{"id":567,"date":"2012-07-30T23:01:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T06:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtw4four.com\/RTW4Four\/?p=567"},"modified":"2012-07-30T23:01:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T06:01:34","slug":"at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtw4four.com\/RTW4Four\/2012\/07\/30\/at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"At Last…!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We got to sleep in! (Sort of) We were allowed to wake up as late as 7:30 so we could have breakfast an hour later. Shiron\u2019s mother made an Indian breakfast for us:\u00a0<\/span>putis<\/span>\u00a0and a potato curry. You\u2019re supposed to scoop the potatoes into the\u00a0<\/span>puti<\/span>\u00a0(which is like a tortilla that is very thin and circular) and stick it in your mouth, using your right hand of course. (In case you\u2019re wondering, Shiron is the owner of N Home Stay.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After eating, we finished packing and learned more about the power outage: it was nation-wide and had happened at about one in the morning. I heard our AC go off and wondered what had happened. I didn\u2019t learn until Mom woke us up that the power had gone. Thankfully, though, Agra got some of its power back so we could stay cool. Shiron had a battery that powered the lights but, sadly, not the AC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shakil\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0friend,\u00a0<\/span>Jeetu<\/span>, drove us to two monuments on the outskirts of Agra. It was surprising how much water there was in the roads after just one night and a couple of hours of precipitation. In some places it was about a foot deep. The road was not designed very well as parts of it were washed out and the middle of the road was far higher than the edges.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was kind of surprised that it took about an hour to get to the first monument and then forty-five minutes to get to the next. From there, it took about an hour to get back to N Home Stay. On the way back, Et<\/span><\/a>han thought he saw Shiron in a tuk-tuk. Mom didn\u2019t believe him but Ethan turned out to be correct! Shiron\u2019s car had broken down because of the water.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we said good-bye, Shiron\u2019s mother gave Ethan and me a bag of masala-flavored Tangles, which are like pieces of cereal. We enjoyed these on the train about an hour ago along with some cookies and crackers we bought at the train station and Vientiane. (Yes, those are very old cookies.) We finally started moving again and we\u2019ll be to Jaipur in a while. Ciao!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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