MollyS in India

I realized that I haven't yet drawn attention to the phenomenon of the Mollys in India this year. Listen to this: currently there are three Mollys from the Yale class of 2006, in India. Myself, Molly Montes who was with me in Thailand, in Kalimpong for a bit, and now in Delhi, and Molly Lewis who has been working in Pune and Mumbai since July. IN ADDITION, I have another Molly-friend in Delhi, Molly Mitchell-Olds who is taking a year off from college in the US to work and study here. This Molly has a good friend working in Cambodia who recently came to Delhi for a month to visit. Guess what this girl's name was? You got it- also Molly. Crazy, right!! Our parents should form a club.

In other news, I am getting back into work in Delhi after a lovely weekend trip to Rajasthan. Well, as lovely as anything can be in 115 degree heat. I went with Gul, Molly Montes, Caroline Schneider from Winston Salem who is in India for the summer (yay!), and her friend Adam from UNC. We visited some palaces and forts, including the Amer Palace in Jaipur which is one of my absolute favorite sights in India, hung out in the hippy town of Pushkar, went to a Muslim shrine in Ajmer, saw a fabulous Jain temple, and spent all of our time in between looking for air conditioning. This led to lots of prolonged lunches in AC restaurants, as well as some hours playing cards in AC hotel rooms. And playing cards in train stations along the way.

Gul left for Bangkok this morning, Adam and Molly are on their way back from Amritsar, Caroline is heading from Amritsar to Dharamsala. Travel and travel and more travel!