We love the simple things in life!

Carving in Mamallapuram

I have been in this little coastal town for almost a week now and it is anything but boring! It is actually the first place that feels a bit like a home away from home.

On my second day here I wanted to go to the internet place but it was closed. Next door was a stone carving shop, and the owner started talking to me. His name is Morgan and he lived in Germany for 2 years! We got along great and he offered to teach me a bit of stone carving. Since then I spent most of my time there, hanging out with the carvers and some pretty chill other travellers. Everyone is just relaxed and super nice and I am really happy here. Morgan also made some small motorbike tours with me which is a ton of fun (but a big dangerous because there ARE no helmets).

It just feels great hanging out with some of the more “western” locals. I might get a volunteering job here and stay for another month! But nothing is sure yet, I have many options right now and want to see what feels best for me.

Hope you are all doing well!  <3

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in the south

i made it to chennai, the capital of tamil nadu. it’s another big city so i don’t plan on spending a lot of time here…

when i took the taxi from the airport to my hotel i saw a dead guy (again). he had an accident with his motorcycle. him and the machine were just there in the middle of the street, cars driving past them. \\

sick in kolkata

after darjeeling i took the toy train down to siliguri (9 hrs), then i took a train to kolkata (11 hrs). it was a good train but in the morning one of the babies that was in my compartment was dead, which was pretty creepy. seriously, dead babies are not good.

anyway, i must have caught a cold in darjeeling. i ended up staying there much longer than first planned cause there were strikes and i could not leave. it was nice though, cause during my last days the sky finally cleared up.

now i am couchsurfing in the suburbs of kolkata and i have not seen much of the city yet cause i am really sick. it’s annoying. but i have a lovely host, his mom cooks for me and there is a computer with internet! NICE! now i will go back to bed with my new roll of toilet paper (sniff sniff) + chocolat cookies and watch some bizarre mexican dvds, how does that sound?