India is really giving me a hard time. I hated ever second I spent in Delhi, and shopped like mad to get rid of the awful feeling of being somewhere I just loathed. Then Udaipur was so pretty, and reminded me of my travels in Asia. Jodhpur is truly gorgeous, and I'm quite sad I will only have had about half a day to see it. With its blue walls everywhere, and the fort on one side, and the palace on the other... It looks beautiful.
The only problem? I HATE travelling in a group. I have been travelling with my dad, my brother, and a couple who are my parents' best friends in Paris. I can't stand it. I don't like having to wait around for people, I don't like the fact that it takes hours to make any kind of decision, and I generally do not appreciate people who are unsensitive towards other cultures. Maybe I've become too PC... Today we saw the Jain temple at Ranakpur - the Jain are one of the castes here. They are vegetarian and don't want to kill any living being: hence one of the rules of the temple was that you are not allowed to bring any item made with animals (e.g. leather). It seems like every single person in my group apart from me and my brother brought leather in, and I find it extremely disrespectful... And said so, and was told that they were just being ridiculours, these Jain, and there's no reason why we should adapt to their every rule!
Bollocks, I say.
Anyway, it feels slighly wrong to be here, still. The timing is just off, and this is not my kind of travelling. I either need to be alone, or be with someone I can share things with. Like my lovely M.
Who, by the way, is now a doctor. Yep, a doctor with a doctorate and all that. Congratulations Dr. M!
I never thought I'd miss Oxford so much, but I really really do.