It’s very hard to believe that in 10 hours we will be taking off from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and headed to France. That in 10 hours, our time in India – indeed, our time in Asia – will have drawn to a close. But the amount of time we’ve spent traveling and the things we have seen, done and sampled have been superb. As that plane ascends tonight, I may feel some longing to visit friends we made or to see some more of India, but it will not be because I’m not ready to come home. I am ready, and look forward very much to France and then North America. It will be a longing that comes from not knowing when we’ll return, but knowing that someday, I’ll want to be back in this place. (But next time, I’ll get a hotel room with hot water.) There’s been ups and downs, goods and bads, and everything in between. But we have a lot to be proud of and a lot of wonderful memories.
With all that in mind, I can’t help but think of seeing all of our friends and family in the coming months. Although we got a little bit less of these questions than I was expecting in July and August, it seems inevitable that we will get lots of questions upon our return about what was the best country, the best food, the most amazing thing we did, and so on.
These are not easy questions to answer, but at the same time, totally understandable. In fact, they’re the sort of questions we’ve even considered ourselves. I have a nice long list of superlatives that I was going to turn into a post while in Toronto as a “best of, so far” kind of a deal. Alas, it didn’t happen, and now it is left to be a “best of the year” sort of a deal.
So, what do you want to see included? Let us know through comments and/or by email.
Be creative with these. We’ve got things like “best cultural experience,” “best post system,” “grossest snack,” “best busses,” “nicest people,” and “wateriest beer.” And many others. We want serious, funny, wacky, and whatever else comes to mind. Good things, bad things, strange things and so on.
The trip isn’t over yet, although Asia is, but we like thinking about these things, and we like to make notes about these things so we remember them later on. It’s good plane/train/etc talk.
We can tell you that we both found Taiwan and Vietnam to be most captivating, felt the greatest affection for Thailand’s food, but also feel that if you just want to experience the best and worst of everything all at once, you should go to India.
But what else? Let us know.
