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Many thanks ...
Thank you for your comment. Glad you found it easy and OK.... :)

and then there are the other 90%?
Yes I agree with you totally ... for those of us with both the means and the time and the passion to get out and do it. I am though just struck all the time by the vast majority of simple people who are just doing simple things day after day ... yet without apparent despair or complacency. It's all relative in the end... we all die..... with nothing to show at the pearly gates re a 'I travelled here and there' passport (well.. I don't think so :)) ) . But meanwhile... those of use who can and do (travel and reflect widely) no doubt have as much 'duty' perhaps to do so and reflect it all to others, as the street cleaner has his/her duty to do their work with diligence and passion. It's a nuts world.... What is this? x

Tanaka a treat
Hi Jane Well.. Tanaka was such a nice 'meet'... we spend the evening and next morning together. Sometimes you just meet the most interesting people on the road... but yes, one has to offer oneself to be open to what then comes back at you .. so it all worked out nicely. Thanks for the comment... Me patient? Hm... I am not always but I 'adjust' the reactions having retrieved my attention from the ego attachment and realising it's all relative and 'let's carry on and let it be'. Anyway.. finally on my way back to Pushkar.. Back in Australia March 11.... Happy Christmas

Clean Money
Ha... maybe it's about wiping out money laundering... no dirty money ... Hm... have to think about that one. Joking of course. What's your next trip (or are you on one)?

logic and frustration
Yes... well there's two points here... one is that India is so keen to attract tourists and yet seems to make it so hard (and turns people like you off). The second is that it does provide one with an intense sense of challenge to all that we hold as 'constant' and 'known' and 'controllable'. For that to be a positive thing or not depends on one's mind journey I suppose .... all good if not very challenging. :)

crossing over
Ha... was just looking for something that rang out about crossing borders... but glad it touched you. I am mindful that what Gautama taught was pretty simple when it all boils down... but hard to do (requires application/ practice/ discipline). Rewards are there although rewards ought not to be sought. How are you Amanda? Have a pleasant Christmas... I think there is at least on grandchild in your life now right? We ought to catch up next time I am back.. which is March 11 by the way. Hope all is well. x

Death By Growth
Yes indeed... and India is entitled (funny work) to make all the mistakes that the west has made... and yet now that we think we know better (but are we really taking the tough decisions in time? I think not)... we are gobsmacked at what is happening... The 'growth' (or the disaster) is just unbelievable.. and sad in many many ways... But as I said... Indians are 'entitled' to be traveling and seeing their own country. I just wish it could be done more sustainably.