I just met an amazing Israeli couple who have made my life perfect. I have gone from being a confused and mildly daunted wee lad in the middle of a giant crazy, dusty, dirty, smelly country full of cows to an old school pro who takes such trivial problems without even needing a grain of salt or a spoonful of sugar (maybe a slight exageration there - i do like sugar).
They have told me of a place up North where i will now spend the next two weeks. I met them at a bookstore where they were off loading of their lonely planet. I asked if i could buy it and, longish story shorter, they then took me out for lunch where we planned the next part of my stay in India (they have been here 2 months are now of to Laos).
The city where i will spend the next while is called Dharamsala. It is the home of the Dalai Lama and if i leave today (which I am - on a bus, sleeper styles, single, top row, at the front - oh yeah, I'm a pro now when it comes to travel thanks to the israelis again) then I can actually go to his teachings! It lasts two more days and i hope to catch at least one of them. Should be amazing. Not a common event obviously.
Next door is also McLeod Ganj which is the headquarters of the Tibetan Government in exile and where the old man lives. Up here I will be taking a 10 day introductory buddhist and meditation course. I have really been wanting to do this for a while so it is all falling in to place - as usual! Everything in life always works out if u give it a bit of time!!
I then plan to head South to Rajasthan where there are a million and two things to do including a good old camel trek across the desert. - i hope to get a real moody, salivating camel that spends its time farting and burping and biting everything in sight. I figure this will double the experience and funny stories on offer and give me a real appreciation for the next time i ride some oither crazy animal
So life is now well and truly back on the smiley and easy travelling track. I have a guidebook that does nothing but show me what an impossible task it is do India in a month or even four and has created an urge to come back to this country already - before i have even left! I also have a desire now to see Tibet and Israel, oh and a stomach full of my first indian dish in India.
Will the dreaded Delhi belly make an appearance? If it does it's an experience so no problem! oTHERWISE IT WAS THE FIRST OF MANY BEASUTIFL DISHES I PLAN ON making my way through in this country (sorry, caps was on and this comp is too slow to show what i have typed for like ages) .Anyways, I will do Nepal with Jo and then maybe Europe or perhaps come and stay here again. Or i will do Europe and then come back here afterwards over land through China and Tibet. Oh so many options out there! The world is just so big.
But i have time and my travel bug, fat and satisfied on all South East Asia had to offer, has suddenly developed a new hunger. I feel that Asia was merely an entree and now is time for the main course. India is going to be a blast!
Wooooooooh! Oh I love when it all turns out right!
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