Monday, July 4, 2011

Seeing the “other-side” of India

This weekend we took a short day and a half trip to New Dehli to see the Taj Mahal (the Taj Mahal is surrounded by two temples on its opposite sides but itself is actually a tomb built in rememberance of Shah Jahan's third wife- it is known as a “symbol of eternal love”. We left our hotel at about five am so that we could see the taj mahal with the sun rise. Because it is made out of marble, it will take on the color of the sun light around it so it will be a brilliant white, light blue and purple, or a light orange! It was one of the most beautiful places that I have ever been!









We also saw the Forts of Agra (built by Shah Jahan’s father) which were also very beautiful. Everything had so much beauty and detail.






Afterwards we took a rickshaw tour of New Dehli. India is soo full of people! Everywhere you turn there are hundreds of people running around. Some of the streets that our “drivers” took us down were probably about eight to ten feet wide and would have people walking and traffic going both directions! At one point there was a cart that was full of rice and about six men were trying to push it in front of one of our friend’s rickshaws. Their driver got really mad at one of the men pushing the rice cart because they kept running into them so he hopped off and they started punching each other in the middle of the street! Yikes! Ally and I were not sure what to do… our driver hopped off and was trying to break up the fight… I snuck a few pictures, haha?!?!!














*We also got to ride an elephant and pet some monkeys!



The trip was just another testimony to me of service and how much happiness it can bring to your life. Although I spent part of my weekend seeing the Taj Mahal, being here at RSO with the kids and patients is so much more memorable, rewarding, and special. It is good to be back. My team is getting up early tomorrow morning to work with the medical team which I am really excited about!!

1 comment:

  1. That picture of you with the monkey would make a great Facebook photo! :)

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