Unforgettable India...

So, I've just finished my first two weeks in India. I tried to listen to all the advice I was given before I went. Really I did. Some of it actually proved to be true... But at the end of the day, I've discovered that you just have to experience things for yourself, learn a few things the hard way, and go with the flow. This is what I have learned about India

What I loved about India:

1. Boys on bikes
2. Thali (the first time)
3. Sacred Cows
4. Painted goats
5. Elephants
6. The Taj Mahal
7. TRAFFIC!!!!
8. Entire families all squeezed onto a single moped
9. Water Buffaloes
10. Roundabouts

What I hated about India:

1. Children living in absolute squallor
2. Pollution
3. Garbage, garbage everywhere
4. Open sewers
5. Public urination
6. Touts
7. Thali (the millionth time)

What I liked best about India is that everything happens at street level from the mundane (and profane) to the sacred, you can see it all happpen, in every village, town and city. I am so glad I'm going back to India before I go back home... The picture I've included is the sun rising on the Ganges in Varanasi.