My gosh, the shock is bad. I am now in rural India somewhere or other. It is quite different to Delhi, feel much more alone. My day started off pretty badly. I was feeling a bit of despair but then I meet some nice US and Candian people and I feel much better. Still all a bit odd though.
I have arived in Delhi safely. It’s all been good fun. Looks like everything will come together nicely. It is though very hot. Way hot in fact. But all good fun. The dodge factor is truely awesome. I really am a fan. It’s got a very special character. The people I’ve meet so far have been tops. I am sure the rest of the people will be too.
I had a few fears coming over about how organised the stuff would be. But it’s all sorted.
It really is quite hot though.
It is very odd starting my trip on business class. It didn’t quite feel right, but it was good. I have found KL to be very interesting. Particularly the women. I have never seen so many Muslim women in my life. I really don’t like the eye-slit only dress. What’s that called again. It feels kind of wrong to me.
Lot’s of women work in KL though and wear a variety of head dress and not. I think that women have an okay place in KL society. From my very Western view and the very short period of time I’ve spent here. So overall I don’t have any problems with it.
Odd openning the draw in the hotel and finding the Quoran instead of the old Gideons.
I’ve gone into this posho lounge which is $US18 and am sitting drinking some lemonade and blogging with my laptop. It is fun.
Here I am sitting in the Pan Pacific Hotel in KL. I am very tired. But I am staying up for a little while. I have deliberated about whether to get the broadband Internet for about $15 Australian.
Saying goodbye at Sydney Airport was okay, I am going to miss everybody quite a bit. When I checked in at the airport I got a nice surprise. I was upgraded to business class. Which was nice and posh. I got lots of water which is what I needed. Didn’t get drunk though. Thought it would be bad for me to.
Arriving at KLIA I am already feeling a bit disoriented. The dunnies here have hoses. It’s all very new for me. I got conned by a bag carrier cause he had official looking stuff. I won’t make that mistake again.
I have no idea how I am going to deal with Delhi. It is going to be intense.
At KL Sentral at the moment blogging. I almost feel human now. I have a post on my flight and first reflections on my laptop but that’s not here with me. I really like KL now. I could spend many many dollars here. Everythings cheap. Got myself a Fuji 4MP camera for $400 from a shop in KL. I also went and saw the twin towers. They are rather high.
The shopping centers here are huge. It’s pretty amazing really. Movies cost about $4.20. Driving myself crazy trying to divide by 2.5 though.
The trains rock here to. No City Rail here. Fast and efficient trains here. The stations feel like something out of a futuristic movies. The voices particularly. It’s all very new and cool.
Here I am sitting in the Pan Pacific Hotel in KL. I am very tired. But I am staying up for a little while. I have deliberated about whether to get the broadband Internet for about $15 Australian.
Saying goodbye at Sydney Airport was okay, I am going to miss everybody quite a bit. When I checked in at the airport I got a nice surprise. I was upgraded to business class. Which was nice and posh. I got lots of water which is what I needed. Didn’t get drunk though. Thought it would be bad for me to.
Arriving at KLIA I am already feeling a bit disoriented. The dunnies here have hoses. It’s all very new for me. I got conned by a bag carrier cause he had official looking stuff. I won’t make that mistake again.
I have no idea how I am going to deal with Delhi. It is going to be intense.
I am just finishing packing. I’m leaving on a jet plane very soon.
Tomorrow I leave the home that I have lived in for the 22 years that I have been alive. I am leaving for five and a half months which isn’t that long but at the moment feels like a very long time. I had a farewell/birthday dinner with some of my friends tonight. It was good. I like my friends. I’m going to miss them. But there is always telecommunications to help bridge the gap. It makes Raxual similar in virtual distance to Hobart.
I was warned going to India I would get sick. I’d just like to say I have tonsillitis already so therefore I don’t have to wait around for the inevitable getting sick in India. If you start sick you can only get better. Right? Well I suppose if you died you wouldn’t be getting any better, but I am not planing on doing that for quite some time yet.
Not sure how I feel about going yet. I think I am excited and scared of course. I think it will be come real when I walk through the glass doors into the passenger section of the airport. I hope I don’t get too emotional saying goodbye. Only a few of my goodbyes so far have been hard. I know I am going to miss people heaps.
I am stopping for a day in KL on the way. I think that will give me time to prepare myself. I am sure though that India will hit me very hard when I arrive. There is no real way to prepare for that. I have faith though that God will look after me in India.
Anyway it is getting late. I should get some sleep before I go. My last sleep in Australia for quite some time. I think it will be anyway.
Two people so far have cancelled on me so far. My plans are rapaidly going down hill. One more person is not sure if they will make it. Grrr!! And no one replied to my blog invite. Not happy Jan.
The unsure person has now cancelled as well. At least two of the people have a good reason for not going (they are sick).
I just lodged my tax return. YAY.
Didn’t get around to posting 2 days to go yesterday. Oh well.
I just went to the doctor and found out I have tonsillitis. Pretty bad timing if you ask me. Anyway I’ve got some drugs to help me out. I am still going to catch my plane on Sunday. Unless things get a whole lot worse of course.
Only three days left until I leave for India.