Day 8 - Kakinada

After waking up at Nagesh thatha's house we had a little breakfast. At that point I started to feel better, but amma and Deepak both went down. Amma threw up that morning and Deepak was light-headed and tired the whole day. And at a point when Nanna wasn't there - he turned out to be sick too, but luckily not to the extent as us - so we were on our own to get around town and visit everyone. After pushing ourselves through the morning we went to () thatha's house, my mom's dad's brother. There we also met MP mama, his first son, and K() Ammama. Thatha really stood out to me because of how lively he was right from when we entered until we left. I also learned that he had and still has an affliction for new technology. He has the newest camera phones, laptops, and all sorts of gadgets. After a full life of doing pretty much everthing, he now tinkers with ways to communicate with his family through better and newer technology. After getting to their home and sadly denying the peseratu that they made JUST for us because my mom told her that's what she missed most. But with all of us being sick all we had was simple bread and butter/jam. Then we were convinced to rest for some time. So after showing them our pictures we took a nap, or at least lied down to talk with Ammama. At 3 or so we finally said our goodbyes and were driven to Madivi pinni's mom's house. There we talked for about 1/2 hour and saw the house, even though under renovation. Then amma was dropped of at another one of her cousin's house while me and Deepak were taken around by thatha. He showed us everything that our family has done for and done in Kakinada. He showed us where Meena atha and Paddu Pinni were married. He showed us the building that used to be the family's house, which now stands as a monument to remember when Gandhi and Nehru visited and stayed there. Even pictures to prove it. But through this short trip Deepak started becoming dizzy again so I had to convince thatha that we needed to go and find amma. So we left a little early from the tour and we found amma and went straight to the bed to have Deepak lie down. Even though I still felt a little dizzy and I'm sure amma was not 100% we still tried for a full conversation. After a little snack we moved on to my mom's oldest cousin's house. He was much more...stiff than I expected, Babu mama (I think) was the pretty much the head of the family and everyone of the cousins look up to him in terms of advice and help. When we got there we also looked to him for help and he gave us some medication for our illnesses. Then, by this time it was pretty late, we rushed back to Nagesh thatha's house for a quick dinner and rushed off to the train station. This was our first overnight train ride, a full 10 hours.