After getting some long needed sleep we all woke up to get our complimentary breakfast. It was very similar to the one we had grown so accustomed to with toast, omelets and curry of some sort. The only thing that differed was the man who seemed to in charge of the toaster. He wouldn’t let anyone make their own toast or even take bread for themselves, he strongly insisted that we sit down and he would bring what we wanted to us. This is something that I definitely can’t see myself getting used to. Our day started with a bus ride through the mountains which was beautiful and made me want to be in Puerto Rico. When we arrived at our destination there were elephants everywhere. FINALLY, my chance to ride one. The rides themselves were rather expensive as far as rupees go and they were extremely short. Lizzy also ruined any chance she had of joining PETA and had to go against her own morals for the tourist/culturally unique experience.
The rest of the day would be spent driving around and visiting shops, watching our driver bribe cops and looking at tea crops. The mountains were amazing and random stops for photo ops were a regular occurrence. We even visited a hydroelectric where we snapped some more photos and Lizzy bought nonalcoholic wine. By the end were all dead tired and brave enough to try the ice cream and mac n cheese offered through room service. But it wasn’t over yet!
We were scheduled to view another (supposedly better) version of the play we viewed at the New Year’s celebration and an Indian martial arts display. The play was only more boring the second time, although I feel like I have a firmer grasp on the storyline. The martial arts portion was the best part and I took a lot of pictures of the moves and styles they displayed with the various weapons. By the end of it professor Jerry got swindled out of 200 rupees and was very upset.
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