The trip so far
All of the guidebooks tell you that you will either love or hate India - and that most people waver back and forth between the two. They couldn't be more right!
For the first ten days I was traveling with friends. We saw Delhi, stayed with a lovely family there, went on the trip to Amritsar, and did a lot of awesome shopping. Yesterday, I took off on my own to Jaipur, where I will be starting my two weeks of volunteer work, helping to conserve a lake here. There are two other people volunteering, both from the UK. We're all staying at the same guesthouse, run by a very friendly family. The guesthouse has it's issues, but for the most part, it's fine. Not exactly a 5-star resort, for sure!!
So now, after I was pretty well adjusted to things last week, I am up in the air again here. It'll probably take a few more days to readjust. I hope!
India is unlike anything I have ever seen. Dirty and polluted and so crowded, it's completely overwhelming. Makes me appereciate the US so much! But despite all of that, if you can look past it, there is a lot of beauty. But you definitely have to look for it, it's not right out in the open.
Bear with me, everyone - today was not a good day, but I know in a few days, I'll have readjusted and things will be much better - this is the same thing I went through when I first arrived, so I know it'll be fine!
More later - we have a handy internet cafe right around the corner....
-Kt
For the first ten days I was traveling with friends. We saw Delhi, stayed with a lovely family there, went on the trip to Amritsar, and did a lot of awesome shopping. Yesterday, I took off on my own to Jaipur, where I will be starting my two weeks of volunteer work, helping to conserve a lake here. There are two other people volunteering, both from the UK. We're all staying at the same guesthouse, run by a very friendly family. The guesthouse has it's issues, but for the most part, it's fine. Not exactly a 5-star resort, for sure!!
So now, after I was pretty well adjusted to things last week, I am up in the air again here. It'll probably take a few more days to readjust. I hope!
India is unlike anything I have ever seen. Dirty and polluted and so crowded, it's completely overwhelming. Makes me appereciate the US so much! But despite all of that, if you can look past it, there is a lot of beauty. But you definitely have to look for it, it's not right out in the open.
Bear with me, everyone - today was not a good day, but I know in a few days, I'll have readjusted and things will be much better - this is the same thing I went through when I first arrived, so I know it'll be fine!
More later - we have a handy internet cafe right around the corner....
-Kt
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