Yes, the time has come. The Last House Guest, who had been in India
for about a month now, flew home early last Tuesday morning. While here,
he visited Shimla, Amritsar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Pushkar, Agra, Varanasi,
and, of course, Delhi. He even took a few days to fly down to Bangkok.
It was quite the whirlwind for him. He took all sorts of modes of
transportation on his journey--taxi, rickshaw, metro, and bus. Very
adventurous of him. Mr. ATK and I had never taken the metro until now
and we've never taken a bus (and we have no intention of doing so before
we leave). He walked around a lot more than we generally do (because
walking around these streets is incredibly stressful with the honking
and cars and the bikes and the motorcycles and the cows and the...you
get the picture.) However, he did so seemingly by choice. Or perhaps
because he didn't want to pay for a taxi.
I think, though, in the end, one month in India was too much time in India for him. Why do I say this? The first clue was when I went to pick him up from the airport after he got back from his last intra-India trip to Varanasi, the first words out of his mouth were, "I am so ready to go home."
I think, though, in the end, one month in India was too much time in India for him. Why do I say this? The first clue was when I went to pick him up from the airport after he got back from his last intra-India trip to Varanasi, the first words out of his mouth were, "I am so ready to go home."
