Sights and Smells and Cops

So I know I already posted something today but I have a little extra time and this afternoon was full of adventures. After lunch we met with our professor to discuss our research so that was productive. Then we decided to go to the fabric store to pick out the cloth for our Indian clothing. There were 9 of us and we decided to take a rickshaw. Usually we take 2 or 3 if we have that many people but we decided that it would be fun to try and squeeze all 9 of us into one...I don't know if you've ever seen a rickshaw but it's built to fit about 3 people comfortably...maybe even 2. Anyways, I ended up laying on top of the 6 people's laps that we managed to squish in the back and we had 2 people sitting in front with the driver. We had an extremely entertaining ride with many Indian people giving us looks of great surprise. We were also a great source of amusement to all of the children that we passed by. It was wonderful :)

Then we got to the clothing store and I was overwhelmed with the incredible amount of absolutely gorgeous fabric there. I picked out 3 fabrics for some simple clothing and am planning on returning in the near future to get a sari...but one thing at a time. Then, we were headed home and took 2 rickshaws back this time, and ours got pulled over! I didn't even know there were cops here...but after much talking and debating, we only had to pay an 100 rupee fine...apparently they can't have anyone in the front seat..I guess there are rules here after all :)