Hi from India!

Hi everyone!

After a looooong trip with a stop in Vienna, a night at the airport in Mombay (after an interesting trip from the international airport to the domestic airport by public bus), and 1,5h by taxi I was finally in Goa.

...so welcome to India! (This mail should be read loud with the tong a little back and curled upward for best indian sound effect) I'm riding a motorbike for the 3rd time lol It's hard to get used to drive on the "wrong" side. Also there are not only lots of people and crazy drivers driving in the roads, but also cows! Crazy drivers, cows in the streets, a bangla-bangla-language that sounds so funny it's hard not to imitate people when they talk, a hole in the floor toilet) etc. This is India. And yoga of course...! That's why I'm here.

I was really concerned about going to India on my own. But as the book tells you I descided to "feel the fear and do it anyway"... There has been moments I've regret it because I sure meet a lot of the things I fear the most on this trip. And when the travelers bible let me down by not even mentioning the place I'm at here in the northern part of India. The internet here is also quite unstable, and for my first days it was mostly down. Even in a country with more than one billion inhabitants I felt disconnected to the world (read: you) and kind of Lonely on the Planet... Traveling on my own to India I feel quite scared sometimes, but I'm sure I'll grow from it. I think I've done a good piece of work on my self-development already even by going on this trip. And... what doesn't kill you (like the motorbike rides or something...) will only make you stronger, right...?..

Goa is full of party-monkey-tourists so I had a hard time finding a nice and quiet place to stay the first nights. I finally found myself a bamboo hut on the beach. Though I was probably the only one not being completely stoned, but...

Now I've moved a bit further south of the northern part of Goa to attend a yoga teacher training. The retreat centre is great, and even though it's quite expensive (away above my low budget) I've decided to stay here for at least a couple of days. The training is quite intense, and I get to practice yoga mostly two times a day.

Well, I've got to get up early tomorrow for my yoga so it's time for savasana (lay down pose in the end of each practice)...


Namaste
Caïla