Our thougths on the trip so far / Nos pensees sur le voyage jusque la.
Sunday, February 11th, 2007We are now more than half way through our trip. What can we say? India was the most mind blowing country. It was the shock of our lives in terms of environment, food, climate, people, customs…China was an amazing country that has a very rich history and so much to offer, and with language difficulties that always kept us on our toes, but still has a long way to go. After 2 months in Asia, we were looking forward to go to an environment we were more used to. Australia was fun and it was great to have the day to day luxuries. But for some twisted ways we are getting bored. The challenge is not there anymore. We have found that 6 weeks was enough in Australia, and after 3 weeks we were longing for India, its poverty and happiness, the struggle to find a train ticket and the dirty surroundings. If we had been working in Oz, it might have been different, but we did not and it was just a matter of finding something to keep us busy. We were not doing anything there that we could not have done in Europe or on a normal holiday. We have met many people in this sitation, who started in Asia and end up in Australia /New Zealand. They love it at first, and after a while, it is “Ok”. We are looking forward to go to the islands and see something different (and Anne needs to seriously improve her french because it has gone downhill) and experience new challenges. But we fear that the US will leave us feeling the same way as Australia and New Zealand, and we’ll probably cut it short. You’ll have to wait and see, just like us.
Nous voila maintenant a plus de la moitie de notre voyage. Que peut-on dire? L’Inde fut le pays le plus incroyable. Ce fut le choc de notre vie en terme d’environnement, de nourriture, de climat de gens, de coutumes… La Chine est un superbe pays a l’histoire riche et variee, qui a beaucoup a offrir et avec des barrieres linguistiques qui nous obligaient a faire attention. Apres 2 mois en Asie, nous avions vraiment hate de retrouver un environnement familier. L’Australie etait super et c’etait fantastique de retrouver les petits luxes de tout les jours. Mais pour quelque raison incomprehensible, nous nous ennuyons. Le defi n’existe plus. 6 semaines furent plus que suffisantes en Australie et apres 3 semaines nous regrettions l’Inde, sa pauvrete et sa joie, la bataille pour trouver un train et la salete environnante. Si nous avions travaille en Australie, ca aurait ete peut etre different, mais ce n’etait pas le cas et a certains moments c’etait dur de trouver de quoi s’occuper. Nous ne faisions pas d’activites que nous ne pouvions pas faire en Europe ou lors de vacances normales. Nous avons rencontre beaucoup de gens dans cette situation, qui ont commence en Asie et finissent en Australie/Nouvelle Zelande. Au debut ils ont adore, puis c’est devenu plus banal. Nous avons hate d’aller dans les iles et de voir quelque chose de differents (et Anne a besoin d’ameliorer son francais car c’est catastrophique) et avoir de nouveaux defis. Mais nous craignons que les Etats-Unis nous laisseront sur notre faim, comme l’Australie, et pensons couper notre sejour court. Comme nous, vous allez devoir attendre et voir si c’est le cas.