I can't believe I've been in India for over a week now. Once again I've been really bad at updating, but just a quick run down about the past week. It's been a hell of an experience and a lot different than I could have imagined. So I am here in a small town called Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu which is pretty close to Kanyakumari, which is the city in the southermost part of India. I am here with a group of 12 other people from the states and we are working with Habitat for Humanity. We aren't working directly with the houses hit by the tsunami, but close by. We did visit the tsunami site and the damage is still clearly visible. We have been working on a couple houses and it has been no joke. The weather is hot and humid and we are out there from 9-3. The work we've been doing is a lot different than Habitat in the states. The tools are different and the methods of construction are completely different. We've been moving dirt, stones, and clay with pans and buckets. We end up drinking like 6 liters of water each day without having to use the restroom at the site because we just prespirate it all out. We are living in this really nice hotel like a few minutes from the worksite where there is air conditioning and running water all the time, which is a luxury. So after a long workday, it's great to have somewhere pretty decent to stay. As far as things outside of the workdays. We've had bharatnatyam lessons for a couple days, yeah go ahead and laugh. That was pretty interesting as the guys enacted Krishna and the girls enacted Radha. We visited a temple where the guys had to take off their shirts for some odd reason. We visited a few other religous sites and of course we've been eating a lot. Dosas, idlys, saambar, waadas, thalis, chinese food, yeah it's been good...and dirt cheap! Anyways, I got to head out, but that's a quick sum up of stuff and I'll include pics when I get a chance. Btw....the funniest thing that has happened to me is that this kid yesterday kept on asking me in tamil if bruce lee and jackie chan lived in my town...haha...WAJJJJJJ

The Habitat Group in front of a Palace

Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari

Thiruvalluvar Statue (Tamil Poet)

Sunset where three bodies of water meet (Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal)

Succhindrum Temple

Locals at the worksite

South Indian Thali

Saif Ali Kahn on the Lays Chips we eat each day during break time (Spicy Masla is the best)

Bharatnatyam Dance Lessons Initation

Hotel in Nagercoil

Me and some of the school children at the worksite

My new girlfriend =)

One of the classes of kids...dang...they are cute

Tsunami-destructed home