Day 7 - Bhimvaram/Palakol/Kakinada Day

This was definately the day to prove how much we were flying around India to get to see everyone. That would mean that it would be the worst day to be sick, with long drives/train rides, its horrible to be sick. None-the-less my body decides to hate me and I go down with something, I have no idea what it was. I woke up that morning and threw up. brushed my teeth, threw up, took a quick shower, threw up. Without having anything to eat or drink, I couldn't even hold down water, we drove off to Palakol to visit more of my dad's family. On the way there I lied on my mom's shoulder, once she felt me move she told the driver to pull over, and guess what I did. Luckily that was the last time, we got to Jagan thatha's home and I finally got to lie down. And even more lucky was that Gita aama (aunt) was a doctor so I was under the care of a certified physician. That day was filled with amazing revelations about my Atyam roots though. Jagan thatha was a scholar on the Atyam linage and what we've all accomplished. The one thing I pulled away from it as the most important is that my father's grandfather was one of the first, if not the first, South Indians to go to America. After a month long trip of trains, boats, and more transportation, he arrived in New York and got a BA at NYU in 1919.
After having a surprisingly good recovery we wished my dad goodbye, he then left on train to Tirupathi (look at him in this picture and compare it to a couple of days from now). About 10 minutes after he left we went on our way to Kakinada. They were gracious enough to send a driver to take us all the way there. This part was a long drive where I was still a little nausious, so Deepak sat in front and my and ama sat in back so I could rest. After a 3-4 hour ride we got into Kakinada right after the sun went over the horizon. After getting lost in the hustle and bustle of a much more vibrant/lively/uptempo city we made a couple of calls and finally found Nagesh thata (who was about 40 with a 8 year old girl) and got to his house. After a little dinner and a decent amount of water me and Deepak went straight to sleep.