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Thursday, 19.08 close to Bern, Switzerland...

buhhh....deep breath....i don not like to repeat "pessimists" which moan/sighs "time goes by so fast"...well...but that pretty much how it feels....

observing my mind, impressions....few days ago i still was in india, chaotic, busy Delhi...despite exhausting conditions as such...i felt familiar...yea...in a way...

than..-i took time to "closure/finish" my time in india...intellectually..well the traintrip was long enoguh
-but nevertheless, once i arrived at the "modern" int. Delhi airport terminal 3...i felt like i movie...to say...it was sooo super sureal...i took the taxi for half an hour and i arrived in other culture... everything was "westernized" but unattached, superficial...
in the means of the cloth...the infrastructure...behaviour of people...that was not india!!!

i expected a smooth "change/intersection" from Indian life to European....the plane would have been the buffer...BUT this airport changes this...

some hours on istanbul airport....airport life-observing...
since the airport i was kind of "dazed/stunned"...
this was strengthened by arriving in munich. everything was so perfect, clean, kind of "Unreal" in my perceptive... then the bus to city gave me the rest...new, perfect and a voice from the speakers asked me kindly to fasten seatbelt hence its law in Germany.
i was doubtfully smiling...and flash-backed remembered on the Rotang Pass (Roller coaster form manali to leh)...a bus trip on the edge between life and death.....
in MUNICH...i couchsurved at the same place like in june, on the way to delhi.
next day i spent in munich. walking around the strees....watching tourists taking pics, drinking "weissbier".....

i will upload pics soon

Monday, 09.08 New Delhi

I am against prejudices.... well, to say, Delhi might be one of the worst cities to live in is rather experience than prejudice

After 19hours of Indian train from jaisalmer to delhi...i am totally exhausted. My stomach hurts. I am afraid to again "gained" some funny issue like food poisoning... lets think positive.... :) (no other Joice)

The flight is at 4.45 local time tomorrow, for me this night....

Jaisalmer was an important experience. I met an austrian ex teacher (mid 50ties) who lives and work in jaisalmer for 12 year... his car broke on the way from sri lanka to austria......question where? yes in jaisalmer...
he dedicate his efforts in project with local Chipsies... he runs a guesthouse and restaurant "artistic hotel" with musicians almost every night...
The camel safari was nothing special...puhuuuuu desert...the highlight where the patient camels, the 2 very "rooted", nice guides, (trying to) sleep under star night....and of course the remote local villages in that area :)

well, after 9 weeks i leave India. i come back, for sure!
I am happy and greatfull for every single day her, bad or good - IT WAS WORTH TO DISCOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but I am also happy that i can leave this country. I come back anyway!

to early to find a resume....
over all it was important ... i learned a lot, i was challenged a lot...
i became (seems to me) more calm, more relaxed in stressy situations
i got so many ideas, inspirations....
i came across with "issues", topics like
"free Tibet movement" as response to violence from PRC, Buddhism, meditation, multi ethnic India, education system here, environmental problem, CHAI, good food, food poisoning, people h\who cheat you, honest people, dirt, beauty, smell of waste-shit very where, smell of spices, of nature. NATURE (like ladakh, desert, glaciers ...)
BUS -- window to flow of live, train--space to get even more into society by talkng, watching...being, big number of humans everywhere... kids everywhere, COLORFUL saris....head shaking :).....and many many more.....

to quote mater GOENKA
"Might all beings be happy"

i give news soon

Thursday, 05.08 JAISALMER

Tomorrow I will go a 2 day trip to the Thar desert. LINK Riding camels, sleeping under the open starnight in desert dune... its the finish line in this trip...

i will post pictures, comments, thoughts... soon....

:) be happy


Wednesday (again :), 04.08 in Jaipur (Capital of state of rajastan)

3mio. city. of handicraft...i was told the shapping city for indias...mumbai people e.g. come here to order super expensive wedidng cloth... paper production...both with natural colors...

short update
Leh in very brief: was super amazing. Gained inside view in ladaki lifestyle...i ate in stonehouse with local people in remote valley by hiking
lot of hiking...
got known of HELENE Norberg (ISEC NGO)...good ideas for thesis and intesship
DOWNHILL BIKING from highest motorable pass in the world :) (to show off :) :)
I (i think i can also speak for malte) had the impression to be in another country but india....BUT INDIA is MULTI DIVERSE in MOSAICS and FACETES etc...

i wanted to go to Chamba after leaving Leh to Keylong (15h Bus FLY!!! above Passes)
I spent afternoon and night in Keylong. Had verygood conversatiton. I went to internet cafe-no connection since that morning..thus we kept on talking...they introduced me into indianeducationsystem...about individual languages for each valley... about traditional lifestyle, studies and difficulty to find job or run bussines....etc...

But the Bus from Keylong to Kilar could not go caused of rocks on (instead of the road) -> plan changing (once again :) bus to manali 7h - i ended exhausted...thus i stayed a night in old manali. (Funny, meters next to malte but we both did not noticed, because we decided to go diveent ways to amritsar before, so we could relax even from each other :) :) :) ha ha)
Bus form Manali to amritsar, 17h!...
01.08/AMRITSARI arrived 2h before malte. We went to GOLDEN TEMPLE. Had a short nap inside in the dormitory.
We spent the whole moring and noon there. Guesthouse. Realxing.
I went to border ceremony (Paksitan-India) Totallyin bolliwood style....to pretend, wish, hope for better relationshhip between this countries....
At night agian to the temple...less pilgrams...good conversations...INSIGHT VIEW
02.08 TRAINDAY, Train from amrtsar top AGRA
ca 12h in train. was relaxing (Sleeper)...only western tourists--> very indian journey... we talked alot, were watching a lot to landscape, cities we passed..talket to people...a lot of SIKH's....they were "easy to get by telling them about our visit in their most holy place, the golden temple...

03.08 TAJ MAHAL......relaxing....last time, evening together here in india....
we enjoyed a lot.....GOOD BYE MALTE. SAVE TRIP HOME. ENJOY TIME IN ALEMANIA WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND HYVAA for Finland "Intenship"......
"bis die tage" MY GOOD FRIEND

04.08 Train to Jaipur. Day here. Midnight train to Jaisalmer
see PICS

Paln is to stay here in the dessert and go back to dehli with night train on 08.08
flight back on 10.08 at 4am

BE HAPPY :)

Thursday, 28.07 even in Leh

I came back today from 3 day track/hike (alone :)
LAMAYURU (3200m) to CHILING
60km
several passes
highest 4950
serverl tibetian buddist monestries....

AMAZING LAMDCAPE....spent itme in local families (traditional)
with YAK farmes beyond 4000m................
and i experienced even more that SILENCE is ssssssssssssssoooooooooooooooo beautiful...
not like i was thinking long time- that silence is empty...NO ITS SO MUCH MORE...

i leave in 1h to KEYLONG (17h Busride)

then i plan to go through CHUMBA Valley (from village to village, there might e a festival in the village of chamba)
heading AMRITSAR in Punjab. To sleep in the golden temple (Most holy place for SIKH) and to help to clean the temple in the morning
BORDER Ceremony....at pakistani-indian border. THe supposed to "Show" friendship etween this countries in bollywood style "kitssssch"

Then i meet malte aagian there in amritsar...
Maye couchsuirfing in agra...
tach mahal....
good bye to malte...
RAJASSTAN.... to dessert and lake city UDAPUR) 10th of august is fly back

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