Its been over a month since I returned to the UK from India and still when people ask me what was it like, I can't quite explain it properly. If I'm honest one statement can honestly describe it.
"It was an Experience."Over the three and a half months I was away, this is the best generalisation. Mentally and physically my boundaries were pushed to their limits. I was hospitalised, diagnosed with a tropical disease, and lost a stone in weight. There were the hordes of beggars, evil monkeys, sweltering heat, 'onephoto mam!', epic public bus journeys, dust oh so much dust and hawkers. There were also beautiful landscapes, amazing architecture, vivid colours, elephants, cute kids, roaming cows and some of the kindest strangers I've ever met.
Once I entered Nepal, everything came a lot calmer, the terrain more jungle like, much was the same but so much was different.
As a picture says a thousand words, here are 10 pictures that might help sum up my time. Noted this does not include any of the children I taught for two months, their families or the awesome friends I made along the way. But maybe one day....
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| 'Monkey Temple,' Katmandu. |
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| Monkey and baby, Shimla, India. |
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| Part of the India/Pakistan border closing ceremony, Punjab, India. |
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| The Golden Temple, Amristar, India. |
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| Taj Mahal. innit. |
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When I grow up, I want to be as beautiful as this woman. Photo taken Patan, Nepal.
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Jaipur, Rajastan, India.
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| Ceremony outside wooden Temple, Vashist, India. |
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| Himalayas, India. |
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| Shimla, India. |
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