnt really ...

Wow! I've packed a lot into a short amount of time! Sorry its been a week since I last wrote... After Jaipur I went back to visit my friends in Pushkar (although I didnt go into the town itself) and helped on a nearby farm picking roses, making chai & milking the cow! Also visited the local school. These are the things I love! Much better than being a "tourist". Nice to see them again :) Then I moved on to Jodhpur (the blue city that wasnt really ...

I am now in Jaipur, exhausted (it's been go go go!), after finishing my time volunteering. It was very sad to leave Jhalrapatan - the kids, my Indian friends and the place I could call home for a month. I went here with 3 of my volunteer friends who are great. Gonna miss them! In the last week in the vlllage we put on a school concert for all the parents (mainly mothers came) to make them proud of their children and show how important school is. And we used the...