Finally, an update!

Namaskar ji!
It's currently about 35 degrees, 2.10 in the afternoon & we've spent all day so far shopping in Jaisalmer market. I've sent my post, been chased by fighting bulls (no joke, me and Rox had to leap on a wall to escape) and haggled my head off.

Ok, been here about 2 weeks, sorry for the lack of info - it's not easy to get online for any amount of time here. Here's what i've been up to so far, i'll elaborate at a leater date.

Dehli to Jaipur -
6/7hrs on the hottest coach you've never seen with 47 other people I barely knew. Warm water, balls of curry potato in foil, out of date pepsi. The IDEX office and all the people that work there are lovely, really, very helpful. We had a makeshift Hindi crashcourse with Amit then spent 3 days with our host families. I was with the Sharma's who were very nice, especially Shashwar the little boy who made sure we were never wanting for anything. In Jaipur we saw the fort, took an elephant ride, shopped, got stampeded by a SWARM of monkeys, and ate more 15Rs butterscotch ice cream than is considered healthy.

Jaipur to Jaisalmer -
Sleeper trains are AWFUL and terrifying to try and catch. I had some creepy indian man beneath me all night putting his hand through the bed :s but Chelsea and the girls were there for some strength in numbers. Guarav and Pramod accompanied us all the way. 10/11 hours later we arrived in Jaisalmer.

CAMP IDEX.
Oh my goodness, when they said we'd be in the middle of the desert they were not messing. It's incredible, hot, sweaty, beautiful and blacker than black when the leccy cuts out. Which is all the time. The food is kinda the same every day with some variation. Rice. Chapati. Dahl. I havent got dehli belly yet (thankyougod) so thats good.

Jodha Day Care Centre.
Is where I now work. We get between 0&5 kids a day, with the odd passer by drifting in when they hear something fun happening. They're all ages up to 15 as they dont get to go to school alot of the time as they have to tend the family farms. My new favourite is Duri - the sweetest little sugarlump of a boy, about 5yrs old and loves having his nails painted. Nexy week we get to get the paint out and jazz it up a bit. Clearing the geckos and crickets out was a choooore.

The peeps.
Are incredible :) I've got 47 best friends here.

I am missing home alot, when it's dark and everyone is off doing thier thing or when the mice are running up and down my mosquito net. I miss my bed, the clean water out the tap, the air con. My goodness - you'd vault your own mother for a cold coke out here. And it's always out of date! But for 25-30Rs (40/50p) a bottle, it's cheeeap.

Viki, I bought you a bag today.

Mum, Georgey, Fliss, you have post coming!

Ami - Got another 3 pairs of pants today, one has camels on. 3pounds. HAAA. I've got you some but i canny find any like you said because they dont do fancy pants like that here - it's more conservative. I'll try and get you back some Marinda Akra Fizz, it's lemonade, with attitude.

Clare - Got your statue, haggled him down from 1000Rs to 200Rs but it's still only the size of a coffee cup so don't worry you're getting something else too (on the proviso you dont top my hamster.)

Mumma - Buy an international calling card and ring the camp phone. Ask for meee! But remember i'm 5hrs ahead.

Love from Rajasthan. xxxxx