Only a few days left

We just got back from our second trip to the Khuria (or Kuriya) dam, and it was even better than the first time. We swam a lot more and the food was amazing. We had mutton. potato curry, tomato chutney and rice. I am going to miss this food. A lot more people swam this time, and it is so tough to get the Indians in the water. Swimming is not very popular in India, so we have to get the life jackets out and take them out step by step. I can't imagine ever fearing the peaceful water like they do, but Mark and I were lucky enough to be swimming at the YMCA before we could really walk. Anil just adores the water and loves taking people out on his inflatable raft with a trolling motor. I believe our entire group braved the cold water of the 600 acre reservoir, located an hour north of Mungeli in the foothills of mountains.

Yesterday, we had our Annual Function at the Rambo English School. There were about ten dances performed and over a hundred students participated. We worked with thirty kids on the "I want to be like you," from the Jungle Book. I believe we got some really great pictures and videos of Mark, Joseph and I as we danced with the kids. We dressed in green pants (jungle) and red shirts for the fire that the monkeys badly desire so they can be like man. We also had tails and red arm, head and ankle bands. It was quite hilarious as all of the other dances had more traditional Indian costumes, and our third, fourth and fifth grade boys were clearly dressed in an amateur fashion. We looked like such a rag tag compilation of monkey man. Monkey man is a nickname I have gotten from many of the local kids, because of the way I dribble basketballs between my legs and fun loving attitude.

A few of us our talking in Anil's office and getting online, and we are talking about how much we miss hot showers. I think Lynn is going to try to get a hotel in Delhi so she can get one a little earlier. We are going to miss the Dust Bowl that is Mungeli, back not the bucket showers or the crunchiness dust in your mouth when you are driving on the unpaved roads. On the other hand, I would rather have to deal with dustiness now rather than the monsoons that come in a few months. Mungeli has been very good to us and we will all surely miss it.