Update to my Food Update

So immediately after I wrote my food update, I proceeded to get sick for the whole following week and therefore haven't touched the stuff since then. Unfortunately, now I am a little wary of the flavors and even resorted to a meal and the golden arches which I haven't patroned since I was in 6th grade. Interesting that their menu had no hamburgers only chicken and veggie burgers (and paneer masala). The good news is that I am on the mend and have had a few meals of Tikki Masala and Naan since then. We'll see how we do in the state of Utter Pradesh where apparently everyone gets sick. Bah.

My birthday was spent on a train full of dust and hard seats so that we could get to Bikaner for the Camel Festival. The night ended good though and we had a nice dinner in a city palace with live music and traditional dancing in the background. Wow, I am old.

I know that Jared wrote a bit on the camel festival, but seriously it was about the coolest thing I have seen in a while. We sat all day laughing at the events that we witnessed. Seriously, camel dancing? Who knew. Also, the rat temple was a sight. I can't think of any other country that has a temple dedicated to the worshiping of holy rats. They run free there, all over. We had to jump around so that they wouldn't scurry acrossed our feet. How bizaar. I don't think animals have it so good and free in any other country. All animals except the dogs, which are everywhere here and are treated like street rats. So sad, I wish I could bring them all home with me. Here are a few more photos of the camel safari, camel festival, rat temple and others. I guess pictures are worth a thousand words, right?

Time is flying by, we are already 5 months into this. Weird. We also ran into a couple from Texas that we had met 2 months ago in South Africa. Small, strange, exciting world.