sweating at the solar kitchen

happy easter!
im here!
finally!
I feel like i have been flying forever. my first flight to chicago was only 3 hours, but to england it was 8, and to india it was over 10!
i met some nice people on the way though. an older couple from germany thought i looked like there daughter, and kept me immensly entertained for hours on my flight to england. I also met a nice college student from maryland who hung out with me at the england airport. the best though, was the woman from england ( origionally from new delhi) who was visiting her parents in chennai, almost the entire flight to india she, her daughters and american husband gave me tips about india, gave me phone numbers of her friends around pondicherry, and finally, at the chennai airport, she introduced me to her father and sister and gave me their address in chennai in case i got into trouble.
I got to chennai around 1 am, they almost detained me because I didnt have the exact address of the place i am staying. But, i talked my way out of it, thank god!
my taxi drivers ( yes two, for some reason they sent too many people) were waiting right outside in the pouring rain.after i picked which driver i would use I began a 4 hour ride to auroville, maybe a bit longer because my driver stopped for a snack on the way.
we woke up the poor guy who had to sleep outside out the hostel to await my arrival, he showed me up some stairs into a clean, but very minimal room.
when i got to my room, i proceeded to sleep for almost 24 hours!
My roomate is a nice girl named lily, in her mid 20's i think, who is a biology teacher here.
today i have already had a great breakfast at my hostel ( free everyday) biked around some of the community, met lots of people and of course, tracked down the internet cafe. and its only 1 in the afternoon!
tonight I will be going to a hungarian culture night, where i will learn traditional dancing, eat traditional food and watch hungarian cartoons. A woman from my hostel is putting it on.
it is very hot and humid here, with cows, flea ridden dogs, flies and a millian mosquitos!!!!!!!
i am covered in red dots! the mosquito repellant does nothing!
but at least there is very little malaria here!