A Year.
After much thought...discussions with friends...advice from mentors...and long walks along the Arabian Sea, I've decided to stay in India for a full year.
It was an incredibly hard decision...one of the most difficult I've ever had to make. But now that I've gone through the whole process, I am indescribably excited. I've begun to realize how much I was not going to get to do in six months...that now I will be able to do. As opposed to my first six months of traveling, which has focused on the popular tourist destinations (Delhi, Agra, Udaipur, Jaipur, etc.), my last six months will focus on the lesser known, off-the-beaten-path destinations...the ones that most people don't get to do on the average trip to India. I've also decided to learn Hindi (in addition to bobbling my head from left to right when I say "yes" instead of nodding up and down).
The decision was largely based on my situation with Prana. By staying until May, I will be able to see the current project through to the end. (As an update, I'm loving it. I've gotten to be close with the crew and love what I'm doing. Each day is exciting, if not intense. I'm still learning new things each day and look forward to a solid year of that.)
I'll still come home in November, but after the annual Stevember birthday trip to Puerto Vallarta, I will return to Mumbai. A trip home for Christmas and then one in February before my final return to the States in May '07.
And with this decision, I look out my window and start to view this place as "home"... a place which just three months ago seemed so completely foreign to me.
After much thought...discussions with friends...advice from mentors...and long walks along the Arabian Sea, I've decided to stay in India for a full year.
It was an incredibly hard decision...one of the most difficult I've ever had to make. But now that I've gone through the whole process, I am indescribably excited. I've begun to realize how much I was not going to get to do in six months...that now I will be able to do. As opposed to my first six months of traveling, which has focused on the popular tourist destinations (Delhi, Agra, Udaipur, Jaipur, etc.), my last six months will focus on the lesser known, off-the-beaten-path destinations...the ones that most people don't get to do on the average trip to India. I've also decided to learn Hindi (in addition to bobbling my head from left to right when I say "yes" instead of nodding up and down).
The decision was largely based on my situation with Prana. By staying until May, I will be able to see the current project through to the end. (As an update, I'm loving it. I've gotten to be close with the crew and love what I'm doing. Each day is exciting, if not intense. I'm still learning new things each day and look forward to a solid year of that.)
I'll still come home in November, but after the annual Stevember birthday trip to Puerto Vallarta, I will return to Mumbai. A trip home for Christmas and then one in February before my final return to the States in May '07.
And with this decision, I look out my window and start to view this place as "home"... a place which just three months ago seemed so completely foreign to me.
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