Real India travelling....



Can I say how happy I am to be out of Nepal...finally!!!! Kathmandu tried real hard not to let us go but we fought a tough battle and made our way out...and that too in style! To make a long story short, we arrived at the airport in Kathmandu to take our flight and were informed that there were not enough people on the flight so they decided to cancel it. We were promptly informed that all the other flights to Delhi that day were already overbooked so we were shit out of luck. No refund either...for that we had to go to the agency that sold us the ticket. Anyway, we got our refund, we got tickets...only first class was available for $30 extra and met a lovely guy who kept us laughing the whole time at the airport, and two days later, we bid farewell to Nepal and made our way to Delhi.



Delhi hotel was beautiful...I was so happy to be in a clean, luxurious hotel that I was jumping for joy....literally. Here's the aftermath



Met up with Aneesha, a fellow mystic roser who lives in Delhi. She was a gracious hostess and took us around Delhi in her chauffeur driven car, had her servants do our laundry, took us to a real hard to get into bar in Delhi. All in all a lovely couple of days spent in Delhi even though the bar we went to brought back horrific memories from the "golden triangle" of Vancouver. For those of you who don't know the golden triangle, it's the triangle in yaletown comprising of cactus club, opus and bar none. You know the kind of bars where people go to be seen and forget to remove the sticks out of their asses. Wow! The kind of people I saw in this bar in Delhi....their asses must have been real big to accomodate such fat sticks. Now I know more than ever that I am definitely over that kind of game playing. The music was good, the food was good and the company was fantastic so we ended up having a great time. Hey, I even got picked up...by Eran! It was quite funny...we both pretended to be meeting at the bar for the first time and really stayed in character for most of the night. It was fun playing a dumb bimbo....maybe a bit too much fun....hmm...makes me think if I am not one deep down.

We rented a car with a driver from Delhi and drove to Manali. A couple of days of driving through the parts of India where not too many tourists go. We ate in places on the way where people were gawking at us with their mouths open. They just couldn't figure out what an Indian girl was doing with this foreigner guy. It was quite funny when some people just couldn't contain it and came up to me and asked me what kind of a relationship I had with this guy. It was too hillarious. It happened to me also at the Kathmandu airport when I was talking to this English guy and a Nepali guy sitting next to us asked me what relationship I had with this guy. I told him he was my husband and that we had met on the flight to Kathmandu. Alex, the english guy, piped in and said it was love at first flight. LOL! The poor nepali guy was so confused and just when he thought he'd understood me, Eran showed up. So now there were two men and he asked me what relationship I had with Eran. Eran said he was my husband and my slave. Poor guy...just couldn't take it anymore and got up and moved away from us. It was a good laugh.

It's really fun to go through India with Eran. He sees things that I,being Indian,just take for granted. For example, we were at a restaurant in a little town in Punjab when a guy dressed as Shiva came to the door. I saw him but didn't even think twice about it. Eran looked at me perplexed and asked me if it was Halloween. I laughed so hard that I had coke coming out of my nose. It's common for people to dress up as Shiva on Fridays and go and beg for money. I know it sounds ridiculous and I love seeing it through Eran's eyes. We spent four days in Manali, chilling out, relaxing, meditating, recuperating from our cough and cold, laughing at all the honeymooning couples, having people scratch their heads trying to figure out me and Eran. Now we are taking the overnight bus to Dharamsala. Dharamsala is the land of Dalai Lama. We'll be visiting a couple of monasteries there and staying at the Osho center. After that, we fly to Leh, the highest city in the Himalayas. Until then....

Goodbye Nepal, Namaste India all over again...

Said our goodbye to Arun, tatoo boy, and now it' s just me and Eran making our way to the Himalayas in India. Should be fun...I like how chilled travelling is with him. We have a lot of fun together and since he's so young, he can keep up with me. LOL! I did tire out both the boys when we went trekking last week. We completed our circuit which was supposed to take 5 days, in 3 days. It was a lot of fun, going thru little villages and seeing how people live in such primitive places. It reminded me a lot of the Inca trail going up to Machu Picchu. Other than the trek, we just chilled out in this little place called Pokhara. It's a little touristy town in the foothills of Annapurana range. It's on the bank of this beautiful lake, very chilled out. Nice bars and restaurants. I can't believe how cheap Nepal is. In the month that I've been here, I've spent about $700 and I have done everything I wanted to do here. Sure, I've not been staying at 5 star hotels but the hostels we've been staying at were cozy, clean, with beautiful views and less than $10/ night. 5 star hotels I'll leave for Delhi. Yes, tomorrow me and Eran are off to Delhi and we'll be pampering ourselves in a 5 star hotel. I think my hair needs to be colored and cut...at the moment it's 4 different shades as Arun very kindly pointed out. Starting with grey at the roots, then blonde, then a bit reddish brown followed by dark brown. Not very flattering! I can't remember the last time I had a hair cut or a pedicure. Sometimes I forget that I'm a woman. But when I came back from my trek, I took a long shower, groomed myself well, put on some make up and girlie clothes (skirt and a nice top) and the guys were so shocked. They hadn't seen me like this in a long time. I pretty much live in my lululemons all the time. Thank God for lululemon. Girls, you should never go backpacking without them....they are lightweight, quick drying, sexy, and oh so comfy. Yes, the tops can be a bit too cleavagey for places like India and Nepal...but scarfs around your neck seem to work well. If not, then maybe just travel with a couple of dudes and you are safe :)

So, my new plans for Canada...here they are. I don't think I can change them any longer as my very patient dad informed me the other day. I will be leaving lovely India for Italy on June 2nd. I will be in Italy for a month and board my plane for Vancouver on July 3rd. Looks like there is a rendezvous with Spongy brewing some time in Aug. Costa Rica....watch out!!!! Should be fun, can't wait to see Sponge Bob again. Would be fun chilling out on the beaches, checking out some surfer dudes for a couple of weeks. After that, back to Europa for some more drifting, travelling, soul searching, ashram hopping. Probably will go visit Eran in Israel for some time. We've been talking about renting a car and going across the country for as long as it takes. Shouldn't take more than a couple of days considering how small Israel is. Maybe I'll persuade him to cross the border into Palestine! Do you think a Jew would do that?!? Dunno, I guess I'll have to find out. Wow, I love my life! I finally feel like I can enjoy travelling. I enjoy every minute of it now. The whole time I travelled, I made time to meditate and that makes everything so much better. This is what I am gonna do for the next few years of my life...just go with the flow. See what existence has planned for me. There will be no "settling down"for me this lifetime. Sorry mum :(