Today started out in a petrified forest. A bunch of trees turned into stone, it was really interesting. Then we went to fort sinje and climbed a little bit of the moutain leading to where the fort was. Then we took an unplaned trip to the second largest temple in south India. It was stone work (is that a word) was gorgeous. The florescent lights however were not. It was one of third things that loses something because of the vendors and wired lighting. But still pretty and still interesting.

Today was also a day full of sadness. We ran into a lot of beggars and a lot of dogs that didn't look very happy nor healthy. One man hit his dog every time it barked. Both of these things are hard to see and hard to deal with.

We also talked a lot about development and how big the split is between some citys and villages and others. When you think about the US and most other places they are pretty equally developed but in India you can be in western Mumbai or drive a little ways and be in a villiage with no real houses.

I wold give more thoughts on all of this (believe me I have them) but I'm stuck using my iPod for Internet so i'm going to keep this short. Tomorrow we take an overnight train to Coimbatore which should be very interesting. And for now I'm going to go to sleep it has been a long day.

Goodnight!