You
Good Person!!!
As
the first leg of our adventure in India comes to an end, it has become evident
that Rajasthan was the perfect way to see a side of India we never thought
possible.
Small
towns (by India standards) with big personalities and even bigger experiences.
This really is one of the best ways to experience India.
Sitting
on this 12hr overnight train, reflecting back on our time in Rajasthan we have
really been able to unlock 2 key things about India. That’s about all we have been able to do as our train birth-mate Rangeet
just got out drunken by me on his own whiskey...SORRY.. 3 key things about India…
- Indians can’t drink. When they do, they get BOD’d (black out drunk) and fall over through birth-stalls in the middle of the night, get very touchy with men or woman strangers and play the drinking game “YOU GOOD PERSON”. Maybe that is why Guneet Singh is the way he is (STING….. HA)??
- Our night with our new buddy Rangeet started off pretty innocent, he and his buddy has snuck a mickey of Indian whiskey on the train so they could have a drink before heading off. True of Indian hospitality they offered us one as well, we graciously accepted. First mickey empty……only then does Rangeet pull an entire 40 out of his bag……foreshadowing some trouble, but well played good sir.
- His buddy jumps off the train as he wasn’t making the journey with us and the “getting to know you” continues over whiskey with Rangeet’s relatively good broken English and then forces Jonny to eat his dinner that his wife prepared…… “we are friends.. no” says Rangeet.
- As we continue Rangeet unwittingly turns it into a drinking game which we have dubbed “good person” Every time one of us says “You good person” you drink one. Every time one of us says “You bad person”, finish your drink.
- By this time any English that Rangeet had is gone and he is speaking slurred hindi to us trying to get us to respond, falls out of our berth onto a sleeping man in the next berth over…… we hit the lights and put our new friend Rangeet to bed.
- Moral of this story…….beware of Indian whiskey, and Indian men drinking it
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| Drinkers Beware! |
- 2. The initial madness of a new Indian city or town is a result of how Indian life is just put out there, flat out in front of you and anyone else with open eyes…. It’s an open mind that allows you to wash away that madness revealing the true beauty of this place….3. India is truly a loving place. The men, women, children and even their pets (other than the nasty street dogs and cows) are willing to love you right away…. It’s being able to wash away that madness that lets you love them right back unlocking some amazing experiences.
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| Rajastan Favs
As
we bring this leg of the trip to an end, I can say that solitude is surely
attainable in India. You just gotta seek it out with an open mind and heart.
Which brings us to the next leg…
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Seeing out the
spiritual side of India
via
Varanasi – One of the most holy places in India
via
Kerala (South India) – for getting in touch with our inner-selves (at an
ashram) and seeing a different style of small town India.
OOO_Jonny
and Tals
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