Reminiscing Over India

I’m soon to depart for my second trip to India and  I think back to the day when I left, almost 2 years ago, after that first trip. I admit I was ready and relieved to leave as that first trip had been a real eye opener and I had been sick for weeks which didn’t help to deal with the chaos of India. But somehow, looking out over Mumbai waking up I knew I would be back despite the love / hate relationship. India rewarded me as much as it challenged and frustrated.

One of the great things about having a blog or writing a journal is being able to relive those treasured memories. I think back to the culture shock, magic and amazement of my first day in manic Mumbai. I also think about the Highlights of my first trip to India and, after I left, the things that I missed so much.

A Life Changing Trip

For me India is the epitome of transformative travel, I know it’s a cliché but for me it really was a life changing trip. I wrote this ‘love letter’ to India which begins to sum up my experiences in this incredible country and all that it taught me. Thank you India.

So I approach my second trip with a mixture of nervous excitement, both terrified and feeling like I’m coming home an old friend. As is the way with India, I have never found a place to have so many contradictions, to inspire so many conflicting and opposite emotions all at once, to have the ability to annoy and amaze all at the same time.

I wonder what India will have in store for me this time,  I’m not even there yet but the roller coaster has already started.

I left my heart in Asia, It’s time to go back and get it .