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I want to go here....
2 months ago
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Maybe this summer????
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How to visit India
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happy
 "Life changing"
How I did it: In 2005 I went on a mission trip to Bangalore, India to work with orphans who had been rescued out of child labor. I raised the money by getting the members of my church to sponsor it, borrowing money from friends and using some of my savings. The cost of the trip was a little over $2,000. Lessons & tips: This trip taught me that religion is not always right, if anything this trip drove me away from my religion. I found myself getting angry at the fact that we were there passing out bibles and trying to get these kids to "accept christ.", telling them that their lives would change if they did. The truth is, their lives were nowhere close to changing, and what these kids really needed was food, money, a home, an education and above all else, love. Offering these kids a bible and a prayer suddenly seemed very offensive. Oddly enough, I think this trip was the best thing I could have ever done as it has led me to a deeper level of understanding mankind. It has taught me that all anyone ever truly desires is to be loved unconditionally. I would like to go back there someday to do the same work, without the religious strings attatched.
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I am going to see India tonight!!!! (India Arie!)
2 months ago
A dear friend wrote me…..
“So jealous that you are off to see India tonight….”
since I was still half asleep I thought…I’m not going to India tonight….
and then I remembered…..
oh yeah…I am ~ India Arie!!!!!
I’m going to see her tonight with my colleague that I counsel with~
We both LOVE India Arie and she got the tickets for us!!!!
We are so going to be dancing and singing~ can’t wait!!!!!
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Wait-I've never even tried Indian food
3 months ago
Since its where I plan to retire one day, I thought I ought to maybe check the place out first. The summer before I start vet school is when I’ll be going, maybe for a honeymoon?
Inspired...
8 months ago
by a guy I met in the summer who was so passionate about India, I couldn’t help but be infected by his enthusiasm.
I haven’t done any serious travelling for 10 years, and I think its about time. I sooooo need a break from work, and I the idea of immersing myself in a completely new culture and from what I’ve been told India is a complete assault on your senses!
Money wise I’ll need to save and realistically this will probably take a year to put aside enough money to go away with and enough to come back to.
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10 months ago
My son and I went to Bangalore for a week, then to Nagarhole Wildlife Preserve, Kodagu (Orange County), and Mysore for another week. It was soo very different and so exciting. I loved the temples, animals, people, jasmine, food!!!, and watching how people get by when they just don’t have all the modern conveniences. People for the most part are slim and eat a healthy diet. It’s just so different I could go on all day. We were lucky enough to witness a traditional wedding.
If you get a chance, you must go.
I will always cherish this experience.
10 months ago
It is totally worth it. I would recommend taking the time and making the effort to “give back” in some way…visit an orphanage, a school, find some way to volunteer and help.
If you can’t do the above, you simply MUST take the time to talk to the people of India….they can be very warm, very loving, and they seem to speak from the heart…but are very honest..sometimes brutally so..lol
Just watch out for hockers…if you are on a big tourist bus or something, hockers are at every stop…you’ll get used to them though and can get some pretty cool souvenirs for loved ones that way.
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Untitled
11 months ago
I want to go all over India. My Indian friend went there a few months ago…
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Very curious about people and culture. Would like to see Goa and New Deli.
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Magic. Go, go, go. You won’t regret it for a second. It will open your eyes, your heart and sould. India is like a drug, you can’t get enough of her and she leaves you with tremendous highs and all time lows but every day is an experience.
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It wasn’t what I expected to be..but it was a trip full of happiness, sadness, fun, different tastes, dances,music.
I say, spend a night at a temple, look at the stars, light a candle, drive in a cab, bargain and hear all the sounds if you can.
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