South India (July 2018)

So, this time for summer break, I would be going to India, and I go to India almost every year, so you might now be wondering why I decided to write about this year. If you aren't, well whatever. This time, wait for it, we were visiting WATERFALLS!

I think you might now be wondering why I just said WATERFALLS. If you aren't, whatever. It's because in India, waterfalls are like ten times the size of the ones you see in America (or most other places I'm pretty sure, if I'm wrong, tell me in the comments), and they are fully open to the public. This means that you can go up to the waterfall, stand under it, and get drenched. Sometimes, there are mini creeks that overflow because it's a rainy season, and the waterfalls are pouring, so we literally can swim there (it's more hygienic and clean when no one's around).

Anyway, enough of the 'background' story, let me tell the real story. I was around ten, when we went to India this time. Obviously, I was well movie and blanket-packed for the trip, because sitting in a fourteen-hour cold flight doing nothing except drinking the free apple/orange juice they keep giving you isn't fun. So, when we landed, we went to my grand-aunt's house, where we stayed there for a day or two, since she was coming on the trip (of waterfalls and other stuff).

We then left for Sengotti. To get there, we took a one-night train, which was actually really fun. There were two sets of bunkbeds, so me and my grandma got one side, while my sister and grand-aunt got the other. My mom slept in the bunk bed on the other side of the train, because there wasn't enough space (Other side of the train means if we were in the left area, she was directly opposite us, like 5 feet away, on the other side).

It was kinda cramped but at least I got top bunk! The pretty hilarious thing was that my sister called the other top bunk, but none of the bunks had railings on them! So in the middle of the night, she rolled in the bed and FELL OFF!!!! And she went splat on the hard cement floor, but magically didn't get hurt a bit?! She then had to sleep with my grandma on the bottom one. HAH! And remember, the train was moving the whole time and it's not very steady so she was rolling around everywhere, and woke up like everyone on the train (except me and everyone on the train).

The next day, we landed at Sengotti, and went to meet my cousins, who had also come there, not coincidentally, at the same area we were at.

We went to this cool temple-hotel, where we got the whole second floor to ourselves. So we basically ran around playing tag in our bare feet (cause it's a temple-house), and then got tired and went into one of the rooms and played cards.

The next day, in the morning, me and my sister and my mom went outside for a walk, and it was nice because for once it was cool in India during the summer.

That day, I think, next day, I'm pretty sure, we went to a waterfall, except here, we were allowed to stand under the waterfall and get soaked wet, which was actually really fun, because it was so hot and the water was freezing cold.

After that, we went to a really tall temple, and in general temples don't sound very interesting but in this one, there was a really big elephant that we were allowed to pet. We were allowed to pet the trunk which was pretty cool. My grand-aunt was looking at us from a distance though, because when she was a child, she had gotten chased by an elephant and from that point on is traumatized by them.

I also got like a million rose necklaces from the priests people, because I was the older one, and at one point I couldn't even see where I was going! After that, we went to my grandma's college, and the outside of it was covered with huge, leafy trees that practically touched our heads. We weren't allowed to go inside, because there were classes in session, but we were allowed to walk around the outside of the campus and take pictures.

Actually, we did the visiting college thing first before doing the temple elephant thing. After that, we visited my grand-aunt's school, and took a picture from the outside. I think it was pretty near the temple.

After that, I'm pretty sure, we went to the airport, and took a few pictures, and then off we went back on a fourteen-hour flight to California. See ya'll later. TOOTLES.