It's been two weeks since we came home from our travels, scent of uncapped freedom and bliss, grassy meadows, dirt road, and masala tea spices stuffed deep into our backpacks. We've been postponing this blog entry partly because of the readjustment chaos, but mostly because summing up five month journey renders the end of it definite. Brutally real.
And the reality... bites right now. Getting back has been a mixture of logistical and emotional mayhem. We've been living out of boxes, looking for jobs, and easing post-travel blues with a compress from our family and friends. Reading past blog entries, organizing thousands of pictures, and daydreaming about places we'd love to visit next has been healing as well - enough so to help us keep it together. We knew what we signed up for when we decided to go and we never expected life to instantly snap back to what it was upon our return. Fair enough then. We would make the same decision in a heartbeat.
People have asked us what would be the first place we'd like to re-visit given the opportunity. Honestly, any of them would be reason enough to pack a backpack, but India stands out at the front of the pack. It's fascinating. Challenging. Poetic. Magnetic. It grabs all of your senses. Frankly, it seems quite impossible to experience just once.
For now, we hold tight a handful of unforgettable moments, sights and people...latest memories beating to M&S drum...
And the reality... bites right now. Getting back has been a mixture of logistical and emotional mayhem. We've been living out of boxes, looking for jobs, and easing post-travel blues with a compress from our family and friends. Reading past blog entries, organizing thousands of pictures, and daydreaming about places we'd love to visit next has been healing as well - enough so to help us keep it together. We knew what we signed up for when we decided to go and we never expected life to instantly snap back to what it was upon our return. Fair enough then. We would make the same decision in a heartbeat.
People have asked us what would be the first place we'd like to re-visit given the opportunity. Honestly, any of them would be reason enough to pack a backpack, but India stands out at the front of the pack. It's fascinating. Challenging. Poetic. Magnetic. It grabs all of your senses. Frankly, it seems quite impossible to experience just once.
For now, we hold tight a handful of unforgettable moments, sights and people...latest memories beating to M&S drum...
