hurray!

I am finally over jet lag. Hurray! I woke up this morning feeling great and ready to take on the world. sort of. it took me awhile to build up the courage to walk down the poverty ridden street to the web cafe, but eventually i did it. I am getting to know the other volunteers better and things are looking up. This one girl from ireland is leaving on Thursday, which is kind of sad, because she has been really great and helpful, telling me good places to go, how to get around, what to look out for, what are helpful words to know etc. The other two woman will still be here through october so its ok. The new volunteers with me are nice as well. one girl from portland, she's a baby! just graduated high school - another 24 year old country girl from canada, she's super sweet and fun. The new girls are nice, but we would be lost if older volunteers weren't around. Vishal, the GVN volunteer coordinator just dropped us off and said see you on monday, just hang out for a few days...well..ok? we'll be fine, sure, don't worry about us. we'll explore...i actually am getting a better feel for the city and spent a long time this morning studying a map. i'm really excited to go to the India museum and look at the huge Queen Victoria memorial/garden area which is home to a nice city park and gardens. There is also supposed to be a great modern art gallery, not to mention all the temples that deserve frequenting. We have weekends off so hopefully i will get to see everything i want to...there is just so much in this city..Tuesday is Gandhi's birthday so that should be pretty exciting as well. unfortunately it is hard to take pictures - it is just sort of rude to take out your fancy camera and start snapping shots at random people on the street. Once i start my work and get to know people I will probably be able to take more. Here are just a few i took from my fancy hotel room and our guest house last night...nevermind it didn't work.