Pepto + Antibiotics + Sleeping + Bathrooms = Our last 2 days!

Finally I have started to feel better as Joanna, several other members of
our group, and myself were struck with some kind of awful travelers sickness.
It took two days of laying extremely low, sucking back pepto and antibiotics,
and hauling it to the bathroom to finally start to feel human again. We are
back in business!

For right now I am going to write about our group projects and save all
the touristy stuff we did a few days ago for a later post.

Tomorrow is our last day with IRRAD (the NGO we have been working with)
and each of the smaller groups we have divided ourselves into will be
presenting the work we have accomplished over the last 3 weeks. My group is
focusing on water quality testing we conducted, the health impact of water
within two comparison villages we selected, recommendations for future work,
and we will be leaving behind an educational poster for the villages on water
safety as well as a focus group guide to be completed. Last time I posted we
were going to be conducting our own focus groups however a combination of
sickness and changes with field workers prevented that from happening. We were
able to go out into the field and collect water samples and conduct interviews
with women regarding their drinking water and have that data to present
tomorrow. So far every single water sample we collected has tested positive for
bacteria!!!

Wish us luck for a great presentation tomorrow!

Jaipur: Forts, Palaces, India Disney, and more!

Picture #1: Snake charmer
Picture #2: Ladies at the Amber Fort
Picture #3: Dancing at ‘India Disney’ as we have decided to refer to the
strangest place I have ever been
Picture #4: Ladies at ‘India Disney’
Picture #5: On the train to Jaipur!

Picture #1: Snake charmer
Picture #2: Ladies at the Amber Fort
Picture #3: Dancing at ‘India Disney’ as we have decided to refer to the
strangest place I have ever been
Picture #4: Ladies at ‘India Disney’
Picture #5: On the train to Jaipur!

So many BEAUTIFUL monuments so little time!

The pictures are of the following:
#1: Entering the Red Fort in Agra
#2: Floating palace in Jaipur
#3 & 4: Inside the Amber Fort
#5: Palace in Jaipur
#6: The world’s sun dial
#7: Some of the ladies at a palace in Agra

Sorry I am still not feeling great but wanted to put up a few pictures
while I had internet and will put up more detail later. A number of people in
our group have been hit with travelers sickness and are hoping we will be
feeling better tomorrow for our final day with IRRAD!

Take Care all!

More to come soon!

I
have several days worth of wonderful things to share however I am not feeling
100% today and so am just going to put up a few pictures from the Taj Mahal
which we went to yesterday and will put a longer update about the past week up by
tomorrow.