We’re relaxing in Delhi today. Sharon, a Detroit dancer who made her life here starting back in the early 1970’s, has been such a wonderful host for us during this adventure. For our final few days here she set us up to stay in the apartment of one of her friends – a wonderful artist who runs the cultural activities and exhibitions at one of the biggest hotels here. He also engaged us to perform a show at his hotel tomorrow evening (our last evening here in India.
I just looked at the balloons I have left – I was smart to leave a bundle here in Delhi when we took off for Rajasthan and then for Rishekesh or I might have gone through all the 50 pounds I brought along with us 5 months ago and had nothing left for the show. I have about 3000 left over… about 6 pounds. I doubt that I use 1000 in tomorrow night’s show, so I’ll have plenty for the flight home – you never know when a plane will be delayed and a captive audience is waiting for you.
There’s a lot for us to process and reflect upon during the next weeks…. Lots of photos to sift thru… lots of videos to edit (I’m sure that will be put on the bottom of my priorities once we get home)…. We plan on decompressing for a bit before jumping back into the swing of “regular” life again.
As everything is coming to a closing here I think of a number of fairy tales and stories…
From the Hobbit – “The road goes ever on and on….”
From Le Petit Prince – the fox how the prince can tame and become friends with the fox… however eventually the fox will leave and go back to the wild… but they will always stay in each other’s hearts
From The Wizard of Oz – Dorothy saying goodbye to the Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Woodsman
I really hope in the future we run into some of these new friends we’ve met from around the world again…. But even if we don’t, it’s been so magical sharing these special times with all of them.
We’ll be returning home happy travelers… happy with our memories, happy with our new friends, happy with our old friends, happy to be home, and happy thinking about our next adventures.