3 weeks of India

We have just reached the three and a half point of our twenty week stay in India. It's taking quite some time to adjust to the climate, food, bathrooms, and everything else, and I doubt that four more months will do the trick.
We are living in a part of town called Lawson's Bay Colony, or the "Beverly Hills" of Visakhapatnam. Vizag (Visakhapatnmam) is a port town right on the Bay of Bengal, so we receive a subtle breeze from the ocean. Unfortunately, despite the beauty of this place, it is the most polluted city in the state of Andhra Pradesh. 
Our apartment is pretty nice, but not in the same standards we would think of in America. There is a Krishna temple four buildings down from us, and we are lucky enough to hear the bells and chants at five o'clock in the morning every day. Collin and I often visit the temple cow, Lakshmi, and we give her much needed pets. She always looks so bored that we can't help but visit her.
We are attempting to learn Telugu, and our instructor, Malayavasani, is a retired professor of Andhra University. She also taught Telugu at Michigan how ever long ago. It's been a slow learning process learning a new alphabet,    but after three weeks, I think I am finally getting it. It seems to come to Collin a lot easier, which is great because then he can help me out.
Well, this has just been an introductory post on what we are doing here (sort of). We will get into more depth of the ways of life and what we experience, hopefully, on a daily basis.
Peace out!