I can't believe it is my last weekend here! I know I haven't updated very often, and I do feel bad about that. Truthfully, I have to say that the amount of times I updated was actually tied to my happiness here. When I was completely freaked out and trying to cheer myself up, I was posting more. Once I started having fun and realized that I was really loving it here, I didn't post as much. Sorry that those of you who like reading my ramblings missed out...
So yes, I do love it here. It definitely took some getting used to, but now I can really see the beauty of the people and the place. Yes, there are some smells that should not be encountered by human noses. Yes, there is overwhelming poverty like I've never seen before. But there are also incredibly wonderful people. There are bright colors everywhere. There are times when you walk outside and can only smell flowers and incense and can forget about the smell of the sewage filled river up the street.
So now I am really sad to be leaving. I'm not saying I'd like to live here forever... but I definitely wish I knew for sure if I am going to be coming back. It is a country that is such an interesting mix of the future and the past. I don't know of anyplace else that I could see a cart being pulled by an ox walking along a crowded street full of motorcycles and buses and rickshaws and stray cows.
I'm about to do another post full of my usual funny observations and pictures, I just wanted to put a little bit in about how I'm feeling at the moment. I guess that giving up the US for Lent was the right thing to do.
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