Prefetti!

Dear readers,

It has been awhile since we have updated. I have been putting it off... I was telling myself I would update yesterday while in between performances at the mall but it never happened... I was too busy re-watching DEXTER. :P

So let me start with... our first Prefetti/Centerfresh stage performance...

HA! I sucked. It is annoying. I had 2 minutes of a hula hoop routine in which I should not drop the hoop... and I did. Why!? The client was not happy. Luckily I have been practicing a lot so that it will not happen tomorrow at our performance.

Literally right after we were done performing the stage show we packed up our bag and rushed to the airport... the taxi took forever to arrive at the hotel and the traffic was bad... Sujit was convinced we were going to miss the flight but we made it for the last boarding call! Yippie! I had a lot of fun traveling with the Prefetti crew. They are all REALLY nice people and funny. Sadly when we landed in Kolkata we immediately had to say goodbye to them because we were staying in different hotels.

We checked into the hotel and then found it that it had no internet and even better had only veg foods to offer! The restaurant was called the Desert... Sujit joked that it was called that because their menu was deserted with food to eat. Since we really can not eat veg food we got to change hotels! Now we are staying in a amazing hotel called Bodhi Tree... it's also an Art Monastery. We will definitely take pictures to post of this hotel.

The first day in Kolkata, Sujit woke us up and took us to a market place... after awhile we decided that we were seeing the same things that we could purchase in Delhi so we decided to go back to the hotel to watch a movie... on the way back we stopped at the Victoria Memorial. It was inspired by the Taj Mahal and it was beautiful! We walked around and checked it out... and about 5 minutes after walking outside it started pouring down rain! We tried to take cover under a tree but when we realized it was not doing much good we ran for a taxi... but there seems to be this thing about getting a taxi... whenever you do not need a taxi, they are everywhere... but when you REALLY need a taxi... they are no where to be found. We showered and tried to dry our clothes once we got back to the hotel. Then watched a few movies before heading to bed.

I tried to wake up early to watch the sunrise on Friday but it was cloudy and rainy so no sunrise was there. It was our first performance day in Kolkata and the mall we are at is pretty cool.

Sujit's 9 dancers came to support us and they were awesome! The Indian audience is hard to get clapping but these guys were hooting and hollering and clapping and making the performance soo much fun! We had yet to see their performance so we asked if they had their music... they did! So during our next performance they joined! They're sooo good! It was a lot of fun hanging out with the guys. After we all walked around the mall Sujit bought us lunch at KFC. The manager was so impressed with Sammy and I's performance that he gave us a discount! :) Then the 9 dancers had to leave :( Sujit left too. We have not seen him since... he is in Mumbai now with the dancers. Sammy and I fly to Mumbai early tomorrow morning. 6am! So we have to leave for the airport at 3:30! I do not even know if I will sleep tonight... after our performance in Mumbai... we go back to the airport and fly back to Kolkata. Lot of flying these next 24 hours... more than performing :) When we get back to Kolkata I have no idea what we are going to do... we have nothing planned for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Neelakshi (our MC from Bangalore) has a friend in Kolkata and we are hoping she can take us to some cool places... Then back to the mall to perform. I guess the next mall we are supposed to perform at is outside... and it is super humid here... so our team is trying to convince the client that we should be at this mall again next week. Sammy and I hope it gets approved, we do not want to be performing outside in the heat. And not only that but I doubt the heat is good for the laptops.

So I bought some Gatorade today... and it is 225 rupees... that is 5$! I can't believe it. I buy a 40 of beer for 60 rupees! I do not think I will be buying Gatorade anymore... it is good for us since we need energy and electrolytes... but beer can do the same thing, right? ;)

Yesterday went by very quick... Sammy and I sat in the green room/box watching DEXTER when we were not performing. I also saw the biggest spider EVER! It was the size of my fist I swear. And it was not a tranchula. On our way home from the mall our taxi broke down! Haha! Sammy has a complete commentary video from Shiv of the situation. It was epic. We finally got it to work and made it to the hotel. I was just thinking earlier that day... that there would be no way that we could go the entire India experience without getting into a taxi that would break down in the middle of our ride. And voila, it happened. It was fun when he got the vehicle started going. We all cheered! We will share the video on youtube when we upload it.

Somehow when I was eating at the hotel I got bit by 4 mosquitoes. All of them are around my elbow. It is annoying. Those little things should not be alive. The world would be a better place without them.

Wellllll not much more to talk about... it is Sunday about 6pm so we probably have about 3 more performances left until we get to go to the hotel.

Then we have to pack for the Mumbai trip. I have to shower... ever since I cut my hair I have to shower ever 2 days, my hair gets greasy fast. I think we might try to get a couple hours of zzz's in and then wake up at 3:30 for the plane!

It is the week of Burning Man. I wish I could be there. We were originally supposed to be returning to the USA tomorrow... but because of the heat our tour was pushed back 2 weeks. I will see everyone soon! Gotta go for now!

<3 Coco