India!

"I am going to India!"

I keep saying this to myself, but it does not sink in.

And I leave this Saturday...

I am going to Kerala, a state in the south of India (see map: http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/kerala/keralalocation.htm). I am going with my boss, Kristin, and we are going to the wedding of a co-worker's cousin. We are also going to travel around Kerala for several days before and after the wedding. Nearly everything has been planned for us by our beyond excited co-worker (I think she is stoked to show us off). All I have had to do is visit the Embassy of India to get a visa (talk about one of the gnarliest experiences of my life!), get a sari made (yep, I have to wear a sari to the wedding and I LOVE IT!), and pay my way.

Anyway, just to give you a quick taste of where we will be going, see these links (I honestly do not know much else...):

Kochi/Cochin (we fly into here): http://www.flickr.com/photos/kasugai_sean/445491913/

Munnar (hill station): http://www.flickr.com/photos/arunar/2928438162/

Kottayam (wedding is around here): http://www.flickr.com/photos/barnause/2203856345/

Alleppey (backwaters houseboat): http://www.flickr.com/photos/maapu/437577352/

Thiruvananthapuram (we fly out of here...and, yes, that is the official name of the city): http://www.flickr.com/photos/anntatti/2282713697/

So there you go. You now know just as much as I do...