What I love about India

As of right now, the thing I love most about India is getting shaved in a barber shop (or under the mango tree, or UMT) at 7:00 in the morning. Every third or fourth day, I get up at about 7 and head straight to the market to get shaved with a straight edge. The guy lathers my face for about 5 minutes, then shaves me. He lathers me up again, and shaves me again. He finishes by rubbing a healing stone on my face and then with some aftershave. You walk out feeling fresh, with a close shave that the MACH-3 just can't match. Oh ya, it costs only 15 rupees (40 cents).