Jojo in India: October 2006

day 1 & 2

I take him to the best & cheapest Indian food I've ever had at Ramdev Sagar. We have gobi manchurian(fried cauliflower) & veggie kurma

Jason lands in Bangalore & takes his first rickshaw ride

Jason goes to the Leela where the beat the knot out of his back.

See Ganesha as Santa in Herb & Spice

We see some crazy traffic and a bus decorated for Ghandi's birthday

Then we pack...

home sweet home

Jason and I both made it home today & with all of our luggage!

Despite having a nasty case of jetlag/insomnia (Jason slept just fine in business class :), I am very happy to be home. Today consisted of having a turkey sandwich I've been craving for months, laying on the couch w/the dog and watching football on the big screen.

Feels great to be back, looking forward to seeing most of you soon.

Check back in a couple days for posts on our trip.

Lots of love,
jojo

a surprise at the Taj...

Wanted to make sure friends and family heard it first... but I am excited to announce that Jason and I are engaged! He surprised me after a tour of the Taj Mahal, one of the living wonders of the world, and supposedly the greatest monment ever built for love.

I think the funniest part was when I thought we were just taking a picture: Jason went to go down on one knee and i said "what are you doing?" !!

I thought he was striking some weird pose for the picture!

Luckily we had a guide to capture some shots

Needless to say it was a very romantic and scenic spot and we will remember it forever.

We joke that now we are on our "engagement honeymoon"!

A tease of what's to come..

We've only uploaded some of our pictures and in the interest of slow internet cafe speeds I'm going to post a couple pics from each place we've been to so far.

I plan on writing up full reports of each day probably when we get home, so this will have to do for now.

Bangalore

Kovolam