India revisited

As promised, more info on India...

My overall impression is that it is a dirty country and some people live in deep poverty. I will always remember the people who came up to our car every time we stopped and would tap on the windows begging for money. Being white we were a magnet for the beggers, and there were a lot. I was warned that people would try to take advantage of us, but it didn't make it any less of a shock to the system. But expect for overpaying for a few things and having my mom's wallet w very little in it stolen everything went smoothly.

In fact I don't think i have lived nicer at any point in my life. We stayed in the nicest hotels I have ever been in. Living in luxury was a weird dichotomy from the poverty we were seeing, but it was a treat from my Peace Corps living style. One hotel particulary stands out in my mind. It was the Kings summer palace in Udapur. And it was smack dab in the middle of a big lake. Not on an island- the palace looked like it was floating on water. All made of marble w turrets and courtyards. They even had a man playing the flute that echoed around the gardens.