Today, I woke up actually missing India. How odd is that?
The funny thing is that once we started our trip a year(!) ago, we longed for India so much, at times we even questioned ourselves, wondering why we didn't plan the trip the other way round, starting in India, ending in China. However, once we got there, we realized that ending our trip in India was the best choice we ever made. As I've mentioned before, I have some kind of love-hate relationship to the country. I fell in love with it in so many ways, but still there a things I'll never be able to understand, or accept.
After travelling for almost 3½ months, we found it pretty hard that women were not accepted in the same way. Actually, the fact that Mr Malik, the owner of the simple, but yet so wonderful hostel, Mystic Moments, in New Delhi told us that we shouldn't be out later than 10pm, or that we had to rely on our new-found male-friends to make things easier was tough for us. Now I find myself missing the country, I'm not hundred per cent sure of what I miss, and at times I doubt if I would manage to go there again, I guess that's what makes it fascinating.
The funny thing is that once we started our trip a year(!) ago, we longed for India so much, at times we even questioned ourselves, wondering why we didn't plan the trip the other way round, starting in India, ending in China. However, once we got there, we realized that ending our trip in India was the best choice we ever made. As I've mentioned before, I have some kind of love-hate relationship to the country. I fell in love with it in so many ways, but still there a things I'll never be able to understand, or accept.
After travelling for almost 3½ months, we found it pretty hard that women were not accepted in the same way. Actually, the fact that Mr Malik, the owner of the simple, but yet so wonderful hostel, Mystic Moments, in New Delhi told us that we shouldn't be out later than 10pm, or that we had to rely on our new-found male-friends to make things easier was tough for us. Now I find myself missing the country, I'm not hundred per cent sure of what I miss, and at times I doubt if I would manage to go there again, I guess that's what makes it fascinating.
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| New Delhi, Jama Masjid Mosque, photo taken by Gus Benke. |
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| New Delhi, at the Jama Masjid Mosque, photo taken by Gus Benke. |
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| Enjoying India! |
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| From New Delhi to Jaipur. |
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| Maharaja Sawai Mansingh- II Ciry Palace |
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| The make-up on the small children is supposed to protect the kids from bad spirits. |
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"Is it original?" they asked. |
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| Jantar Mantar. |
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| Camel Safari! |
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| Banyan Tree, on out way to Bednut Temple. |
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Chai, at Bednut Temple |
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| View over Pushkar Lake, photo taken by Stefan Seidler |
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| Celebrating Holi, photo taken by Stefan Seidler |
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| The beautiful Taj Mahal, Agra |
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| Last stop Goa |
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