India - Final Words

Greetings!

Here is the final installment of my Indian advnetures...

Since we hired a car in India, our trip became quite a bit easier in terms of getting around. We drove through the landscapes like a couple of little kids in the back seat (although near head on collisions became so common that we didn't even flinch after a while). From Pushkar we drove to the blue city of Jodhpur where all the buildings are painted blue by the upper caste Brahmins. That night we noticed that the circus was in town! We saw regurgitating ladies, prancing hippos, flying acrobats, jumping motorcycles, expert top spinners and praying elephants. It was all familiar, but a bit weird.

Eventually we made it to the romantic city of Udaipur (which appears in the film Octopussy, which consequently is shown at every guest house in the city at 7pm). Although the main lake in the city is completely dried up due to drought, this place still holds a certain magic. By this time, our departure from India was looming. We drove back to Jaipur where we caught a Bollywood film (totally in Hindi) and the next day drove to Delhi where we caught our flight to Amsterdam.

With one more day to spend in Amsterdam we finally had a really hot shower, took an indulgent breakfast at Barney's coffeeshop and wandered the canals.

Now I am back in Toronto trying to figure out what time zone we are in and adjusting back to reality. And I am looking forward to a late March get-together! We'll talk to soon and work out the details.

That's all from India...Namaste.