Travelling Alone 23. März 2010

So, its done: Eva and I went diffrent ways last Saturday – although its funny: Now I am in the hotel, where she left this very morning! I am now in Udaipur – it took me not 9 hours, but just 6!

On Saturday I went on the bus to Jaisalmer – where the biggest Sandcastle in the world is Its not really true – its just a Fort! Never mind. So my bus was a private bus, but that kind of didnt matter. Millions of Indians (ok, not Millions, but a lot!) where in the bus as well, so I shared my seat with a woman and her kid. It was not really comfortable, but I thought it funny. You pay for one seat, have the expensive (relatively of course) private bus and you get only half a seat… But it was really crowded and its better to share the seat, than to let the other woman stand! I was listening music with my i-Pod and the second woman (they didnt go that far as I did) was really curios. I started showing her my pictures which where saved on there and that was really weird. I was watching the pictures with her eyes and that is so strange! Just imagine where I already have been in the world? There were some monkeys, beaches, waterfalls, partys at home, family, friends, Costa Rica, Greece, Holland, Snowboarding etc. I guess she didnt know what half of it was!!! We are so fortunate that we can do all these stuff. We are so rich in possibilities that these woman will never have! And yet to us its normal. That is ok, because for us it IS normal, but for most of the people in the world its not… Weird!

Jaisalmer itself is a really nice place. I liked it a lot. The fort is the only one, where still people live inside (around 5000) and is just nice to walk around it through the small streets and enjoy yourself. I even got 2 Euros!!!! A woman wanted to exchange them to rupees, I said yes: I gave her 150 for the 2 Euro – she made a good deal and I can buy a Brezn at the airport in Munich

What is really cool, when you are alone (sorry Ev!) is that you can better talk to people. I was chatting first with this young guy (maybe 23) and drank some tea. He wanted to take me to the desert and his village… I declined

Than, about 10 minutes later I met Papu, who owns a nice shop in the fort with textiles… That was not good. My backpack is now 4 kilos more heavier (I guess around 17 kg!!!! ) That is too much!!!! BUT its only 2,5 weeks now and it is sooo cheap Still stupid me! I couldnt resist and Eva was not there to stop me. Well, acutally I think she would have agreed with me, but 17 KILOS!!!! Ok, I stop. Its my own fault and I will not die because of it! And some… oho, I stop her!

With Papu I had also dinner and that was then becoming really weird. I guess he liked me. But still strange! His smile never reached the eyes and I had a weird feeling. And I still believed him about his work and stuff. He seemed to have really good prices and ethic standards. So I did believe him, but he looked as if he was not … I cant tell. He didnt lie! And he gave me two presents… Very weird!

Jana, my best friend back in Germany, had a really big surprise. Well, not surprise, because I guessed it already, but HURRAY! Isnt the world a wonderful place??? I think it is! I am looking so much forward to see her again soon!

You all already know that I am not the most resonable person in the world, so in Jodhpur I got a new book… Lord the Rings! 1200 pages! Isnt that stupid? Of course it is, the book is HUGE, but for that size very light (it is, I swear!!!) and I calculated if I read everyday 100 pages, I will have finished it before I go back home. And its in English and I always wanted to read that. What I dont really understand is why so many people have problems reading it. Again it was very exiting from the beginning (ok, “Concerning hobbits” maybe not that much, but still). Sometimes it gets a bit hard, but only for maximum 2-3 pages. Thats easy to deal with it… Well, I am now at page 222 (something more that 200) and I started on Saturday. Not bad! I love that book and will cry endlessly at the end – as always! Too sad, too sad!

Apart from that I met yesterday a really nice German guy on the train. He is actually on his holiday, but from Japan. He went there for a year and has now term break and is traveling India for 3 weeks. So nice and clever that guy! Its great to meet people who take the possibilities they have!