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January 2019-May 2019
The start of 7 States in India and 4 countries.
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Incredible India your woman are the most beautiful dressed in their colorful sariees. Like beautiful birds of the amazon jungle.
Your hospitality was the best, us westerners should learn from you. There is always time for a cup of chai and conversation. We hurry up and wait, no problem... would you like another cup of chai?
Incredible India....where cows rule the road, and goats and skinny dogs are everywhere.
Incredible India....traffic rules don't exist, nor do back seat, seat belts....hold on for dear life....every trip was an obstacle course of speed bumps, cows, goats, cows, dogs, cows, bikes, and cows..... honk honk honk.....how do they stay alive?
Incredible India.....where horns are the most important part of a car! honk honk communication.... I see you-honk, I am passing you-honk, I am next to you-honk, get out of my way-honk, lets play chicken-honk! and people sit anywhere they can...on top of cars, hanging off the side and even on the back of the spare tire going down the freeway, really!
Incredible India....how many can you fit on a motorcycle, two, three, a family of five and a goat! How many cartons of eggs can you carry? How about an 8 foot ladder? No problem.
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Incredible India....why is everyone called Aunty or Uncle? would you like a cup of chai?
Incredible India...what does the side to side head shake mean? yes or no? It was your answer to everything...would like a cup of chai?
Incredible India...where kids walk around naked and pee anywhere...where cows sleep in the roads at night! Where boys and men hold hands and sit with their arms around each other and they are not gay...Where MEN ask for directions! Where MEN ask for directions...oh, I already said that...but would you like a cup of chai?
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Incredible India...you have been invaded by cel phones.....groups of youth just like in America were huddled around cel phones, we drove over an hour from a far village to a remote village....and there coming down the road was a man sitting on a wooden ox cart, pulled by two Indian bulls, and this man was on a cel phone! True Story!
Incredible India...did I mention the grass roof shacks with satellite dishes?
Incredible India....I loved your bambo homes coated in cow poo and clay and those chirping geckos in every home. I loved your baby goats in the room next to your bedrooms! But, the milk cows on your front porch, that was to close for me...would you like a cup of chai?
Incredible India...some things must change, the women taking drinks while bathing and washing their clothes in dirty creek water....while just upstream was a dead chicken....education is needed, please!
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| Putting needed wells in |
Incredible India...what to do with your trash....it fills your streets and gutters, it burns your nose and lungs, it washes down the street to the rivers to the sea. I am sorry you have to live this way...lets have a cup of chai.
Incredible India...your trash burning hurt my lungs, made me cough, cracked my ribs. Your hard mattresses left bruises on my bones. Yet, many sleep on the floor with no bed, no pad. I am spoiled. Ashamed of my luxuries...
Beds with no pads
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Incredible India....I hate to say, I hate to admit, but I liked your squatty pottys on the floor.
Incredible India....You made the Bible come alive. Men and women on different sides of the church. Women, no asking your husband questions from across the room! Oh, and "Just Weights and Measures", and then the affection of men, like John laying his head against Jesus' chest....I was jealous of their ability for natural affection, something that is not natural in me...then Peter taking the crippled man by the right hand, rise and walk he said. The left hand is unclean...toilet paper is a luxury in India...but Chai tea is everywhere!
Incredible India...I can not lie, I am a shy eater and did not enjoy being served and watched with every bite. Please just sit and eat with us...like family.
Incredible India....your neighbor Bangladesh was beautiful also. My highlight was the twice daily boat ride up and down the river canal to visit the children. The beautiful children. But, many in the city were not like you, the older ones stared with eyes of suspicion, and the younger wanted selfies. Haven't they ever seen a paleface before? My face is all over Bangladesh Facebook.
Incredible India....the people of Nepal and Bhutan looked different then you. They were just as beautiful, yet so different. In America you see everyone, from every nation. It is so common I don't even notice the variety. Yet, these neighbors are so close, yet look so different. Why the separation? God says there is no difference, He loves all the same.
Incredible India....you stared, you watched, you followed me, just like I followed you!
Incredible India....you will forever be upon my mind and memories. Your people, your customs, your hospitality, your chai tea.. It took many years to get to you, but, what an Incredible time we had, Incredible India!
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My English tutoring student, Deep.
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| A Joy, and a new Journey for him |
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