It's a Rat!

After a wonderful day of haggling in the market and walking around Rishikesh, and having some interesting runs ins with the locals at the ashram, i think its safe to say everyone was ready for a nice calm meal. So naturally we  decided to go eat. Well i must say that was probably the least relaxing but definitely most entertaining meal i have had thus far. After waiting for over an hour for all of our food to arrive, everyone was incredibly hungry and ready to get back to the hotel. As soon as our food came it was gone, but one of the other table still hadn't gotten anything. Just as their food arrives, Hetal see's what she thinks is a rat running across the floor. Mind you we are sitting bare-foot on rugs and pillows (which was actually wicked comfortable). Once Erin heard the word rat, all hell broke loose. She screamed so loud I'm pretty sure the opposite side of the Ganga could hear her. She jumped up and ran screaming for the stairs, not even stopping to grab her bag or camera. Its was every man for themselves! Needless to say, we all followed. Once we managed to drag our way away from the "rat" and calmed ourselves down, Aaron came down to tell us that it was merely a mouse and not a very big mouse by any stretch. It was hilarious though, she was so freaked out and pretty much nobody knew exactly what to do. So that pretty much put an end to our incredibly long dinner which was nice, but wow, what a way to end the night!