Hey, all! Had a fabulous day in the ED today, so I’m on a high…saw some cool cases, actually got to work with patients instead of just observing, and made some new friends. 
Things I have learned this weekend:
It takes a looong time to get used to doing everything on the left side of the road. I kept banging into people while weaving the hospital corridors.
It rains a lot and very suddenly here…eek. Must remember to carry umbrella at all times.
Sari shopping is tons of fun! I went with Susanna to Kanchipurum yesterday. We visited a few of the beautiful temples there (and did some ritual that’s supposed to bless my life…the woman leading me in it told me that it would lead to long lives for my family and my eventual marriage to a doctor…:P gotta love Indian values…).
Then, we hit the silk sari shops that Kanchipurum is famous for (well, besides the temples)….I only bought one thing, don’t worry, but it was fun getting to choose from an amazing array of colors and borders. Every few seconds, the shopkeeper would flick his wrist and unfurl yet another expanse of silk to reveal the pullo, the most heavily decorated part of the sari. Forty minutes of saris and bargaining later (by the time I was done, I was practically sitting in a sea of saris), I had chosen a gorgeous 100% silk sari….cream and purple and gold. So pretty!
Bus rides in India aren’t as bad as everyone says, though we did get randomly stopped for 20 minutes in a village along the way as the townspeople stopped the bus by literally standing in front of it. Ah, well….for rs. 40 (that’s less than a dollar, folks), it was worth it. The views along the way were stunning…rice paddies, palm trees, a man herding geese, roadside temples.
Chinatown does indeed have great Indian food. 
Well, at least in Vellore.
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