Oh Rachel...

We decided to get up early and watch the sunrise this morning since we are right here on the Bay of Bengal... and it was no problem since we went to bed last night around 7 out of pure and utter exhaustion. The first thing Rachel said to me was "So that light up there... it's not just a light. It has laser beams coming out. I'm serious. I've been watching it for the past hour." I think it may be the malaria pills, but I will keep you posted. I did have some crazy mixed up malaria pill dreams last night. wow.

So today may have been my favorite day so far, well except for Rachel macing us. Yeah she maced us, but I will get to that in a minute. So the promenade was beautiful filled with tons of locals stretching, running and doing yoga by the sea. What a lifestyle! We found a beachfront cafe and had coffee while Rachel took more pics with her ginormous lens. We had another yummy Indian breakfast. MMMMMMM. so good. Oh I also used my first squat toilet too. Oh the memories. The powerful sun drove us away and we decided to look for some yoga classes. After many of the centers had moved or yoga masters were out of town, we finally found a place almost right next door to our hotel. We have a private class set up for tomorrow morning at 6:30. The cost is 150 rupees each with is roughly 3 dollars each.

We also decided to move to a hotel that has a balcony overlooking the ocean. It's a bit more money, about 5 dollars more per day each, but the balcony will be way worth it to sit and read and write and people watch. We will move there tomorrow. Still working on where to go next, but for now loving Pondy!

So we went back to the hotel to rest under our fans, a tradition we have started that involves removing our pants! haha! So Rachel thought this might be a great time to mace us. She was fiddling with it to try to remove the case (an absolutely awful idea) when I heard the oh so recognizable sound of aerosol. I looked over and Rachel had the classic deer in the headlights look on her face. Unfortunately, the fan went from our best friend to our worst enemy as it evenly distributed the spray throughout the room. It didn't spray much, but just enough to make Rachel's face burn and my throat hate Rachel. We were fine in about ten minutes, but I may confiscate the pepper spray tonight.

We went out again to wander around and stumbled into the strange looking cafe. I wasn't sure if I wanted to eat there, but we ended up having my favorite Indian dish yet. Panner Jalfrezi. I loved it so much i want to marry it. Rebecca Jalfrezi. Just rolls off the tongue. If you ever have the chance to eat this, do it and eat as much as possible.

I'm setting up a flikr account to post my pics, since this slow internet doesn't work well with blogspot. For now please enjoy this video from this morning and go to Rachel's blog to see her pics. Yes, she is more patient than I am :)
to be continued...