Saw a biodiversity site with over 87 different types of trees. They don’t kill mosquitoes there. They embrace nature to the fullest extend and reuse and recycle just about everything.
Went into town multiple times buying different items and just seeing. Seeing all the people, the items for sale, the commotion, the tranquility, the city of patna. Got a couple gifts for family and friends.
Went to Patna’s market, this big bazaar area selling all kinds of Indian clothes and accessories. Mary Ellen got an authentic Indian out fit, well 2 one pre made, and another customs made. Looks sweet. I got something to. Its called a Kutah Pajamma. Google it. Or just wait…
so weve been to this granary thing called golgar. Its this giant concrete structure that has super steep stairs, goes up like 200 feet and u can see a lot of the city, through the smog and all! It really doesn’t deserve more than a sentence description
Ive gotten bit by more misquitos this week than the whole rest of the trip. There is so much standing water from the monsoons. Some part of my body look like I have chicken pox. Luckily, where not in a malaria area! Children play in swampy areas aka sewage runoff that piles up. They do this naked. Diving and playing with Styrofoam pieces of discard packing material.
Had dinner at the arch bishop’s house. Really cool guy.
Met and got interviewed by this American woman from Harvard about my mango eating abilities (and other stuff im doing in India) for her documentary. I also met a very old American Father, Father Kennely a very influential figure in India.
The name escapes me, but I met one of the owners and founders of Garmeen Bank. Big fellow
I talk like some of the fathers here, using they’re expressions. ‘my goodness’ ‘and ‘that is that’ to name a few.
Did laundry today. Ive done laundry 3 times? Maybe 4 times in 8.5 weeks J I brought too many pairs of boxers and too many socks. Ive washed each like twice.
I ate my second of 4 protein bars because I skipped breakfast, intentionally to get more sleep. Im suffering from insomnia some nights.
Last week when we went into town with Anand (pronounced Anon), we went to this hotel restaurant to have lunch. I got soup, and ordered 4 other things, and a beer. Mary Ellen got three things and a beer as did Anand. I had no idea what I ordered, or what I was eating. One dish was like a calzone kinda thing, one dish was beef? Another was potatoes. All these were soaked in oil and chilies. I was sweating. Then at the end you eat sugar and these seeds and it tastes like black licorice, but better. Oh and the bill with drinks was 1007Rs aprox $25. We had enough to easily feed a family of 7. Each plate was 40-200RS (max) ($1-$4.5) And we were all so stuffed, we could hardly move.
Shortly after, we went shopping again. I don’t fit in any of the clothes here. Im no skinny guy, but I mean 1 in every 8 or so shirts ‘fits’ meaning I can A, get my arms in the opening, B, can fit my shoulders in it C, button it closed. But most of the shirts are old fat man shirts. Yuck. Zero design and already smell like old man. All the people here are rail skinny. Ive seen one gym that makes hotel gyms look like 24hr Fitness. A large size here is like a small medium. A XL is like a medium large. A XXL is an average large. Sweet. Each story carries about 5 XXL
Soon thereafter, there was a row of sweet shops, so we went in. they dint have power. Oh yah neither did the restaurant for half the time we were there. The guy let us try a few things, then we bought a few of the most random and tried them. Veryyy interesting. We continued this for about 2-3 shops then had sugar overload… like hyper happy 7yr old child toys’r’us for the first time. Where the riddlin? My goodness
Because of these meals, I had, dia…errr well the runs for about 2.5 days, took an AD pill (anti-diarrhea pill) then was constipated for the next 4 days (terrible trip to budah gayah. My stomach was turning. The roads were the worst ones yet. I hit my head on the ceiling of the car.) So then Mary Ellen gave me an anti constipation pill. Well that’s a relief, not! Well it was, but enough is enough. No more pills for a few days. So today I went on a liquid diet eating chicken noodle soup (thanks Mary Ellen) and then for dinner, I broke it and at rabbit from our rabbit pen (mom, a rabbit pen is where the rabbits are kept) YUM. Little gamey and soo many bones.
I leave this place in less than 48 hrs. wow. Im gonna miss it. Im sure its gonna miss us too. A lot. Were friends with several shop owners now. Although they don’t know exactly who we are ;)
I'm about to start a very interesting journey to the south then back to the north. I will be hiking/trekking, safari riding, riding a train for 43 hours, taking multiple 3 hrs bus trips. Living with friends of friends and family of colleagues. Surviving with what we have. We are going to have the best time of our lives. I miss all of ya’ll. Cant wait to see ya soon.
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