A mishmash of thoughts...

Well folks. In t-10 days I leave India. And i have to tell you, it's sad. I could be here for ages yet - there is so much more to see and do. There is so much more NOT to see, just to be with. I can't explain that last sentence, but being in India makes it sense.

The last three and a bit months have been truly wonderful. Sarah tells me that your most drastic changes happen in the first three month of travel, and i think i agree with her. Travelling makes you a little different, a little more head-strong and yet a little more accepting. Travelling gives you patience but it also makes you snap. Cliche style - it makes you laugh and cry. You laugh at things you should be crying for, and you cry at things you should be laughing with.

You are made to accept who you are - after all that's the real person you travel with. You have to think and care for yourself. You have to learn to be selfish. You also must learn to be giving.

People have limitations, yourself included.

And yet you can achieve so much.

I think that's what i found in India - this juxtaposition of attributes that shouldn't theoretically go together, but make perfect sense in reality.

The last three months have gone so quickly. And now i have realised that the next three months will move even quicker. Things are so slow here in India that I'm not sure how i will cope.

Imagine me pausing at this point. I sit back in my chair and reread what i have written. Casting a glance outside and then back to the screen, I lean forward.

Things are easier to deal with when you have a tan... ciao :P