Woke up after a very cold overnight of sleep. There's no heaters in the rooms and the room wasn't completely closed from the elements. We had breakfast packed up and headed to the other village where my Father In Law's family lives. It was about an hour drive and when we arrived something was "off". Previously we went to a house that was more closely related to a western home and this time we arrived at an all brick structure that wasn't very home like. We went in to the home and they showed us our bedroom which was a very small room made of brick which had holes you could see to the outside. There was no heater in the room and it smelled very dusty/dirt like. We went outside to visit with family and neighbors and suddenly my daughter and son FREAKED out. There was a spider in the tree bigger than our heads just chillin' near our heads.
We did the obligatory tour of the village and found the house we stayed in last time. Apparently a different portion of the family lives in it now and it wasn't clear why were not staying there instead of the less than ideal conditions we were in. We then found the restroom we would be using which was an outhouse with an Easter Style toilet and no running water. When we got back to the house my daughter started to breakdown and my son was on the verge too. It was too much for them and asked if we could find a hotel. Unfortunately the nearest western hotel was 3 hours away so this was not an option. So instead we talked to members of the Pandari village and they welcomed us back to their place.
So my daughter, son, and myself jumped back in the bus along with my Cousin-in-law, Akash and headed back to Pandri with the plan to pick up my wife, brother in law, his wife, and daughter in the early afternoon.
On our way back we some some wild Peacocks and Foxes that looked like Coyotes. As we were driving back my cousin and the driver saw the signs for a religious site that was "on the way" and they asked if they could stop there. I of course wasn't going to prevent them from checking the site out as they seemed very excited about it. The place was called Ghuisarnath Dham. It's a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and is on the banks of the river. We attempted to go with the driver and cousin but they wanted us to take off our socks and shoes and there were "millions" of monkeys around and didn't trust leaving our shoes. Also this wasn't a normal western tourist spot so the amount of stares and gawking was very uncomfortable so we decided to stay in the bus. Upon their return the driver gave us sweets and told us he prayed for our future success.
We then made our way back to the village where we visited with some of the family and ate and retired to a different room which was more sealed up and we had extra blankets.
Next stop Jaipur
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