Day 2 at the jungle started very early at 6:00 am with a coffee/tea delivery. Then we took another drive into the national park. We saw the same animals as yesterday except for the wild dogs (I couldn’t get a picture of them because they moved so fast). Unfortunately, the only animals we really didn’t get to see were the tigers and the leopards. But, I can’t complain over that. I am so lucky to be able to have seen all those animals out in the wild. We then went to the Gol Ghar for the last time for a great breakfast that included eggs, omelets, and much more. One thing another student mentioned about being in the jungle, was that Tom Friedman was right in The World Is Flat when he talks about “Flattener #10 The Steroids (Digital, Mobile, Personal, and Virtual”. The fact that you can check your email or call someone on a wireless mobile phone in a jungle that is in the middle of nowhere or even take digital pictures that will eventually be uploaded onto your computer is absolutely amazing. Tom Friedman sums this up nicely when he says “Now we are in Globalization 3.0, where, thanks to digitization, miniaturization, virtualization, personalization, and wireless, I can be processing, collecting or transmitting voice or data from anywhere to anywhere—as an individual or as a machine” (168). This really made me realize just how far we have come from “Globalization 1.0” to “Globalization 3.0”. After breakfast, we then checked out of the lodge and had to say goodbye to our little vacation in the jungle. (More pictures of Jungle below)
The bus ride home was another bumpy ride, but still enjoyable as I looked out the window and was able to see raw India. We made a quick stop at a dam but then found out we couldn’t take any pictures and wouldn’t be able to actually see the dam, so we returned to the bus. Once arriving back to Ginger Hotel (our home for 3 weeks), I was exhausted and took a nap. Then I continued to participate in “Globalization 3.0” by joining others in ordering pizza from Pizza Hut.
I was really tired from the jungle adventure, so decided to stay in tonight. On TV, me, Felix, and Nancy watched Indian Idol, which was really entertaining to watch. One thing I noticed that is very similar to American Idol is that it seems like only the good looking people move on. Also, the world is definitely flattening because all of the Indian judges looked almost identical to their American counterparts, especially the judge that is supposed to be like Paula Abdul. I really felt like I was in America, eating Pizza Hut and watching Indian Idol, even though I was on the opposite side of the world.
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