Welcome back, Shelby (32co) - we missed you, worried about you, looked for you, thought about you all the time, had sleepless nights, placed a "missing person" ad in a world famous blog etc......
Thanks for your very interesting "report" on India, from an angle impossible to experience traveling by ordinary package tour! Great story! 
I have visited India when I was about 15 (so, just a little kid, really), and it made me wanting to go again, this time with a more mature perspective.
Other interesting things we talked about (once again!) was how time flies. I mean, it's already March, we have to start planning for Christmas soon! And - no joke - the Chile earthquake caused a shift in the earth's axle, which again caused the earth to rotate just a little faster. This will maker our days even shorter, and time will fly even faster! OMG!

Our compulsory assignment for today, the third in a series of I don't know how many:



If somebody gets what the Tokyo hotel doesn't want us to do on their beds, PLEASE share it with us by sending a comment - thank you. Today's members, Olivia, Mya, and Shelby will really appreciate it!

And we ate this (Ok, Olivia didn't, she took it home):



A third, strong earthquake has struck, this time Taiwan. Although experts say there's no connection between this one and Chile, I'm somehow worried. An earthquake so strong it can influence the earth's axle & rotating speed can surely have some effect on the "other plates" covering the planet, don't you think so? BE ALERT!

Thanks for joining in today,

The "Master"