Hal Gal on the Go: Backstreet Boys in India (A Post from my First Week In India)

Note: I just realized that this post never actually loaded properly so I had to repost it. The days mention are from my very first week in India while I was still in Madurai. The monday I mention was my fourth day in India.

Yesterday, (Monday), we did a lot of the typical tourist type things. We visited Shore Temple, this giant craft type museum, and a novelty called "the BUTTERBALL." It was pretty dark when we finally got there so it basically just looked like a giant stone rock, which is apparently what it is. I might have to google pictures of it to see what it's supposed to look like!
    At one of the temples we visited, there was a charge to get inside. However, there was a huge difference in the price for Indians and "others." They had to pay 10 rupees, approximately 20 cents, while we had to pay 250 rupees, basically 5 dollars!
    Yesterday I learned about India's drinking age when I had my first Indian beer. It seems that most people don't even know the drinking age because when I ask they aren't sure exactly what it is since it isn't strictly enforced. One person I asked said even a seven year old could drink if they wanted! The beer was also a lot bigger than bottles in the United States.
    On the drive home, one of the people we were with heard I liked Backstreet Boys and so made a little playlist so we could listen to it in the car. It was fun to finally be able to sing along to a song and even better when they joined in!

ANIMAL UPDATE
    While driving there, I saw horses and oxen just roaming around! I wasn't expecting it so I didn't get any pictures but there are other animals besides cows!!


An Example of a man at the Craft Museum. They sold their own work there and sometimes let you watch while they worked. This man actually drew me a little picture for free. It was a very cute elephant :)

Here a lady is teaching me how to make culombs (the designs outside of houses) with chalk. It is surprisingly difficult! She also just assumed I understood which I didn't!