tıııny bıt of Indıa and Egypt

India was um, different. It was really dirty and the people were all trying to take advantage of us and there wasn't much to do in Chennai. It wasn't my favorite place by any means but im glad I got to see it. Actually, I went to an orphanage in Chennai which was amazing. The last 2 days I was in a Dalit Village which was the best experience ibe had on this entire trip. We got off the ship in this tiny little village. Everyone that lived there was on the main street absolutely screaming for us, cheering and dancing and shaking our hands. They were awesome and SO excited. All they wanted from us the entire time we were there was to shake our hands and to take pictures of them. It was so fun—we played games with the kids and they put on a big show for us. We slept on a cement roof on horrible thin mats but it was amazing. We got to tour their huts and see how they live and meet a bunch of people. They were so excited—I guess sas tries to go to a different village every year so they've never had this in their village before. It was absolutely amazing—we taught the little kids hokey pokey and they sang songs for us. It was really awesome. That was the only saving grace for India bc the rest of the country wasn't great.

In Egypt, we wont get there for awhile, but when we do I have a 3 days trip with sas in Cairo and then after that we are looking to fo a little indy travel. I don't think im gonna get back on the ship to go through the canal…im not sure that it would be worth giving up a day in Egypt? People are either doing luxor or mt Sinai so we'll see. Either way, I plan on being very very safe.

For now we have 10 long days on the ship but we had sealympics which is like sports day, we had our sea social, we have a Halloween dance and a crew talent show. So theres a lot going on to keep us from being bored.