My Apologies

So I have decided that one profession I will not seek in the future is that of a blogger. I have failed in every aspect during my trip and I apologize. However, since today is February 7th and since that happens to be my mother's birthday I have decided to submit some posts and update everyone on some random stories of my life here in India. I may even have some pictures however surprising that may be. So Happy Birthday Mother I hope you enjoy the reading.

The following is something I wrote about three weeks ago but never posted. This is how ridiculous I am I guess....

Kites, Cows, and Football

For the last week (turned into last month) I have enjoyed playing soccer almost every evening with a group of students at the University. It is really laid back and a lot of fun. There are four Indian students from Kerala who have started this team so we can play in the upcoming tournament. In India girls do not play sports very often so while there are 50 guys playing soccer all of whom are good and have been playing for some time the girls I play with have very little experience. The interesting thing is though that unlike in the USA here people of varying expertise play together. The guys will play with us and pass, we will play with 8 year old boys and although there is the point of winning it is all for fun and it is the kind of soccer that I have missed.

There are two things one must look out for while on the field besides the soccer ball. It is kite flying season and there are many people who fly kites on the field. The only problem is when the kite goes down the line that happens to be cutting across the field goes down with it. There have been three or four times where I have narrowly missed tripping over this almost invisible kite line and not to mention the times that my foot has gotten tied up in the string. The next things are cows. Yes I have almost run into a cow that just happened to be grazing in the middle of the field. No one besides us foreigners seemed to think any of this was strange.

Saturday I went with our group to Golconda Fort and to some ancient burials. There are I guess over 200 burials in this area of the Kings and their family who once ruled this area of Hyderabad. It was a beautiful area and just fun to roam around, and sit and think for awhile. Just being outside and enjoy the sunshine was lovely. Below are some pictures that I took of the burials and fort.



This is the oldest Boab tree in India. The person who was giving us the tour was an old historian and he said when he was younger him and his friends would go to this tree and drink their chai in the center of it. So it is actually hollow in the trunk and they would get four or five people down there and just enjoy the afternoon where it was cooler.





This is a picture taken from the top of Charminar. It is a busy shopping area and it is insane to walk around and the amount people is just crazy to think about. A friend and I went here with a person we met through Couch Surfing and had a great experience getting know her and letting her show us around the city.