India is so much easier, more colorful, cooler (in temperature and make-up) and much less pollution than I had imagined. Am excited to spend three days here before heading off to Agra. Then a visit to the holy Ganges in Varanasi (I don't think I'll take a dip, though), Darjeerhling and the hill forts, the North East, then Pokhura in Nepal for three weeks.
I think I'm completely done with Italy. After spending a month in rural, rural Italy, I wouldn't mind if I never heard the phrase "mama mia" ever again. Interesting farming methods, but Italians I think qualify as the worst people I've met so far for thinking that everyone should speak perfect Italian and that the Italian way is the only way. The people I was staying with actually had a lot of tension in the community because they were doing a slightly less traditional way of farming. The innovation of India is very refreshing. The current budget hotel reminds me of budget hotels in Morocco, though India so far is cleaner, more people and much less touts. Though maybe I'm just more comfortable in my own skin. I think it helps to be a woman traveling alone.
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