Catching Up

Back tracking a little here to catch up. I figured out how to use the zip in a different computer. Yipeee... Apologies for this now old news.

Starting with with getting off the plane. We had to fill out health forms and had to stop at a Health Check before Customs, basically inquiring to see who has Swine Flu and should get back on the plane. This was I-N-S-A-N-E! Sean and Matt you guys would be soooo proud of me though. (For those who did not follow the last blog, we learned that in India there basically are no lines. Lines are just one thing we take for granted in America. Here it’s pretty much fight to the death to get to cash registers or check in people. This Health Check was no exception.) So after learning the no – line rule last trip… This time, I knew better! Druschker & Sean, you guys would be so proud of me, I blasted past about 40 people. Feeling pretty proud of myself and like quite the experienced traveler… Only to shortly after have a family of 3 slide right in front of me! The woman nearly knocked me over – no joke – I had to take 2 steps to the side to help myself from falling down. And the man then proclaims, “Line is here.” I thought “OH huh… that’s amazing, I just cut in front of 40 people or so, but for some reason you think the line starts right in front of me… cool.” I laughed to myself in my head though and thought, “Welcome to India.”

After asking several people “where” in the airport could I buy a phone and Sim card… I was told by all of them “No” “No phones, only Sim cards”… Awesome. And I knew this wasn’t true. So I find the Airtel store – which sold phones….shocker……and totally got ripped off buying a phone at a blonde American price. Damn I can’t believe I let that happen now that I think about it. But I cut myself some slack because I’d been on a plane basically the past day. (Matt the card didn’t work. Bummer.) Anyway… the phone works just fine and I was able to call Sean, thank god, because on the way to the resort I totally thought I was going to pass out. It was midnight and 90 degrees here! The jet lag, lack of sleep, heat, being dehydrated fromt he plane, combined with the jarring, chaotic Indian driving bad combination.

Sheena, um, at this point, pink luggage is already beat up.

Anyway this brings me to the Ashok Resort.
Love, Janelle