Em & Tola's Travel Blog

Finally it happened...

We have been talking a lot on our trip about how healthy we have been. Aside from the occasional fever, we have not had any more serious health issues, until now.

After the two first games of the World Cup, I got 2 hours of sleep before we had to get up to catch the morning train to Delhi. We were pleasantly surprised over the standard of the train, and when they started serving tea and breakfast, we were very impressed. Little did we know that the tiny little omelets that we were served would cause us so much torment.

It hit right away, and when we reached Delhi, we quickly decided to cancel the train to Jaisalmer in Rajastan where were supposed to head later that day. We managed to make it back to our old guest house, the Smyle Inn, and checked in.

72 hours later we were still in our room, we have left 3 times in attempts to eat something, but we were not very successful. Luckily the World Cup has kept us company and what would a trip through India be without the obligatory food poisoning?

After 4 days our chance of going on a camel ride through the desert in Rajasthan was gone, so we decided to give Delhi one last go. We met up with our friend Anning who would show us the better sides of India's bustling capital. First, we visited the Raj Ghat where the remains of Mahatma Gandhi rest. We paid our respects together with a few Indian tourists and jumped on an auto-rickshaw and headed towards maybe the biggest tourist attraction that Delhi has to offer.

The Red Fort seemed huge from the outside. A tall wall and a dried out moat covered the gigantic area that we now entered. Inside the walls, the area felt surprisingly small, but the old buildings and gardens made the visit worthwhile.

The day ended at a shopping mall where we enjoyed yet another World Cup game over our last Kingfisher in India.

The last day on our trip was spent shopping. We emptied our bags and threw out all of our old clothes that we had gotten so tired of wearing every day, and we filled the empty spaces with new clothes. India is a very, very cheap place if you are ready to haggle. After a few finds and our last Tikka Masala dinner on the trip, we are now ready to get on that plane to Sweden.

There are so many mixed emotions that surround my homecoming. We are going to miss so many things from the trip, but right now I just want to be clean, rested, wear other clothes than what I have for the last 157 days, not be on/in an uncomfortable bus/boat/rickshaw/taxi/tuk-tuk/mini van/train, eat meatballs and cheese (that I will never grow tired of), meet friends and family, watch the World C without interruptions (read power cuts), drink clean water out of the tap, brush my teeth using tap water and be able to be online all the time.

Thank you Asia!