Day 39

Day 39

July 2, 2011

Last Saturday in India… last time at Ruci and Adonie…and hopefully the last time with a nasty rickshaw driver. I cannot tell you how much I wanted to barf on the way back to base today. This rickshaw driver we thought was a great bargain seeing as he was going to allow us to be charged according to meter rather than a ridiculously over priced rate… little did we know that we got quite a bit more than what we bargained for. Five minutes into our drive he pulls over to the side of the road near several street vendors. He reputedly asked us to give him rupees. Not for the charge of the ride, but he wanted us to buy him something from the vendors! It would be different if he were some sort of beggar who was starving in a life or death situation, but no… this guy had a whole pocket full of rupees from previous customers. Us buying him a snack was not included in the price. We couldn’t help but laugh. I still can’t get over India. Why do I love this place… your guess is as good as mine. This was not the worst part of our journey home. This rickshaw driver had the nastiest habit of hawking lugies! Uhh… I want to throw up just thinking about the god awful noise he was making as he forcefully hacked mucus up his throat. All three of us in the rickshaw were just waiting for it to fly back and come hit us smack in the face! At one point I thought I was the lucky victim, but to my utter joy and relief it was just a rain drop. After that rain drop hit me it was if all the heavens opened up and God just let the rain fall! It was so nice, although just half of me looked like I just jumped in a pool by the time we got back to base. For the most part it was a very good day; just reflecting, catching up on some important things, and spending the day with some amazing people.

            I wish I could describe full all the things I was feeling right now, but my thoughts are scattered all over the place with no real purpose or meaning behind them. Mainly just hopes, wishes, regrets, callings, and of course “what ifs”… some not even relating directly to India specifically, but because of India the thoughts have come up. I know it may sound confusing because you are not in my head exactly, but as of right now my mind is a very confused place so either way I’m sure you would be lost.