Last night was THE night we had been looking forward to. Our first train ride in India and we were getting out of Delhi (bonus!), we had even splurged and purchased 1st class sleeper train and we were looking forward to this adventure. Unfortunately Kevin wasn’t feeling well and we had to check out of our hotel by 5pm so we decided to head over to the station early (at 6pm) to people watch and wait for our train to…
So…. We have arrived in India. It was a bit of a shock, landing in a giant cloud of smog. It is literally so thick that you can taste it – it makes me feel very bad for Mother Earth. I have never seen anything like it – we arrived at midnight and when you look around it looks like you are in a dense fog but it’s not fog…. indescribable and utterly horrifying really. After customs we noticed large…
Kevin is so eloquent isn’t he? I let him write the good stuff and I figured that I will share some of the realities of travel. Remember the plane ride he was talking about? With the friendly pharmaceuticals (thanks friends – you know who you are!) well let me add to that by saying that despite the pharmaceuticals AND noise cancelling headphones – we could hear the guy behind us snoring – louder than a freight train, I kid…
Our international tour of discovery and inspiration has begun. It was a long trip to Hong Kong, 20 hours total travel time, but we managed to get some sleep on the plane with some friendly pharmaceuticals. The first thing we noticed when we emerged from the airport was the smog. Thick, blue smog that limited visibility to just a few miles. Luckily, it partly burned off during the day, but it never goes away completely. The smog seemed to confirm…