Day 7

Today I noticed that since I've been here, I've had chai at least 3 times a day, sometimes 4. Chai is the one thing every single person in india has in common i would say. The poorest of the poor still drink chai and the richest of the rich do too. it's definitely good for you, and i think it helps with aging. there have been so many times here where I guess someone's age and they are actually like 10 years older. I was hanging out with this girl for 2 days, and during those 2 days I had been asking her about school stuff and her major blah blah. So i ask my aunt how old she is later, and my aunts like oh she's 32 or 33. I'm like come again. then we went to an uncle's house whose son we visited in holland. it was clear he was old, but i'm thinking like 70. He's actually 89ish and still going. but he makes herbal medicines and such so im sure that has helped. Also people here eat meat very rarely, if at all. 70 to 80% of the population (about 1.2 Billion) of India is vegetarian. That definitely contributes. I barely eat meat at home, but even I'm missing chicken a bit.