Home Sweet Home . . . .

Finally, the pictures of our house, that you've all been waiting for. When we arrived the first night, we were amazed with what awaited us! I’m not sure what we were expecting, but again we were pleasantly surprised! It is about twice the size of where I was living in Silver Spring. There are two bedrooms, each with their own bathroom. All of the floors are marble, that’s right, I said marble!

The Living Room....We had just done laundry at the neighbor's house and hung it to dry.

The kitchen....

The stove. Unfortunately, no oven! The orange tube going into the wall connects to a propane gas canister that is sitting on the back patio!

Our bedroom....

There is one interesting thing to me. In the bathrooms, there is no clear division between the shower area and the rest of the bathroom, so when someone takes a shower, the water goes anywhere and everywhere. We have a western style toilet and toilet paper, for those of you who were concerned or curious! But we do have an added feature. Next to the toilet there is a knob that when turned, a stream of water will squirt your bottom! Not quite as forceful as the French version, but it has the same effect. It does not seem to be very effective when you tinkle since you stay wet, but it could have some impact on the other end since it washes you to some degree. However, we stick with toilet paper, even though it is a bit pricier than we are used to!

We have an enormous patio out the back door. It is basically the size of the room on the floor below. It would be the perfect spot for bbq's, but cows are holy in India. Besides that, it is too hot in the daytime and there is no roof or shade. And at night, the mosquitoes would eat you alive. So for now, we dream of filling it with plants and trees for shade.

Nick has hung Tibetan Prayer Flags on the balcony for decoration....

Since the water is unsafe to drink right from the tap, we had a high tech water filter installed shortly after we arrived. And just this past week, we got a washing machine. I was so happy.


Right now, our house is pretty simple, not a lot of decoration, but we are hoping to change that over time.

Our land lord and his family....

The Front Balcony....

The view from our front balcony....

A sunset out the front balcony....