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There are lots of great and wonderful things about India. And there are some things that suck. Here is a list:

Good things:
cute kids that wave and say Hellocute kids that wave, say Hello and want a picture so they can see themselves on the LCD screen of your cameracute kids that wave, say Hello, want a picture with you and all their friendsan old lady who wanted a picture with Leah, and then gave Leah a high-five! astonishing sculpted cave temples - carved out of the rockthe food is amazing and cheap!friendly people that go out of their way to help usShake the rickshaw driver who took us around the caves in Aurangabad and helped us negotiate prices from the roadside fruit vendorsgroups of girls are always friendly, smiley and they giggle when we wave and say "namaste"the fact that we are rockstars here, and everyone wants to talk to us (Hello where you from whats your name)
Bad things:
cute kids that don't leave you alone, and chase you down the block (basically every group of boys)
people with acute staring diseasecreepy men who sit a reasonable distance away and then stare unabashedlyweird people who video tape us as we walk aroundweird people who ostensibly take pictures of their friends, when they're clearly framing the shot around usraw sewagesewer gas in the hoteltouts that try to sell us garbage, and don't leave us alone when we don't want itrickshaw drivers that overcharge. every time.taxi drivers that overcharge. every time.people throw garbage everywheremen consider India a large-ish urinal and feel they can pee anywhere, at any timemost toilets do not have toilet paper (of course) but they also don't have a little squirt gun, just a water bucket