India Travel Summer 2017

When I was young, my mom told I should start running before I buy new running shoes. Something that she didn't always do. That way, you get in a rhythm with it before you make that kind of investment. That way you are committed before div ing all the way in. For work, I borrowed a video camera from the university. Before I left I had been toying with the idea of buying a nice camera to take photos with, having taken a photography camp in high school and being taken with whatever cameras I could get my hands on. But, not having due experience or time to learn before coming to India, I decided to see if I could just rent one from the library. They gave me 3 options of cameras, and under the advisement of a friend (and shamefully not a lot of research on my own), I opted for a smaller Cannon with video and photo capabilities . It's a nice camera and it takes pretty videos, but the photo taking is difficult because the trigger is on the touch screen, and it's pretty sl...

I don't know why I expected to be seen by someone I know here. That sensation of anticipation - a mixture of excitement and fear - flooded my senses when a woman's body loomed over me. Ultimately she was just pointing at a booth in the distance. After Plan B met a dead end (aka follow an Auntie around to learn the ropes of bargaining) due to an uninspired role model, I returned to the idealistic movements that I was too hot and tired to carry out moments prior. Sometimes it takes a middle-aged woman to wake me out of my stupor. I tried to get the wooden, snake-biting-your-finger box for my new friend, but the boy selling it said that it was 100rs and the Styrofoam letters with their pastel colors seemed to dance as they taunted of the "fixed price" so I smiled and walked off. Thus, quest for the journal was back on. Not quite sure how much I'd like to pay for it, but remember that at Sapna it was something like 150. I stop at a stall just befor...