To finish an unfinished journey…..off the beaten track
It’s been over two years since our last trip was abruptly ended due to sickness including a hospital stay in Calcutta and a sickly time in Delhi. We decided to come home then and while I made a quick one day trip to Agra and the Taj my desire to ‘complete’ my Indian adventure only grows!
As my children are getting older it might end up being just a trip for Stephanie and I but even then, with Stephanie not being as intrepid (or silly) as me in her travelling desire it might in fact just be me for the main part with Stephanie joining me for a shorter, more structured trip.
Something about train travel overseas excites me and in spite of the bunk beds being too short, I still have that desire so my next trip needs to include trains…..
I also love to walk and hike so especially if I go alone I think that I’ll definitely try and make it to Nepal and Tibet, maybe with a trek to Everest base station along the way!
It’s still a way off but here are my thoughts……Red is where I want to travel before meeting up with Stephanie to travel the green route. If I have the opportunity I’d take the blue route as my start on the way to Delhi……we’ll see!
I think I’m the only one in my family to think this but something about India attracts me and resonates within me. Maybe it’s the intrepid and chaotic nature of India (at least the parts I’ve seen) as opposed to my structured, orderly life? Maybe it’s the undoubted spirituality of the place? Maybe it’s just the adventure and opportunity to meet with history and culture and humanity in a much more real way than my life in Australia ever offers……it’s somewhere I could spend much longer in!
As the old ad says….’It may not happen overnight, but it will happen!’
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