It was cold in Darjeeling but necessary to stay overnight since Malin was showing symptoms of rabies, she was bitten by a 'cute' dog in Sikkim, Astonishingly enough the doctor said all was normal! The bags we're getting to heavy so two medieval looking packages wrapped in cheese cotton sealed with candle wax were sent home, We hopped into a full shared taxi jeep and got out of the city just before it came to a stand still due to a demonstration for independence. Travelling through India is always quit an adventure, we usually become the centre of attention in trains [View Full Entry]

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After three months already spent here in this Incredible India we realise that 6 months is definitely not enough and that we are for sure coming back for a second round. “If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't , you're right!” First stop Kolkata, with hundredandninety percent humidity and monsoon rain. We mingled among the people, cows, chickens, goats, drinking chai on the street corner, looking at all the beautiful women in their bright coloured saris, heavy jewellery from nose to toe and henna painted hands and feet, avoiding getting runned down [View Full Entry]

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Time flows fast having fun We get a two month visa in Penang - Malaysia, take a boat to Medan - Indonesia and a local bus to Parapat, lake Toba. On this bus we have life karaoke on volume ten! My knee's are forced in between the seats but the theatre of people getting on and of the bus with all there goods makes the five hour trip worth while. We arrive in the middle of the Saturday market, the air filled with herbs, wood, fire, fish and food. First we have lunch in a local restaurant. When I ask for [View Full Entry]

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Returning to Europe after the initial journey, meant a great deal to me. A fresh start for sure, but it was harder then I thought to return home and then go again. While I was travelling I was unattached from home, I had no expectations on me and I was ''free'' in my ways. Home was a lot nicer then expected, much more attached to me then I thought, and with a freedom one can only experience in the land your passport comes from. In other words I was feeling at home as I had never felt it before. Meeting every [View Full Entry]

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