Namaste USA!

Kasey and I are in an internet cafe in Delhi right now composing this message especially for you. We areived in Delhi yesterday at 2am local time and are still jet lagged (I am the most tired but I think Kasey is too). Our adventure began before we arrived in India with a 16 hour layover in Taipei, Taiwan. We got some 8 dollar soup which was good, but kind of boring and figured out how to refill our water (essential!). Then we went downstairs to hang around at the terminal. I could not imagine staying in that airport all day so we asked a flight attendant if we could leave the airport for the day w/o a visa and she said yes! We left and got on a bus into the city, the ride was beautiful. It is so green, there are lots of little shacks, small community farms, and tall appartment buildings. We got onto the metro, which is really nice and clean, and went to the Lungshan Temple and people watched for a long time. It was so peaceful and calm there. There were lots of old women with their prayer beads sitting, watching. The chants and drums were fantastic, it was a very spiritual atmosphere. We then attempted to visit the tallest building in Taiwan but we couldnt make it to the tpo w/0 paying approx 10 dollars. We went to the bus and decided that food was in order, so we found a little stand accross the street. We tried to communicate that we were vegetarian but all three women didnt speak English. What we ended up with was a veg noodle soup that had some kind of spongey meat looking stuff that they assured us was not actually meat. It was a hilarious encounter, and also a very humbling experience. After waiting forever in the freezing cold airport we got on our plane to Delhi. There was a really cute little boy (or Kasey says its a girl, which I can believe) infront of us who is going to be a total charmer when he grows up. He was crying a lot so the flight attendant picked her up and had her wave to the passengers in the plane. The girl then started slapping her in the face, but in a playful way. It was funny stuff. We landed at 2 am and headed toward baggage claim! And then...