As I write this, I am sitting in Mussoorie, in a restaurant eating dinner. I asked the waiter for spicy and he recommended a dish so I said yes that sounds good. Now as I sit with my eyes and nose watering like crazy, he is watching me like a hawk to see how I cope with SPICY!!!!!!
I arrived in India a week ago today. It has been a very interesting week. India is such a contrast from everything that I know and am familiar with. Although thanks to some very good friends, I was well enough informed prior to my arrival so as to prepare myself to a certain extent!!! Delhi is a mental city but I thoroughly enjoyed my time there with Kara, Atula and Mercia.
Kara and I flew to Udaipur. This is a very historical city built round a lake. We enjoyed chilling out and saw many a sight. We happened to see lots of preparation for weddings as this is wedding season in India!!! I got some beautiful pictures of the a bride and her closest family sitting by the lake. I just love the colours you see in India. It was here that I bought myself a saree for a wedding I am going to next month! Whilst in Udaipur we met a lovely girl from London called Laura (above). She was staying in the same hotel as us so it was really nice to meet up and have dinner together. We all really enjoyed our sunset cruise on the lake followed by a rather interesting dinner where we enjoyed our beer from an actual Mug!!!!! Laura is great craic and it turns our she is doing the same trip as myself only our dates in each place don't coincide! However we will meet again I am sure!!
Back to Delhi, just for a night and then off I came to Mussourie to chill in the Himalayan mountains! Literally chill and metaphorically relax!! It is cold here!! I am staying in a lovely guest house where Manoj will do anything at all to make my stay pleasant and comfortable!!! He says that I can just phone him anytime and he will pick me up on his motorbike!! Whilst I trust him completely and as much as I would love the thrill of the ride, the roads here are just too dangerous so I think I will stick to my feet, still rather dangerous but less risky!!!! I am here for another day and then back to Delhi.
I really love India and I am thoroughly enjoying the experience. My train ride to Mussoorie was an interesting one. We passed through the city for a while before we reached the countryside. The train set off at 06.50 so as we passed through alot of slums, I was watching as people were just getting up and starting their day. I have seen endless amounts of poverty since I began my travels but I think the hardest thing I have seen so far has been watching a little boy climb out of bed and waken his brother. This sounds pretty normal but instead of being a bed, it was what looked like a coal bunker and rather than having a mattress to sleep on, he had been lying on rubbish with only a blanket for cover. This was right in the middle of what can only be described as a landfill site. This breaks my heart and brings a tear to my eye every time I think about it. No child should be forced to live in such poverty. If I hadn't been on the train, I think I would have taken that little boy and his brother and tried to do something for them. But that train was not stopping for another 530 kilometres.
There will be plenty more Indian experiences as I travel through the country! Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and let's truly give thanks!!!!
Jane
I arrived in India a week ago today. It has been a very interesting week. India is such a contrast from everything that I know and am familiar with. Although thanks to some very good friends, I was well enough informed prior to my arrival so as to prepare myself to a certain extent!!! Delhi is a mental city but I thoroughly enjoyed my time there with Kara, Atula and Mercia.
Back to Delhi, just for a night and then off I came to Mussourie to chill in the Himalayan mountains! Literally chill and metaphorically relax!! It is cold here!! I am staying in a lovely guest house where Manoj will do anything at all to make my stay pleasant and comfortable!!! He says that I can just phone him anytime and he will pick me up on his motorbike!! Whilst I trust him completely and as much as I would love the thrill of the ride, the roads here are just too dangerous so I think I will stick to my feet, still rather dangerous but less risky!!!! I am here for another day and then back to Delhi.
I really love India and I am thoroughly enjoying the experience. My train ride to Mussoorie was an interesting one. We passed through the city for a while before we reached the countryside. The train set off at 06.50 so as we passed through alot of slums, I was watching as people were just getting up and starting their day. I have seen endless amounts of poverty since I began my travels but I think the hardest thing I have seen so far has been watching a little boy climb out of bed and waken his brother. This sounds pretty normal but instead of being a bed, it was what looked like a coal bunker and rather than having a mattress to sleep on, he had been lying on rubbish with only a blanket for cover. This was right in the middle of what can only be described as a landfill site. This breaks my heart and brings a tear to my eye every time I think about it. No child should be forced to live in such poverty. If I hadn't been on the train, I think I would have taken that little boy and his brother and tried to do something for them. But that train was not stopping for another 530 kilometres.
There will be plenty more Indian experiences as I travel through the country! Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and let's truly give thanks!!!!
Jane
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