So yeah, after that first night, we moved to the guest house we were originally going to stay in--the Vaisnava Academy.  It's right across from the goshala (where the cows live) and the atmosphere is peaceful and quieter than most (course, there's always some sort of noises going on in India--though here, instead of horns blasting, people shouting and music blaring we usually hear a combo of chanting, cows mooing, birds warbling, insects chirping, monkeys screeching and dogs and jackals howling).

Front view of the Vaisnava Academy.  We're staying on the first floor, for now, then we'll move up to the 2nd floor South facing during the winter months.

There's a little playground in the back.

Nitai having a pomegranate snack on the swings.

We took a boat across the Jalangi River to Navadwip.

And a rickshaw (Nitai's first rickshaw ride) to get our new...

...bicycle!  Check out Nitai's seat on the back--most of the kids 5 or 6 and under ride like this--a plastic kid's chair bolted onto the back.  New bike, basket, lock and child's seat cost us about $65 (we'll sell it before we head back).
It's so much nicer to travel around Mayapur this way--things are really spread out.
Almost everyone who lives here either has a bicycle or scooter/motorbike.

View of the construction of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) from the Jalangi river, heading back to Mayapura (it's H-U-G-E!!)  You can see Prabhupada's samadhi as well--look for the gold spire.

TOVP

Jalangi River

Our fellow passengers on our boat ride back.