India Day 10 - All about the Poop, Wedding Day!

We get a luxurious sleep in, but I was still sleepy. We went down for a lazy breakfast and then I went back upstairs for a nap before we all got ready and headed out to yoga. For once, we decided that we would not be late, so we left an hour early and took a taxi (who didn't know where he was going, but he had enough sense to call the place and ask for directions).
I had found a yoga center in New Delhi called Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Nataraja Centre where they did a free trial lesson every Sunday. So we piled into the center and waiting..since we were half an hour early, yay!
They teacher came in and started his prayers and relaxation...and that's when it happened. I felt a thread of fire moving up my arm. One of the dang mosquitoes was biting me! I didn't really want to itch and wiggle since we were relaxing, but I had to. It hurt sooooo much! Two bites! I managed through the yoga class. Afterwards I was more sore than I usually am after yoga, but I thought, well, it's been a long time since I did real exercise, so I won't worry too much about it.
After the class was over, we stayed and they helped us through some headstands and crow stance. Lots of falling, but fun times.

Then we caught a taxi and I took the crew back to Way to Canteen to eat. The food there was still way to spicy for me, so I didn't eat much, but everyone else enjoyed it.
TOO SPICY!!!

Then quick stop at India gate for some proper pictures via tuk tuk and then tuk tuk back to the hotel. Here, I was so exhausted, I quickly changed into my bathing suit and went to the pool. I climbed onto one of the lounge chairs, covered myself with the bathrobe and promptly passed out. I had random short nightmares where I jerked myself awake. Also, it started raining on me, but I was under a tree, except my legs, so I just pulled my legs up. =) And then of course, mosquitoes bit me for bite number 3 of the trip. And the flowers. But, for the most part, I passed out.
A friend woke me so we could get ready for the wedding. So, upstairs we went to get shower and get into our sarees. Now, I don't know if any of you guys have seen what these monsters look like, but you are pretty much wrapping yourself in a very long table runner. Haha. And I remembered what the lady said about the pleating and stuff, but we just couldn't get it to look good. So, after running around and asking downstairs for help and being told they were going to charge us 500 rupee per person to help us wrap our sarees, we just put them on the best we can (because now we were late to the wedding) and headed to the party, hoping to get it fixed there.
When we arrived, the Horse Procession or Barat had already started with fireworks going off and everyone dancing. I tried to bop, but by now I was running a raging fever and my tummy was grumbling it's belly off. Eventually, I just sat down to watch everyone else have fun. I was determined to see my friend married! Sometime at at this point, I lose the cheap bracelet that I had purchased, but was pretty, so I was kinda bummed about that too.

Then we went upstairs to the wedding assembly where everyone started in on the food - this time it was dessert first and then India buffet. I couldn't eat a single thing and I didn't want to. All I wanted was my bed. So, I took short bursts of naps and tried to keep away. Drinking as much water as I could get and taking a few pictures with the bride and groom when I could summon the energy.

Eventually, I went back downstairs for a nap nap since the Ceremony doesn't actually start until 1am and I wasn't going to last that long...whilst napping downstairs, I got mosquito bites number 4-7....
Once again, I was woken up by friends when everyone came to to watch the couple FINALLY get married! We all sat there, half asleep as the priest did his chanting/talking blah blah blah. They did serve us this yummy drink that had bits of almonds and spices in it that didn't seem to upset my stomach. The Ceremony is supposed to last until 4am, but at 2am, she finally got bound to him and she motioned for us to go as we were all passing out.

Unfortunately, cabs are hard to come by that late at night, so we had to wait a bit to find a taxi. And then, just my luck, there was a festival going on in the streets so traffic was horrific, but we finally made it home. Where I told them not to wake me for breakfast and I took a burning hot shower and passed out. By this time, I hadn't eaten in a day and my body and expelled anything I had eaten this whole trip! NO WEIGHT GAIN! YAY!