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formerly a blog about India.
now technically in the beyond
six months in Oz

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Things that are impossible to describe

...In Addition to the HHDL effect

How cold it is in the shade and how hot it is in the sun

What the air tastes like, and smells like (ranges from really gross to really crisp)

How close I come to getting run over by cars, trucks, motorcycles, and donkeys

How many stray dogs there are

What prayer wheels sound like when you spin them (my favorite sound here)

What fresh prayer flags sound like when they flap in the wind (second only to prayer wheels. Crisp is the best word to describe this)

How difficult it is to navigate Indian train websites

How frustrating it is to have money turned down because there is a tiny rip in it that you didn't notice before

How to feel uncomfortable around other white people because you think they have no good reason for being here, then remembering they probably feel the same way about you

The amount of tea drunk on a daily basis

How people here integrate religion into everyday life

How much effort it takes to do seemingly simple things, like buy stamps or do your laundry or tell your host parents you're leaving

How to get to my house from the road (I use the term road loosely. Video coming soon)
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