I am hoping to be back in India in mid-July, assuming funding and visas and acceptance to the university all works out! So I thought I'd post my packing list. Remember, I'm planning on being in India for two years, so what I pack will be quite different from the packing-light-touristy/backpacker type. :P Sorry, guys, but this is the female...
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Yeh Bharat Hai, yaar!
Would I do it again? Commit two years to a country I'd never been to on a continent I'd never seen?
The last few weeks in India, I found myself incredibly frustrated with all things India. The filth was overwhelming, sitting at the bus stand moving every 30 seconds to keep flies off my feet, women sitting and spitting paan onto the ground in...
The last few weeks in India, I found myself incredibly frustrated with all things India. The filth was overwhelming, sitting at the bus stand moving every 30 seconds to keep flies off my feet, women sitting and spitting paan onto the ground in...
I got the text message about 2:30, maybe 3:00, from my friend. "Sweetie, take care. There have been 6 bombs in Bangalore."
There was nothing on the radio. Scratch that. There was next to nothing on the radio. I caught one announcement in Kannada, and then zilch for nearly an hour. Finally, finally! the English station mentioned it....
There was nothing on the radio. Scratch that. There was next to nothing on the radio. I caught one announcement in Kannada, and then zilch for nearly an hour. Finally, finally! the English station mentioned it....
No word on the guy yet. Apparently my friend and his Mom have discussed, but nothing official is set up for meeting. I do not know if this is because my American friend does not know how to proceed, because this is his family's way of saying nicely "not interested", or simply bad timing on all our parts. But I am going to call my...
Some time ago, when the idea of moving to India was just a possibility, I told myself, "If I'm 35 and not married, I'm going to take the plunge. I will agree to an arranged marriage." Finding a guy who wanted to spend the rest of his life in India wasn't exactly proving easy...
...but finding a guy in India didn't work out so...
...but finding a guy in India didn't work out so...
Thursday, I was supposed to be leaving for a quick trip to the Northeast and to Nepal, tagging along with several friends who were headed the same direction. Thursday night, I caught an auto (rickshaw) at 9:00, meaning I would arrive at the station a full two hours early. Generally I wouldn't be so early, but I preferred being at the station rather than...
Very belated report from North India Trip 2007:
Tuesday I left Almora at 5:40 am for the train station, then to Delhi, then overnight to Shimla with one connection to make... Delhi is even more nuts than I gave it credit for. People everywhere! Every square foot of the road had someone in it, pulling a cart, driving an auto, cycling, or carrying...
Tuesday I left Almora at 5:40 am for the train station, then to Delhi, then overnight to Shimla with one connection to make... Delhi is even more nuts than I gave it credit for. People everywhere! Every square foot of the road had someone in it, pulling a cart, driving an auto, cycling, or carrying...
There are those who might consider it brave to move 8,700 miles around the world to a country that I have never lived in nor seen. I have concluded that bravery is more often the direct result of ignorance. That is, "if I had known", my bravery might have wilted under the sheer weight of knowing what it would actually be like. Not that I regret...
We were in Belthangadi, a tiny nothing little down in northern Karnataka, and anxious to get back to someplace with clean beds and decent food as soon as possible. A bus pulled up headed express to Mangalore, and we wanted seats. There were quite a few people getting on, so Priya left to get seats while Rahul & I stayed with the bags. I thought,...
Bagabag, Philippines (or, as a friend calls it: Philly *grin*)
Prelude: I arrived in Manila Sunday night, meeting up with some friends and hoping to pick their brains on report writing. I was promptly sick Monday and most of Tuesday (a direct result of too little sleep over the last month), and we headed out by bus from Manila to Bagabag on Wednesday...
Prelude: I arrived in Manila Sunday night, meeting up with some friends and hoping to pick their brains on report writing. I was promptly sick Monday and most of Tuesday (a direct result of too little sleep over the last month), and we headed out by bus from Manila to Bagabag on Wednesday...
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