Andhra University and FINALLY!!! a Rain Storm

So this was my adventure yesterday. Me and three of the other students here actually went to the local university here, Andhra University to meet some of the other public health and anthropology students that could help us with our research. It was really cool, as I was actually able to talk to college age students about cross-caste marriages. It's works a lot differently than I initially thought it would, but that's why I'm here, to learn what is actually happening. And I also got invited to an cross-caste marriage ceremony that will be happening later this month. I'm excited to go, as I'll be able to see an actual wedding ceremony and then ask is there are any differences compared to an endo-caste marriage, which is what our translators have. So this was excellent to do, make contacts with some of the local students as well as find out what it is that they are studying at the moment.

Me and some local boys after
the rainstorm

That was the main adventure, but what made yesterday really nice was that we actually had a rain storm roll into town. It was nice and cool for the rest of the day. It started at about mid-afternoon and only went for about half an hour, but it cooled off for the rest of the day. So much so that I wasn't sweating at all for the last few hours of the day, which is an amazing accomplishment here. And my shower, well, if you can call dumping water on yourself from a bucket a shower, was actually a little bit cold at first, but then I got used to the water again. The showers usually aren't bad, as we can't wait to just pour water on us as it's so hot, but last night I was a bit hesitant to do so at first but then I got over it. And I was able to go to sleep and stay asleep without feeling like I'm just laying there sweating through everything either. So it was a better night than most. I hope that it rains more often, which is will once monsoon season comes, but I would like for it to rain more before then.

Sorry for the short post today, not a lot going on. But some days will be like that, which is okay. Not everything in life has to be a race. Which is something that I can live with.

Talk to you soon,

Ashley