Over the weekend we did lots of sightseeing. We saw several temples. Unfortunately, they all look alike. Hence, the weekend is kind of a blur. We were exhausted by the time we got back to our hotel Saturday night. Sunday morning only about half of the students showed up for the planned sightseeing. Although we went to another temple, this one was a little more interesting because it had color. It also was set high up on a hill with a beautiful view of the surrounding area.
From there we went to see the waterfall that is supposed to be comparable to Niagara Falls - NOT! The postcard I had seen of it had made me really excited about going to see it. But, it turns out the picture was taken during monsoon season when there is lots of water going over the falls. Today there was barely a trickle.
One of the things I noticed while we were driving in the country were several wind turbines off in the distance. I thought, okay, here is an example of the world going flat out in the middle of nowhere. I wondered how they even knew these are available, how they made contact with the suppliers, whether they were made in India or some other country, and why they were here versus other areas we had driven through. With the amount of smog we have encountered on this trip, it is apparent that India desperately needs to do something about cleaning up its air supply. Contributors to the air quality problems don't only come from industry and autos, as the majority of people don't even own vehicles, but from burning garbage and cowpies in people's homes. If they can generate electricity or energy by way of wind turbines and eliminate the need to burn some fossil fuels, garbage, and cow pooh, it could greatly improve the air quality - and probably reduce respiratory problems for the people.
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