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Sorry I have been so horrible with updating you on my adventures lately. Internet minutes are starting to get very expensive. Not only that, but there has been so much to see and talk about that I couldn't possibly put it all in an email.

Burma has been my favorite port so far. Everything about that place was beautiful, well, except for the government situation. India was the next port that I've yet to talk about. It was one of my least favorite. It was SO dirty and by that I mean literally garbage in piles on every street, in every alley and in every yard. There were hundreds of people lying on the streets because they had no where else to go. They were friendly when you met someone other than a rickshaw driver but they were horrible. Every single one of them is trying to rip you off. Unlike all the other countries, there was a specific market almost set up for tourists to pay the "American price" which is something so exaggerated. A friend of mine went to a shop with an Indian woman who asked the price for the scarf. He said 70 rupees. When she asked the real price, he said 10. So clearly, we were overcharged for eveyrthing. The rickshaw drivers were horrible. Theyd take you all over town before taking you where you asked. There were crowds everywhere because India is so overpopulated. I dont think it helped that I only got to see Chennai and a few surrounding cities. I would never like to go back to Chennai but I would like to see other parts of India. The last night we went to a Dalit village which is for the untouchables and that was absolutely amazing! For the first time in India the people didn't want anything from us...except for us to take their pictures! And we sure did! I also got Henna in India which I was very excited about. No nose piercing even though everyone in India has them done!

Right now I am in Egypt which is a pretty cool place. We went on a SAS trip to Cairo and got to see the Sphinx and the Pyramids. It was pretty amazing. We got to ride around the desert on a camel too! We ate dinner on a boat on the nile and stayed in an amazing hotel! We then got on the ship to cross the Suez canal and the staff served us steak for the first time on the ship! Today we are in Alexandria doing some sightseeing. This is a very nice city-- right on the MediterraneanSea! Tomorrow is our last day in Egypt. Then we will have 2 days on the ship until we reach Turkey. I bought my head scarf today in preparation for that!