I've Finally Arrived

India ate me up for the first few weeks, or is it a month now. My western born senses were bombarded by the intensity of India. The noise hit me first then the sights, smells and crowds enveloped me until I dissolved in complete exhaustion at the end of everyday. It has taken awhile to do more than just endure each day. Granted, this is in large part due to the way we travel which is much ‘closer to the ground’ than many want to travel including myself at times. So be it, if you play in the kitchen don’t complain about the heat, or something like that.

So now I feel like I have finally arrived and have found my equilibrium. I think it is always hard and shocking to the system on all levels to journey from the 1st world to 3rd world. It has felt like being a time traveler in several centuries all simultaneously. Here we are in the high tech IT hub of the world and a cow is walking down the middle of the street that has open running sewers down each side. I am constantly perplexed how the sanitation system has not moved past the 12th century while the IT network is in the 21t century. India is the land of contradictions and contrasts everywhere and in every moment.

We are now finishing the Rajasthan part of our journey and will next be heading to parts unknown in the South of India. Before we do we hope to be posting some of our adventures and certainly some of our photos from Pushkar, Jodhpur, and Jaiselmer. We take in so much everyday that it is hard to whittle it down to a few words and a few photos.

A Day in Jaipur

Follow our 19K wanderings in Jaipur yesterday and use your most extreme imagination for the sounds and smells. We end up a bit exhausted on days like these so the pictures will have to speak for us for the time being. Off to the camel festival at Pushkar today.

A Picture is Worth 1000 Words