7:50 The girls wake me up. Apparently we've all slept through our alarms.

8:00 We meet with Sanjay in the lobby. He first takes us to the Presidential Palace. It is a huge complex and the most we ever get to see of the place is the front gate (and this from a distance due to it being behind another gate through which we have to look.) He then takes us to the Ba'ai Temple. The architect designed it in the shape of a lotus flower because the lotus always points towards heaven and is very dear in the Hindu religion (the majority in India.) The Ba'ai's accept all religious beliefs and some of their core concepts are similar to those of our church. We remove our shoes and enter the temple to pray. It is very quiet and peaceful, but very hot. Outside of the temple we find missionaries and construction crews (in addition to the hundreds of devotees.)

We then proceed to the Sikh Temple. It is a beautiful complex and is made out of white marble and gold. Our guide at the temple (who frequents Brigham Young University in Utah to give lectures) has us remove our shoes and put on little hats. The ground is very hot on my feet. Sanjay explains to us that the services performed here (religious and charitable) are all done voluntarily. Inside we find people praying. In the center of the temple there is a sort of shrine made of gold and three musicians are playing the chants that are being amplified both inside and outside the building. The name of the temple is Bangla Sahie, but the Sikhs call it Guru Duwara, which interpreted is Coach at the Gate. Adjacent to the temple is a sort of soup kitchen where they feed the homeless twice a day. Sanjay says that on Sundays they feed up to 50,000 people - both Sikhs and non-Sikhs.

Sanjay chooses our next stop to be the largest Hindu temple complex in the Delhi area. It is the most colorful of any we've seen yet. After a few photographs Sanjay takes us inside. Once again we are required to remove our shoes. Sanjay instructs us that Ganesh is the first god Hindus pray to (for good luck.) The temple complex is very large and we only have time to visit the first few sections. Sanjay tells us that each god has it's own section (although not all of the over 5,000 gods are represented.) As we leave the temple we pass Humanun's shrine (the monkey god) and receive a dot on our foreheads.

12:30 Sanjay takes us back to our hotel where we exchange email addresses and give him a copy of the Book Of Mormon as he is interested in our religion. He thanks us and then takes us to one of his favorite restaurants. We say our good-byes and he leaves us to eat. Ember, who hasn't been taking her medication with food, quickly begins to feel sick and it isn't long before she pukes all over my hands. Bless her heart. A very nice waitress comes along to help her.

13:40 We head back out to the streets, where it is now raining quite heavily, and wait for our cab driver to come back and pick us up.

14:00 Hotel - Ember showers while Emma and I watch a National Geographic special about surfing.

14:45 I leave to go to the markets. I first head over to the Government Center (where bargaining is not allowed) to get an idea of pricing for certain things. While in the markets I buy a drum and a wooden snake. Bargaining with the merchants has now become my favorite past time.

17:00 I head back to the hotel where Ember and I try to figure out how to make a call home. She leaves a message at home and then she and her boyfriend, Rob, call each other.

18:00 We all meet with K.C. in the lobby of the Imperial to plan out our stay in Chennai. The girls decide that they would rather just stay at the Sheraton for four days. That is fine with me as long as I get to do some sight seeing.

19:00 Ember and I take off to get some money for K.C.. Emma is feeling a little sick so she stays behind. We first take an autorickshaw to the Citibank only to find that the ATM machines are down. While we are there we meet some students from Israel and befriend one of them. His name is Shai and he is a really nice guy - very genuine. We take another autorickshaw (with Shai) to the American Express bank which has now just closed. We then drive over to another bank and are able to pull out 20,000 rupees. We argue with the rickshaw driver momentarily, finally accept a reduced fare, and then race back to the Imperial. When we get back to the lobby K.C. doesn't seem at all upset with how long we've been gone. He is the funniest old man: very soft spoken, never smiling, and always very patient. He has been very good to us.

20:00 Ember and I head out to the markets once again. I love being out in the markets - not so much for the buying of things, but because it really seems to be what part of India is all about. She buys a skirt and I buy a few souvenirs for friends. On the way back we stop for ice cream (our first "dairy" product since we've been here) at a Baskin Robbins.