Later Bihar

So Sunday we had church and we wore our sweet India outfits. The full garb. We actually looks pretty sweet. Ill try to post some more pics. People wished us well from the church. We took some pics and then ate and changed. It was a pretty low key day and we finished packing wow… we got a lotta sutff

Father asked us if we want to go to the big bazaar. Yes. Why not. Haha. So this is like a 4 story shopping mall with some really cool stores. The security here was greater than any of the bus or train stations we have entered. Metal detectors, bomb wands, each store had a private guard in it. They open the door for you and take your bags, giving u a ticket, idk if its to prevent you from stealing or so u don’t have to carry them. Either way very top of the line service. America, take note they do it up right here in India.

So the place is brand new and they have so many stores that are un occupied already, and plans for a movie theater up stairs. But starting on the ground floor, there is a 3 story big bazaar food store. Crazy right! No cameras, no bags. Cell phones off. Seriously this was cool. Until we got inside. It was like black Friday, India style. People everywhere, buying everything. I got dizzy. Mary Ellen got lost. Father got confused. We went to all three stores, it was kinda like a Walmart mixed with a junk store, compressed and elevated. Food, clothes, and furniture were all over the store! They had food where u had to order from one counter pick it up from another and eat in another spot. What!! Let’s play the confuse the American game. Seriously. We don’t know what were ordering, help us out, please! So we ordered a potato stuffed thing, awesome, then a veg stuffed thing, super good, then a deep fried thing with spices and no discernable veggies or meat, so good. Then we ate this creamy flaky thing that was super rich we couldn’t finish. We made a scene. And it was funny.

The rest of the day was pretty drab, had dinner. Said our goodbyes. Went to the train station, yah this was the day of the biggg crashes. We got really lucky it didn’t affect us. We were only a few hrs late leaving. Many trains got cancelled. It was reported as terrorism, but many people seem to view it just as an unfortunate event at the fault of the conductor. We were very happy it wasn’t our train. These things happen tho… nothing is perfect… On board and in our seats we locked our luggage up and made up our beds, I got top bunk again, lovely, and passed out.

Peace out bihar, its been real.

Oh I almost forgot I left a little present for Anand (Anon, my friend with polio who helped us incredibly in Bihar) We shared a bond words can’t explain, but will have to, just not today. Another day, another blog, another item on the bucket list.