Kite Running in Jodhpur

I have been in Jodhpur for 8 days now and i have had some of the best times in my life here. Every day i meet new people and end up spending hours and even days with them. i really have the best situation traveling with jack and alicia, i am able to go off and do my own thing when ever i want, if i want to be alone i can be alone, if i want to be with people i can be with people. because i have been able to go off and do my own thing everyday i have seen so many amazing things and met so many wonderful people. for example, me, two french girls and a guy from england ended up staying up until 3 am last night just chatting and chatting the night away and i really had one of the best days/nights i think i have in a long time. before that i spent 6 hours on the roof of my guest house kite running with a guy i met from sweden (whom i am doing a collaborative media kit with over the next few months/years. i wont say on what it is about until it is finished, but its going to be damn good and hopefully bring in a fair amount of money) as i had said in previous posts, in Jodhpur you feel like you are in the middle of Kite Runner. and i just had to join in, so i went out, bought as many kites as i needed, cotton flying string, and of course, to be competitive, string with glass in the line to cut other peoples kites out of the sky (kite running is extraordinarily competitive) so we worked hard and practiced for hours until we were finally able to get the kites up on the first toss and then the battling started! i ended up cutting about 8 or so kites that day and had my own line cut about about the same amount, well, actually a little more. we also started keeping score with the kid on the roof across from us, we lost 3-2.. kite running in jodhpur is truly incredible. once the light is gone the bats come out. there are the normal tiny fruit bats that are everywhere but every now and then these massive creatures come out of the sky, bats with a wing span of probably about 5 feet, they come swooping down towards and all you can think about is batman. really incredible. Jodhpur has been my favorite place in india and i am sad to leave. i am leaving tonight at 10pm on the bus to Jaisalmer and i will leave with memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life and friendships that will as well.