New Delhi weekend trip

“I am not the same having seen the moon
shine on the other side of the world.”

– Mary Anne Radmacher Hershey

This past weekend the volunteers left for a weekend trip to New Delhi. It was such an amazing experiance to see everything and to take the time to get to know all of the other volunteers a little bit better. After arriving in New Delhi we took a rickshaw tour of Old Delhi. It was so much fun, I have no idea how we didn't all bounce out of them, the road was so bumpy and the cars were so close. At one point a car even tapped the rickshaw I was in! The drivers here are crazy. Crossing the street is like playing frogger with real cars.

Me and Laura Jane in our rickshaw!

view outside

Next we walked through a spice market

The next day we woke up reallyyyyy early so we could beat the crowds at the Taj.

It was absolutely amazing. When you hear people talk about places, ussualy they don't live up to the hype, this one definitely did. It is such an incredible building, made even more incredible by the story behind it.

This building was built by one of the ruler's of India for his wife. It is completely symmetrical and she is buried in the center. The building was to represent his love in a way that it would never be forgotten. Its so cool because the only part of the Taj Mahal that is not symmetrical is his tomb, she is buried in the very center while he is placed beside her. Its so interesting to think that the "mortal" part is the only imperfect part. Feel free to look up the story and learn more about the details, it really is worth it.
 She will definitely be remembered!

Next we headed over to Agra Fort. Which was also an amazing piece of architecture.

Followed by a refreshing swim at the beautiful hotel, we had so much fun, such a great group:)

We had dinner at pizza hut(which was like a real sit down restaurant here)

"Thank you for choosing Pizza hut it was a pleasure to serve you. Hope you visit us again - Akash" On the back of our receipt:)

And then dancing at the hotel's disco club:)

And last but not least we spent our final morning taking an elephant ride, it was sweet!

It was really fun but I found that I really missed RSO and the kids. Sightseeing is awesome but theexperiances I'm having at RSO win out every time:)

Crawling into my bed at the hostel was the best feeling in the world.

Home is where you feel safe and loved.

I'm home.

with great love,

Kenzie