Internet-less Foreigner.

Ah! I've moved into my own place now in a colony called Hauz Khas. But I haven't had internet there so I haven't been able to blog =(

I've come to my aunt's house to use her internet.

And now my photos won't load. So I'll just give you a quick update and hopefully post photos real soon!

- My Mom came for 2 weeks. She helped me get settled into my place and we just kicked it.

- Went to Jaipur (with my Mom, 2 cousins and my aunt). It was amaaazing! Got lots of photos (that I wanted to post). We were just there for two days so it was a quick trip but it was so much fun.

- Started taking Hindi classes so that's been a lot of fun.

- One of the biggest reasons I came to India was to learn more about making jewelry, but I've changed my major since coming... from Jewelry-Making 101 to Jewelry Manufacturing 101. It's a change for the better and now I've got more solid goals in mind.

- I've been spending a lot of time researching and designing which is amazing to have time to do.

- Been exploring. India is so amazing and it's an incredible experience to be here as long as I am. It's so different than just coming to visit for a couple weeks. I'm really started to get to know places and the style and pace of life here. And people are starting to get to know me, too. There are people along my walk home from the local market that always wave to me as I go past. I love it =)

Well, I guess that's all for now, but I'll hopefully have another post with lots of photos sooon!

Peace&love.

Joshua.

PS. Fern and anyone else wanting to learn more about Holi, www.holifestival.org has a lot of good information about it. Or if you just Google it, there are some good entries about it.

PSS. Dear Lisa. On the way home from Jaipur I saw the first "Horn Ok Please" truck of the whole trip thus far. They now all seem to just say Horn Please. It's almost as if they've painted over all the "Ok"s. It's been rather sad not to have seen more but I still have hope!