Travis' stinky elephants and useless junk.

Hey Mr. Travis Johnson will be in charge of the blog today so I'm just gonna sit down and recall some of the many events today. It started off with yet another heart-stopping exhilerating bus ride with multiple near head on collisions. It is amazing to see the variety of cultures as we pass through different states and watch the countryside and cities come and go. After a long 5 hour bus ride we arrived in Jaipur (pronounced "jay-pooer") and proceed to mount some rather large stinky elephants. We then had an awesome elephant ride up to the top of Amber Fort (or "Amber Palace") where we were once again atacked by vendors selling usless junk. We then had a tour guide show us around the palace on top of Amber. We saw many beautiful rooms and dream gardens throughout the palace. When we arrived at the center of the palace, we came to find out the king had 12 wives and there were 12 rooms for each of his wives (not to mention all of his concubines). After the tour, we took a hair-raising ride down the back-side in some rather junky jeeps. From there we rode the bus to a precious gem shop in the middle of the town. There we were able to see how the gems were shaped and polished from their natural forms. We then perused around the shop and saw many expensive rings, necklaces and other fascinating things. We then rode the bus back to our new hotel and settled in while waiting for Mr. Brooks and Veer to bring us back some Indian Pizza Hut. Moments later, we were talking to our parents and friends from across the world on the internet. Well, it is about bed time, so I'm gonna stop there. I'm excited for what tomorrow holds and will take many pictures.

I love you Mom, Dad, Lulit and Petros!