so i know that i have not writtin much at all in this journal and that is because i am enjoying my time here more than i ever thought i would. i wont go into detail about the places i have been or the sites i have seen as i have realized that these are not what makes india beautiful. what makes india beautiful is its people. it may sound cheesy but india is a place of the heart. it is a place where people and relationships are far more inportant that objects and money.
i have spent the latter half of my trip on the strictest budget imaginable. meaning instead of eating and sleeping in the semi nicer/cleaner places where there are more westerners than indians, i have spent my time living as the indians do. that means eating with the locals and sleeping with the locals(not like that mom)! to indians, friendship comes before all else and is more important than all else. after only a short comversation of being gunuine and sencere, and a small wiggle of the head(an expression you pick up quick here) you can earn ones friendship that right away would stick to the ends of the earth. this works nice for me as anytime one of these new friends has heard of my budget they have taken me into their home as family.
so as the rest of the world may see india as a poor country, i believe that it is rich in every way that matters. as i said, india is a place of the heart and as lame as it may sound, its breaking mine to be leaving this country so soon.
(wow that was deep)
-curtis
