i will be an actual tourist for the next month. i'll try to check email, but i'm not promising anything. you can get my phone number from my mom if you want to call, it's free incoming for me. ok bye.

ok. here's my very rough and basic itinerary for october traveling: 7th: pune to delhi flight delhi to chandrigarh to aut to himacha stay in hotel at foothills of himalayas, hiking, visit hot springs, stay at a german bed and breakfast? 12th: himachal to chandrigarh by bus then to delhi 13th: bangalore to tholpetty (wild life reserve, hiking) 16th: tholpetty to kalicut to kochi (a lot of neat architecture...

last night i wrote a silly poem instead of doing the huge amount of homework i have to finish before i enoy my october travels. it went a little like this: india. mosquitos biting. sliding in dog s***. trash bins that make american garbage seem beautifully fragrant (really i can't tell you how bad indian trash smells). ai force feeding. men staring, believing the "free sex" stereotype of american women. too much rice. child...

tomorrow, i was planning on witnessing rosh hashanah in the red temple (the synagogue here) but, unfortunately, acm students must audition to be extras in brad pitt and angelina jolie's new film that is being shot here in pune. i guess they need foreigners.

i've really been neglecting this journal. i'm sorry. lately i've only had a few moments in the net cafe, so no time to write. and lately i haven't really been in the mood to write either. battling homesickness. eh...i'll be home in 83 days. it'll go by in a flash...right? and i'll be traveling for all of october and afterwords i'll be working on my project like mad. time will go by quickly enough and once i set foot in fairfield, i'm sure i'll be longing f...