so John, a friend from Iowa is in town. He was supposed to go yesterday with us on a tour of Kolkata, but his train got in 15 hours late (it was scheduled for 8am).
So instead Joe, Anne-Marie, and I went to the flower market and the victoria Memorial which was fun... but our legs were really tired after walking "30" miles (probably 5-10). I'll post pictures as soon as I can... but today my right eye is in pain so I can't really think too much as I type... earlier today I had to leave morning prayer because I was feeling sick.
On my way home, I took a taxi that was a bit uncooperative, he wanted to charge me 50 for a ride that costs 20rps, I said no, meter will be 20, then he said 30 and I said no, and walked away (before I had actually gotten a ride). He eventually called me back and said okay meter. Then I told him to take a left, which he didn't want to take, because "sudder street is not that way" (he was trying to take me for a ride...) I said left (in hindi) several times and he finally said okay... then I directed him to my hotel... and guess what the meter said? 20 rps. I really dislike people who try to rip foreigners off, they give the numerous good Indians a bad shake.

Today for orientation, we had 13 people from Waco come... which was cool to have such a large group of Texans.