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Colonial Foot Soilder - Colin James Taylor

Hi. My name is Colin, I'm 21 years old and have no idea what I'm doing with the rest of my life. Currently I'm in India traveling around trying to figure that out, and I think I just might while I'm here. I will be traveling west across India for 4 months and then staying in Europe for 2 months, writing my experiences here. I hope as my entries come, you will notice a change, for the better, in the person I'm becoming. I hope you enjoy hearing about this trip, and hope you find time to pray for me and my sister during this journey.

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By Colonial Foot Soilder
March 14th 2009

Snow Day in Cappadocia Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia

Well, what can I say besides Iḿ snowed in at Travellers Cave Pension hotel in Cappadocia today, the day we were supposed to go on a tour of this city and see everything it had to offer. We were supposed to go and see all the churches built into the rocks that lay underground, and see the underground city where people still live today in caves underground. It isn't all that bad though because our hotel is amazing and today turned into a nice, relaxing day where I was able to read my new book by James Patterson called Cross and [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
February 25th 2009

Carnival Masks and OLD Friends Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

Arriving in the train station and literally taking at least 20 minutes to leave from the train out of the station is just the beginning of trying to explain how crowded it was in Venice for Carnival this year. Although it was really crowded I'm really glad we did end up making it though all the way there from Madrid, although it was slightly chaotic doing it! We booked our train ticket from Madrid to Paris because Paris was the only place that went directly to Venice and we wanted to get there with enough time to make carnival and see [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
February 19th 2009

European Vacation Europe » France

So we finally made it out of India and are now traveling all over Europe. So far we have had a great time and it is such a change from India! We flew into Paris and started out by staying with a girl named Sixteen who lived about 20 minutes outside of Paris. Cami met Sixteen in Guwhatti while volunteering there and they were really close friends while they were there so it was really nice for them to be reunited! Sixteen had a perfect family that was soo nice to us and cooked for us and were so great to [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
January 30th 2009

Camel Safari in the Desert! Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaisalmer

So we just finished the last exciting thing we had planned in India, and might I say that our trip here couldn't have ended in a better way. To idea of not going to Jaisalmer and the thought of just staying in Rishikesh for the whole time we were in India now seems ludicrous to me. We had 4 months in India and I still didn't even come close to seeing everything that I wanted to see while we were here. The camel safari was by far the most fun I've had while being here in India, maybe because of the [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
January 15th 2009

Ashram life in Rishikesh and Landmark forum in Delhi Asia » India

Well it's been a long time since I've wrote in this, way too long to put every little detail that I would like to, but it's not all my fault. I've tried to write in the my blog twice while I was staying in Rishikesh, and both times I was unable to publish the blog and it didn't save either. I guess the internet cafe's in Rishikesh just aren't very good. Rishikesh was a great time though, and I'd like to spend some time elaborating on the experiences that I had while there. At the start of my Ashram stay I [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
December 16th 2008

Vapasana Meditation and the Real World Asia » India

Well I have now experienced the best part of my trip so far in India, and the most unique thing I have ever done in my life, the ten day vapasana meditation course that Cami and I had been planning on doing as a part of our trip here in India. We got to sarnath where the meditation course was being held and stayed at a tibeten temple for one night before the course. It was not such a bad place, only 3 dollars a night to stay there, and we got to go inside the temple where they worshiped every [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
December 1st 2008

Varanasi's Beauty Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi

I love Varanasi!! So far being here has been the best part of my entire trip since I left America, and that's including my time spent on the island Koh Samui in Thailand. Varanasi is such a magical place that has so much to offer and entirely too much to do. When we first planned our whole trip, and I saw that Cami had us stationed in Varanasi for 10 days, I kinda freaked out thinking it was going to be boring and that there would be nothing to do, but it's the exact opposite. My days are so full that [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
November 28th 2008

Varanasi, and the Crooked Rigshaw Drivers Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi

A lot has happened since I last wrote, but all good things, thankfully. We made it to Varanasi by train with no problems at all. The train is actually pretty confusing, considering they make plenty of stops along the way in different city's to pick up and drop off people, and make no announcments which city they are now stopping or stopped at. Luckily for us, I happened to ask a man which stop was the next stop right before the Varanasi stop, and he told us. We got our things together quickly and ran off the train just in time [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
November 21st 2008

An Eternity of Illness Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata

It seems that every time I start to think I'm getting better, my stomach does a flip and starts to cramp even worse than it did before. If I had to describe my pain, I'd say it feels like my stomach is like a wash-cloth. Things are going through my stomach, like water would go through a wash-cloth if it were hanging up and water was being poured onto the top of it. My stomach is trying to take nutrients out of the food and liquid I am giving it, but something that I have been giving it, it does not [View Full Entry]

By Colonial Foot Soilder
November 18th 2008

Feeling Healthy Asia » India

So the past couple of days have not been so good. It seems like right after I wrote my last entry I became sick with stomach aches, bowl movements, a sore throat and a runny nose. I also felt extremely fatigued and weak, so I slept a lot. I missed 3 days of volunteer work, and basically slept all of these days and didn't do much else. I couldn't eat much either, and every time we went out to eat, I began to feel sick to my stomach and extremely hot, and usually had to leave Cami at the diner by [View Full Entry]

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