I ask myself the same question from time to time... Hi, I found your blog interesting. I have done a tonne of travel (including to Chitwan!) in the form of three roughly year long trips. At times, I get tired too, especially in "tough" travel places such as India or Africa, and wonder what I am doing. However, I just arrived home in February after an 18 month stint and I am back working and, let me tell you, there isn't a day that goes by when I don't wonder what I was doing this time last year as I drag myself out of bed in the early morning to shower and get ready for work, having to put on nice clothes and even make-up - shock! All of that material goods and responsibility stuff really just catches back up with you and you end up longing for the simple days when all you need is a backpack and a Lonely Planet! Clothes wrinkled and faded? Who cares?! Make the most of the travel life while it still lasts, is my advice! ;)
hang in there I know exactly what you mean. You know, right before I met you guys at paradiso - i was in a similar boat and longing for home. Some of us just have nomadic souls. The key is, i think, - when you feel like that - you have to find a way to make a small slice of home whereever you are.
lots of love from america!!!
j
ha Ralf,
Nou wat ik begreep ga je eerst naar je zus. Nou daar wordt je heerlijk in de watten gelegd. En dan kom je thuis. Nou je ouders hebben voor jou een heerlijke relaxstoel gekocht, (het gras is wel meters hoog) de kersterren die ik heeeeel goed verzorgd heb moeten nog begraven worden. O ja en het zwembad, nou je mams verheugd zich op je komst. Nooit zo'n helder bad gehad sinds jij er was. Dus kortom een hele goede reden om naar huis te komen. O ja en pa is de computer aan het blokkeren zodat je vanaf heden alleen met muntjes online kunt. Kortom feest in Gaanderen. Er is veel veranderd. Maar ik ben er ook nog om de feestvreugde te vergroten en wie weet begeleiden wij onze schrijver wel naar Engeland
Veel plezier nog bij Linn en haar gezin en tot gauw.
Liefs Willy
same, same Hey!!!, we spent about 5 months in SE Asia and, the last few weeks I was dying to go home: sleep in MY bed, eat food knowing that I will like it, talking to my friends... but one of the first things I did when we arrived was to grab a map and start thinking about the next trip... so you're NOT alone...
Deni
With gratitude to your work mister Ralf Kreuze! Dear Mr. Kreuze! I liked your works which you have made in Balkh. If you not against, whether I can place some of them on the site, devoted histories of Afghanistan. I guarantee preservation of your copyrights. Yours faithfully Konstantin Antonov.
Hi Ralfie, just wanted to say that your photos as usual are great. Pity you didn't get a better picture of the rhino ... I personally think you should have hung around a little longer!! And I also commiserate on your musings on the pros and cons of travelling .. my heart bleeds for you!
Your favourite sister
wowwwww hi i had been following yer blog since i joined this site last year n finally u visited my country, i really appreciate the fact tht u r willing to skip the beaten path n explore real Nepal. Your blog brought a flood of memories as I lives in Bhairawa, butwal, pokhara and visited Tansen, gorkha, ktm during my school fieldtrips. Now i get to revisit these places by reading yer blog!! Cheers!!
Ralfff my love!!!! Glad to hear you are among others again.
I will be in Bangkok April 17th then in vietnam from april 20th until back in Bangkok April 30th till may 3rd
if you make it south! please let me know. Maybe we can grab a Chang beer or some Pho together.
big kiss
j
great photos hello there his dudeness..great photos, what camera are you using? and how long you have been traveling?seems you've been aroud the world huh?..anyhow, great shots..
It is not you Hi there
I was living and travelling in India for 6 months. I used to live/travel with other foreigners and, just as you, we enjoyed avoiding the haze of touristic places. But there is always a balance: sometimes you would want to go to a restaurant with nice- highly hygienic food and loos. In India, German Bakeries always work as you know.
Enjoy Nepali chai (I heard it has a peculiar smell ^_^).
I read it! Hey Ralf!
Great writing!! I loved the description of the feeling at the travelers gettos! reminded me when I was there!!
When things don't impress you any more is time to go, and for me this day arrived after only 3 months...
Travel safe, post always!!
from the brasilian brothers
And next..............? Ralf, your writing continues to grow in quality! You capture an aspect of India, and the thinking traveller's responses to that aspect...then a personal resolution of the tensions...and then you leave us wondering what will come next!!
I may have to start using your blog as a great example of writing for my students!
BTW , have you seen this? http://eagersnap.blogspot.com/
Another experience of India...
I ENJOYED READING YOUR BLOG AND LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS. I TRAVEL TO SRI LANKA EVERY YEAR FOR ONE MONTH WITH MY SRI LANKAN PARTNER, BUT WHILST THERE I BECOME THE ENGLISH TOURIST AND DRIVE HIM MAD! YOUR PICTURES REALLY CAPTURED THE SRI LANKA I SEE. THEY REMINDED ME WHY I LOVE THE COUNTRY SO MUCH
Bundi looks amazing!! it looks a bit like orchar in a way? i hope it still keeps its peace, not yet flooded with tourists? Really enjoyed reading all your blogs about india, all the best for your next destination...
Great article. India's high on my wish list. Sadly most travelers go to a country not to really experience it but to visit a certain few sights, attractions and beaches, and most of those that do go with more cultural motives tend to be more into observing it than really living it and interacting with the people like normal human beings.
next big project? Great story, very reflective and contemplating. It belive a guy like you could spend another two years in Indonesia. I have visitied many regions there (Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggera and Sulawesi so far), but it never seems to end. The geographical diversity is as vast as in India, and you'll find very diverse cultures as well. And, for you benefit, it will be as cheap as India, i.e. probably in sync with your way of traveling.
Best regards,
Anders (Denmark)
Paul D
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Great stuff, and sounds exactly like my thoughts a few months ago. It's certainly not only you who feels like that:)