Me & India

Been in India for a few weeks now. Crossed the border by foot, so far so good. I'll recap the cities:

Varanasi: Way cool, cold and foggy. It was still nice, the mist made the whole area mysterious. Visited the burning ghats, saw dead bodies being burnt, smelled gross. Slipped on cow poop, not so great. If you like to walk aimlessly through narrow streets and get lost, this is the best place. Overall enjoyed it!


Kolkata: Met a sweet Bengali family on the night train. The daughter, Ambika called me sister and wanted to sleep with me on my berth. The father didn't mind and he treated me as if I was his daughter. He gave us ice cream! He even dropped me off by taxi to make sure I got to my hotel safely and wouldn't let me pay. OH YEAH...Can't make it out alive in India without traveller's diarrhoea!! Got sick for a few days and missed my 2 day train to Trivandrum, Kerala. Spent 4 days in Kolkata vomiting, pooping, body aching, chills, and fever. All I did was went to the Indian museum and visited Mother Teresa's house.
ambika and taxi driver.


Hampi: WOW! Love this place. It was awesome to get away from the honking, or any street noise. Also, got my first mosquito bites in 5 months, good 5 months it was. Took a day tour around the temples, climbed up a hill, sipped coconut lassis, and read books. A great place to relax and read a book.


OH YEAH, one day I was walking towards the Monkey Temple, which was quite far but willing to walk it. An auto-rickshaw driver passed by me and offered me a free ride cause he was doing deliveries there anyway - sometimes this happens, there are NICE Indian people out there that do give me free rides in the day time when my stop is a long their route.- So I made sure that it was free and that I was not going to give him money, he said Yeah Yeah. Before I got in I told him I was married -I always do this with Indian men, my husband is American, his name is Mark, and we manufacture clothes in Delhi for 6 months.- He then asked where my ring was, I told him that I never wear nice jewelry when travelling in India, he nodded in agreement. Anyways, he takes me to the temple, and then offered me a ride back to where he picked me up, I made sure if it was for free again and he said yes, on the ride back, he asked "You know fucking?" I gazed from outside of the rickshaw towards his eyes and I said "I know what?" he turns his head around and asked again, "You know fuck-ing?" I blurted out "Yes I know what it is, WHAT ABOUT IT!?" He turns back facing to the road and says "Well, I mean...I give you a free ride and-" I cut him off and yell out "No no, stop...STOP!" He stops the rickshaw, I get out, and walked back. What a Madachudh! (Motherfucker in Hindi, ma-da-chood, I love it, gives me the same feeling when I say the English version).


Kerala, Cochin: Another place to relax. But damn it's fucking hot. I arrived at 4am and I was already sweating and getting bitten by mosquitoes, no bueno. I also like the locals, they stare at me in a friendly way. Not in a 'I want to have sex with you' or 'you look like an alien,' type of looks. The food is good, it's by the seashore so I'm eating seafood, Keralan style. In the mornings I eat Masala Dosas, famous South Indian dish, they're like burritos but instead of a tortilla, it's wrapped in a crepe, with curry sauces on the side. In a few days I'll travel through out the backwaters and in the villages, should be grand.

Anyways, got another couple of weeks until my brother comes! Yay, brother!