chaos everywhere
I need a vacation from my vacation
Bodhgaya has not provided me with the quiet opportunities to meditate that I had been hoping for. Shortly after arriving I became sick with Strep Throat and then developed diarrhea and vomiting on top of that! vomiting with open sores on your tonsils is not a pleasant sensation. Fortunately I only had one day of vomiting, and my throat is starting to feel normal again. I still am not eating much, but that is okay as I have plenty of stored energy in my body.
While Bodhgaya may not be as crowded as Kolkata, it smells just as bad. Here I have the same problems of being pestered that I had in Varanasi. I can not walk anywhere without some little boy wanting to practice his english on me, and he always asks me to buy him school supplies. I get tired of the scams, I get tired of not being able to walk quietly down the street, I get tired of not being able to simply have a conversation without it turning to money in some way. I get tired of Indian boys asking me for money.
So this week I am going to take the bus to Nepal. I don't expect things to be much different there, just a different language. I do hope that I can find a quiet temple to meditate in, and a coffee/tea shop where I can sit and read my book or write in my journal. I'll let you all know when I plan on taking the bus so that you will know where to start looking for me if I dissapear :)
Bodhgaya has not provided me with the quiet opportunities to meditate that I had been hoping for. Shortly after arriving I became sick with Strep Throat and then developed diarrhea and vomiting on top of that! vomiting with open sores on your tonsils is not a pleasant sensation. Fortunately I only had one day of vomiting, and my throat is starting to feel normal again. I still am not eating much, but that is okay as I have plenty of stored energy in my body.
While Bodhgaya may not be as crowded as Kolkata, it smells just as bad. Here I have the same problems of being pestered that I had in Varanasi. I can not walk anywhere without some little boy wanting to practice his english on me, and he always asks me to buy him school supplies. I get tired of the scams, I get tired of not being able to walk quietly down the street, I get tired of not being able to simply have a conversation without it turning to money in some way. I get tired of Indian boys asking me for money.
So this week I am going to take the bus to Nepal. I don't expect things to be much different there, just a different language. I do hope that I can find a quiet temple to meditate in, and a coffee/tea shop where I can sit and read my book or write in my journal. I'll let you all know when I plan on taking the bus so that you will know where to start looking for me if I dissapear :)