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THAT MEANS HELLO ASWELL AS GOODBYE IN HINDI.DIFFICULT LANGUAGE BUT WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO LEARN POLITE WORDS.OUR PRONOUNCIATION OF THEM JUST MAKES THE NATIVES LAUGH BUT THEY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.U PROBABLY ALL WONT HAVE TIME TO READ ALL THIS.JUST SCAM THROUGH IT AS WE ARE WRITING SO MUCH BECAUSE ITS LIKE A JOURNAL FOR US.ALOT OF WAFFLE BUT SOME BITS OF FUNNY ESPECIALLY OUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH INDIAN MEN AND HOW THEY FAIL TO WOO US.

ON SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER A LONG DAY OF TRYING TO BOOK TICKETS TO BANGKOK AND GET OUR TRAIN TICKETS.ALOT OF RUNNING AROUND IN VERY HOT WEATHER. U WONT BELIVE HOW HARD IT IS TO DO THE MOST SIMPLISIST THINGS HERE AS THE AUTO RICKASHAW DRIVERS TOTALLY SCAM U.(MORE FROM TEE ABOUT THAT)WE BOARDED A TRAIN (WHICH SEEMED LIKE IT WAS PAST ITS SELL BY DATE-IM USE TO THE TRAINS IN GERMANY)FULL OF INDIANS AND VERY FEW TRAVELLERS TO FINALLY LEAVE DELHI.

DONT GET ME WRONG DELHI WAS GOOD, A REAL EYEOPENER WITH ALL THE POVERTY.IF U STOOD STILL FOR TOO LONG TO TAKE IT ALL IN YOU WOULD GET REALLY UPSET.BUT WE DID QUITE WELL BY JUST ZONING OUT AND JUST KEEP WALKING.THERE ARE SOME AMAZING PLACES THERE THOUGH.TEMPLES ETC. AND I WOULD GO BACK IF I HAD FRIEND TO SHOW ME AROUND.BUT ITS JUST SO HECTIC THERE.

WELL WE ARRIVED IN JAIPUR ON MONDAY MORNING AT 5.30AM.IT WAS A TIRESOME TRAIN JOURNEY WHICH SEEMED MORE LIKE A ROLLER COASTER.(I HATE THEM)ALL THE BUMPS,WE DIDNT REALLY SLEEP. A SPANISH GUY CALLED GABI WAS IN THE NEXT CARRIAGE AND WHO IS USE TO INDIAN TRAINS KEPT AN EYE ON US TO MAKE SURE WE WERE OK.THE TRAIN WAS FINE.SOME RANDOM INDIANS STARTED TALKING TO US.BUT AS SOON AS WE GOT OFF THE TRAIN WE WERE BOMBARDED WITH AUTORICKASHAW DRIVERS TRYING TO GET US TO GO WITH THEM.NOW U MUST UNDERSTAND THIS IS AT 5.30AM.WE WERE SO TIRED AND THEN TO BE CONSTANTLY QUESTIONED AND ASKED TO GO WITH THEM.IT GETS TO MUCH.WE WERE BOTH TRYING TO BE POLITE AND SAY NO WE WILL FIND OUR OWN WAY.BUT EVENTUALLY WE STARTED GETTING ANNOYED AND JUST KEPT WALKING TO THE TOURIST OFFICE FOR THEIR ADVICE.WHICH WAS NOT MUCH HELP.ANYWAY THE TWO BOYS IN PARTICURLAR KEPT ASKING US TO GO WITH THEM.FROM OUR EXPERIENCES IN DELHI WE HAVE TO BE WEARY OF AUTO RICKASHAW DRIVERS.BUT IT WAS SO EARLY WE JUST WANTED OUR BED SO WE TOLD JANU AND RAUL THAT THEY COULD BRING US TO THE HOTEL.THEY ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE NICE. BUT STILL WHEELER DEALERS AND COMPLETE CHARMERS.BIT LIKE DELBOY AND RODNEY.

AFTER A GOODNIGHTS REST THE BOYS JANU AND RAUL CAME BACK TO THE HOTEL TO SHOW US JAIPUR. EVEN THOUGH WE TOLD THEM THAT WE MIGHT GO WITH A TOUR COMPANY.THEY WAITED OUTSIDE FOR US FOR 2HRS.THEY MUST HAVE BEEN DESPERATE.WE LET THEM TAKE US INTO TOWN.AND THEY SEEMED QUITE NICE SO WE AGREED FOR THEM TO BRING US TO TIGER FORT FOR SUNSET.I WOULD CALL THEM BOYS NOT MEN.WE ASKED THEIR AGE AND THEY SAID IN THEIR 20S MORE LIKE IN THEIR TEENS.THIS PLACE IS SMALLER THAN DELHI(ONLY 2.3 MILLION HERE COMPARED TO 12.9MILL IN DELHI)AND BECAUSE ITS NOT SO OVERCROWED THEY HAVE MORE SHOPS THEN SHACKS.ITS ALSO NAMED TH PINK CITY.ITS STILL DIRTY AND POLLUTED BUT NO SO MUCH LIKE IN DELHI.ITS A MORE RELAXED ATMOSPHERE.ITS A NICE PLACE.ANYWAY THE BOYS SEEMED TO KNOW THEIR STUFF.

EVERYTHING THEY SAID THOUGH U HAVE TO TAKE WITH A PINCH OF SALT BECAUSE THEY DO THIS FOR A LIVING AND ARE CHARMERS.BUT I WOULD ALSO BE THE SAME WITH THE MEN AT HOME.ITS JUST OVER HERE THEY ARE SO UPFRONT.THEY SHOWED US PICTURES OF PEOPLE THEY MET FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.THEY KEPT SAYING THAT THEY WOULD SHOW US PLACES BUT MONEY WAS NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE THEIR FRIENDS.NOW WE WERE STILL TIRED FROM TRAVELLING AND U SHOULD HEAR THE LINES THEY WERE SPINNING.IF I SAID MY FAVOURITE COLOUR WAS RED ,JANU WOULD SAY THAT HIS FAVOURITE COLOUR WAS RED TOO.AND RAUL WAS THE SAME WITH THERESE.ITS LIKE THEY DIDNT HAVE AN OPINION OF THEIR OWN.TO THEM THIS IS HOW THEY WOO WOMEN.WELL NOT THESE WOMEN.ME AND TEE WERE ALERT ENOUGH NOT TO FALL FOR THEIR LINES BUT WE STILL HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THEM.

WE WENT UP THE TIGER FORT IN THE AUTORICKASHAW WHICH JANU HAD DECORATED.IT WAS REALLY CUTE.(FLOVERS AND ORNAMENTS)THE VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN WAS AMAZING.DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR BEST NIGHTS .AT THE TOP WE SAT AND LOOKED OVER THE WHOLE CITY.JANU TOLD US SOME SPICEY JOKES AS HE CALLED THEM.THIS HE MEANT RUDE JOKES BUT THEY WERE PRETTY MILD THANK GOD.AND WE SANG SOME IRISH BALLADS (MOLLY MALONE IS ONE THE BOYS REALLY LIKED)WELL TEE SANG AND I JOINED IN WITH MY CROAKY VOICE.RAUL THEN SANG LEAVING ON A JET PLANE WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD.ON THE WAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN TEE BELTED OUT A TINA TURNER SONG( GOD THAT GIRL CAN SING).IT WAS SUCH A SURREAL MOMENT DUCKING AND DIVING DOWN THE WINDING PATHWAYS OF THE MOUNTAIN.HOW WE DIDNT CRASH IM NOT SURE. THE HINDU GODS MUST OF BEEN KEEPING US SAFE.

IN THE MEANTIME JANU TOLD ME ABOUT HOW FAMILY MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM,(WHICH IS VERY MUCH OF INDIAN CULTURE AND IS NICE TO SEE A YOUNG MAN SO DEVOTED TO HIS PARENTS BUT THEN HE SPOILT IT BY SAYING THAT HIS MUM DOES EVERTHING FOR HIM INCLUDING GETTING UP AT 1AM IM THE MORNING WHEN HE ARRIVES IN LATE. AND THATS WHY HE LOVES HIS MAM.DEFINITELY NOT A LINE TO USE ON A WESTERN WOMEN.BUT BLESS HIS COTTON SOCKS FOR TRYING. HE ALSO KEPT SAYING THAT WE WERE FRIENDS LIKE I JUST MET HIM THE DAY BEFORE.

I WEAR A GOLD CLADDAGH RING ON MY WEDDING FINGER NOT BECAUSE IM A SAD LOSER WHO THINKS SHES ENGAGED BUT TO STOP BOYS LIKE JANU FROM TRYING IT ON.ME AND TEE ALSO KEPT MENTIONING ABOUT OUR BOYFRIENDS. AT LEAST TEE COULD TALK ABOUT SOMEONE REAL. BUT I DO.SO I KEPT MENTIONING MY BOYFRIEND NAOISE (COSTELLOS MADE UP BOYFRIEND TO TRY AND STOP OUR CHINESE FRIEND FANG ADVANCES TOWARDS HER IN GERMANY).WE ALSO AT THE BEGINNING GAVE DIFFERENT NAMES (ME MARY AND TEE AGNES.(I KNOW CHILDISH BUT IT WAS 5.30AM AND WE DIDNT THINK WE WOULD SEE THEM AGAIN.SO WHEN THEY SHOWED UP THE NEXT DAY I THINK WE TOTALLY CONFUSED THEM.)THEY MUST OF THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD NOT TRUST US.ANYWAY THEY THEN BROUGHT US TO A RESTAURANT.FOOD WAS YUMMY.WE ARE STICKING TO OUR VEGATARIAN DIETS AND WE FEEL FINE SO FAR.THE BOYS TOLD US ABOUT MANY SCAMS IN JAIPUR ESPECIALLY THE GEM SCAM.BUT STILL AT THE SAME TIEM WE WERE THINKING ARE THEY SCAMMING US. (THIS ALL COST US 150RUPEES WHICH IS LIKE 3EURO FOR THE TWO OF US)

NEXT DAY MORE SIGHTSEEING CITY PALACE, TEMPLES.WE ALSO GOT TO MEET SOME CHILDREN ON THE STREET WHEN JANU WENT HOME TO CHANGE INTO TRADITONAL DRESS.(OF COURSE IT WAS IN RED, I TOO WAS IN RED WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE WE WERE A COUPLE, TALK ABOUT SCARING A WOMAN AWAY.WE WERE GOING TO GIVE OUR WEBSITE ADDRESS BUT DIDNT WANT TO BE STALKED FOR THE NEXT YEAR.)

THE BEST PART WAS A TYPE OF INDIAN THEME PARK(SMALL AND MORE CLASSY THEN MOST THEME PARKS)CALLED CHOKI DANI(NOT SURE OF SPELLING)20KMS AWAY.THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOUND THIS PLACE WITHOUT THE BOYS.HERE ITS ALL HOUSES OF FROM OLD TIMES IN INDIA HOW PEOPLE LIVED ETC.WE GOT TO TRY SOME INDIAN DANCING CALLED GANA (I THINK-IT INVOLVES HOLDING TWO STICKS AT HITTING THEM AGAINST YOUR PARTNER)OF COURSE JANU DANCED WITH ME AND RAUL WITH TEE..BUT I SOON SWAPPED PLACES WITH INDIAN CHILDREN WHO WERE SHOWING HOW TO DO IT.HERE THE PEOPLE ARE SO FRIENDLY.WE ALSO GOT TO GO ON AN ELEPHANT RIDE.THIS WAS BRILLIANT.WE FELT A BIT SORRY FOR THE ELEPHANT HAVING TO DO THAT ALL DAY.HERE WE ALSO USED THE TOBACCO PIPES THAT WAS COOL.

WE ALSO TASTED TYPICAL RAJESTHANI FOOD.WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE REGION..WOW THE FOOD WAS YUMMY.IT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR 200RUPEE ENTRANCE FEE(4EURO EACH)HERE THEY KEEP SERVING U 17TYPES OF FOOD.SAVOURY AND SWEET.LOTS ON NAN BREAD AND DELICACIES.AMAZING.EVERYONE SITS DOWN AND EATS WITH THEIR FINGERS A BIT MESSY BUT U GET USE TO IT.OF COURSE JANU SAT BESIDE ME AND RAUL WITH THERESE.RAUL WAS GETTING ANNOYED BECAUSE TEE WAS TALKING TO ME.(VERY CHILDISH DEFINITELY NOT CHARMING AT ALL)ANY WAY IT RAULS TIME TO TALK TO TEE WHO WAS CHUCKLING TO HERSELF.I LATER FOUND OUT THAT RAUL WHO WAS ALSO PURSUING TEE, TOLD TEE THAT JANU WAS IN LOVE WITH ME AND THAT HE HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A WHITE WESTERN WOMAN FOR A LONG TIME(EXACT QUATATION-SCARY OR WHAT -LETS JUST SAY WE REFRAINED FROM HAVING DRINKS WITH THEM LATER)ANYWAY THROUHOUT THE WHOLE MEAL I KEPT MENTIONING MY MADE UP BLOKE NAOISE WHO IS COMING TO VISIT ME IN BANGKOK.TEE KEPT TALKING ABOUT HER GUY AND AND SAYING TO RAUL THAT I HAD A BOYFRIEND.BUT SAYING YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND MEANS NOTHING TO THEM BECAUSE IF IT WAS SERIOUS I SHOULD OF STAYED AT HOME WITH MY BOYFRIEND OR HE SHOULD HAVE COME WITH ME AND PAID FOR EVERYTHING.WHAT ALOT OF CRAP. EARLIER ON JANU HAD ALSO MENTIONED THAT HIS SISTERS MARRIAGE WAS ARRANGED BUT BECAUSE HE IS THE BOY HE COULD CHOOSE WHOEVER HE WANTED AND THE WOMAN DIDNT HAVE TO INDIAN.MOST MEN WOULD NEVER MENTION MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN THE FIRST TIME U MEET THEM BUT THESE GUYS THINK IT HELPS TO WOO WOMEN,SO WRONG.ON THE WAY HOME RAUL WANTED TEE TO SING TO HIM.A SONG FOR HIM.SO SHE SANG SITTING ON DOCK OF THE BAY(WHICH SHE CHOSE SO IT WOULD HAVE NO MEANING OR COULDNT BE TAKEN THE WRONG WAY)BUT RAUL READ INTO IT EVEN STILL THINKING IT WAS A LOVELY SONG FOR HIM.V FUNNY.

ME AND TEE WERE TRYING NOT TO LAUGH.ANYWAY THE BOYS BROUGHT US HOME SAFE AND SOUND.THEY WERE ASKING US WHAT WE WERE DOING TODAY AND WE TOLD THEM RELAXING(WHICH IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH WE WERE GETTING GOOD AT LYING TO THEM, BUT WE MUST REST TODAY AS WE ARE TRAVELLING ALOT THE NEXT FEW DAYS).BUT THEY SO WANTED TO MEET US AGAIN AND BRING US TO ANOTHER VILLAGE. THERE WE WOULD HAVE TO STAY OVERNIGHT WITH THEM(I DONT THINK SO)ANYWAY THATS OUR ADVENUTURES SO FAR. WE ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO OUR HOTEL AND ANNOY SOME FELLOW TRAVELLERS.(THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM HERE) OUR HOTEL IS LOVELY,SWIMMING POOL, GARDEN AND RESTAURANT.WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE GAME BUT LIKE DELHI THERE IS NO IRISH BAR.(MAYBE I LL STAY HERE AND OPEN ONE.)SO PLEASE TEXT US THE LADS PROGRESS.HOPEFULLY THEY WILL PLAY BETTER THAN LAST WEEK.