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I am in Puskar now. It is a hippie mecca. I am undecided on how I feel about it. I think that the stress of major cities is nice to be away from, but at the same time this town is very non-Indian in certain ways. I feel like listening to Bob Marley and eating western style pizza, even if it is served on nan bread is not a real taste of India.

I am in an Internet cafe that does not have any 'cafe', instead it has goats and cows right outside. I saw a dead camel today, it saddened me. I was happy just one week ago to have seen a live one, and now, so soon, so suddenly I saw a dead one, again, it saddened me.

I was in a heavily forested area two days ago. Now, in Puskar, I am in a valley, in desert like terrain. I hiked up two mountains in two days to reach temples which belonging to religions I do not believe in. Science.

I am heading to Bikaner to ride camels into the desert for two nights there. I am excited. I am hungry. I have had a few beer, Kingfisher, the only beer sold or rather drinkable in India from what I know. I have decided I kind of like smoking beatties. They are like mini cigars that don't smoke well so sometimes you have a drag and then throw them away. I smoke them cause 20 of them cost 10 cents. They still cause cancer. I am about to tell you where I have been so far. I started in Delhi, I went to Agra. I saw the TajMahal. I think it is beautiful. I think you should look at the pictures of my trip so far. I have posted a link at the top right hand of my blog. After Agra I went to Jaipur which was another big city, very beautiful. I fed monkeys. After that I went to Sawai Madophur where I went on a jungle-esk safari for 16$. I did not see tigers but I was near them. I could sense their presence. I lied about sensing their presence but I did not lie about being near them. I think there are about 35 in this national park. I saw many other animals. I am in Puskar now. I met two very nice Austrian girls who also had a mini guitar so we all sat on the roof had a beer and played music. Beer is illegal in the town of puskar, so are eggs and meat, but I made sure to stay at a place where we could get them. Bhang lassie, Marijuana yogurt shakes, are very common here. There are many 45 year old people here that never escaped the 60's. I think that is too bad. I have made a good friend from Switzerland. I am sitting with him at the Internet place. I am going to call them Internet places because Internet cafes do not describe properly where I am. My friends name is Damiano. He has been in three different cities with Taylor and I. I have been eating a bit of non-Indian food to give my gut a break. I love Indian food but it is a lot to handle for breakfast, lunch and supper. Desert is spelled with one 's' because you only want one of them whereas dessert is spelled with two because many people would like seconds.

I have a garden on the first rooftop of the hotel I am staying at now, the milkman guest house. The family that runs it lives in the lobby. I did yoga in the garden this morning. Yoga changes my life in a very positive manner, especially after walking for 5 hours a day. The second, higher rooftop, is filled with plants and lights and hammocks and couches and mattress to veg out on. This is the most peaceful place I have been to so far in India. I think we might extent our stay here a few extra days. Many people offer us hash on the street. Whether we accept of not is not for this blog.

I like travelling. I like people. I don't like people who harass you constantly and try to screw you out of your money. I find them often here but what the hell, i try to take it with a grain of salt. I am learning that patients IS a virtue.

I have almost stepped in shit several times while simply trying to avoid stepping in shit a first time. I think the last sentence is funny. I hope you do too. I am not yet missing the luxuries of Canada but I know I will eventually. I had hot water for the first time in 5 days this morning. I was laughing whist I washed. I thank you for reading.