More Kerala pics and off to the Taj Mahal

Some of my Kerala pictures on Facebook.

Stef and I are off to New Delhi in a few hours to visit the Taj Mahal (which is in Agra) and head home to Chicago. I am looking forward to beating up some merchants haggling over intricately carved marble elephants with inlaid semi-precious stones. My favorite part is when my counterpart exclaims, "We need to eat from this money. I cannot go any lower." I respond, "so does my family and I like to keep my money. I need a bigger discount or I will give myself a discount by buying less." Then they usually go talk to their manager for a while and another Rs. 500 ($10) comes off. Actually it doesn't matter how much comes off; I am not happy until the prices comes down 30-50%. I expect all the merchants are selling at 300% of cost so I need to do my best to get it back to that amount.