Oh, India. You are a country like no other. You are smelly, dirty, either too cold or too hot, but there is something about you that keeps making me want to go back.
Todd and I spent a week in India. Left Dubai on Christmas night and returned on the 1st. This trip was very different from when I spent a summer there in college doing missions. Here are a few differences....the summer I was there, the temperature was over 100 degrees, I wore no make up nor did I ever fix my hair, I wore local clothes, sat on dirty slum house floors to teach my students, huddled around the A/C unit in my room to cool off, and walked or rode in rickshaws around town. This time, the temperature was too cold for my liking (especially coming from Dubai, where I have no winter clothes), we had a driver who took us everywhere, ate at decent restaurants, and huddled around the space heater to get warm in our hotel. I also noticed Muslim influences in Indian culture so much more where I only saw Hinduism before (amazing how spending a few months in a Muslim country changes your context of seeing things).
I love that I got to experience India again, and this time with Todd. And I have a feeling it won't be our last trip to India!
Todd and I spent a week in India. Left Dubai on Christmas night and returned on the 1st. This trip was very different from when I spent a summer there in college doing missions. Here are a few differences....the summer I was there, the temperature was over 100 degrees, I wore no make up nor did I ever fix my hair, I wore local clothes, sat on dirty slum house floors to teach my students, huddled around the A/C unit in my room to cool off, and walked or rode in rickshaws around town. This time, the temperature was too cold for my liking (especially coming from Dubai, where I have no winter clothes), we had a driver who took us everywhere, ate at decent restaurants, and huddled around the space heater to get warm in our hotel. I also noticed Muslim influences in Indian culture so much more where I only saw Hinduism before (amazing how spending a few months in a Muslim country changes your context of seeing things).
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| In Agra at the Taj Mahal. It was so foggy when we first got there, but most of the fog finally lifted and we got a few good pics. I love the love story behind the Taj. (Look it up if you don't know it!) |
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| At the base of the Taj Mahal. |
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| We did ride a few rickshaws! |
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| Elephant ride through town. |
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| In Jaipur at the Amber Fort. Such pretty hills and mountains surrounding this fort. |
1 comment:
YAY! We loved it too. Something about it that is contagious. So glad you got to go back!
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