so we arrived in fort kochi two days ago after a 24hr car ride.... we opted to hire a driver due to time restictions. they said it woudl only take 14hrs ahahahha.... i tell u i had long distance driving... and ofcourse when ur inteh acr with same people for 24hrs things get a little testy. The driver also had a wedding to get back to at noon the following day dont know how he was going to do it cos he droped us off at 8pm at night.... but we made it.. we manag...

ah ruines...

so we made it to GOA after a 14hr train ride.. it wasnt that made we wer in the AC comparment and had a wonderful family opposite us from MUMBAI...got wonken up at 2am inthe morning with them coming in. Prior to them coming on bard there was a man with his 5 yr old duaghter in there seats he apparently works for the railway as a check collector and get free seats but needs to move seat to seat where there is avalibility. we they came on he had no seat for about 1...

ok so after a 13 hr train trip a and then a taxi to the hotel which cost 700rps and then the hotel to cost 550rps for a basic room and share bathromm i deim mumbai F***'n expensive. so on my forst night i stayed at the maria lodge very basic, buget accomodation thats way over priced but its in the Colaba district so im pretty close to everything... Mumbai has amazing achitecture from the museums, high courts, trains stations cathedrals and parks as u walk around...

Namaste Everyone, Hope everyone is doing well. I thought Id give you a brief update on my status (when the site says "we are in ...." it really should mean Niki is in where ever and I am stuck in Kharagpur). Even though Id much rather be traveling with her, things have gotten much better around campus and I am starting to really enjoy my time here. Ill give you a detailed update later but for short - I moved into a much better aka cleaner, room than th...