India in all its glory

Hello from chaotic India, am sitting in a cafe in Kolkata writing a 5 minute blog....It was such a breath of fresh (dirty) air to arrive in India, able to see everything again, with new eyes. I met a few people in the Bangkok airport, while waiting in the line for our boarding passes, amongst a group of 26 convicts handcuffed together, also waiting in the same line...random. I am sharing a room at a guest house filled with korean people, brilliant!!! Our taxi ride to our hotel ,also brilliant as our taxi driver kept falling asleep...I have pics to prove it, at one point he said "so sleepy, need rest." as he stopped the car, hopped out and poured water all over himself!! Treated my self to a roadside chai and a spinach curry for dinner!! mmmmm....now it is 9pm, and after 14 sleepless hours in the bangkok airport am so ready for a sleep. cant wait to see what adventures i can get myself into tomorrow!! xxxxx

On the road again....

Well, only 2 more days until I fly back to masala-licious India!! Packing up my uber small backpack and will be on the road again!!! While traveling I have been living out of a 40 liter backpack (if you can't visualize how how big that is, its just a tad bigger than a day pack) and I have loved every minute of it, never did I get tired of living out of a pack, to my surprise and amazement and other peoples as well. Yesturday, as I was on my hands and knees cleaning Heathers' bathroom floor, I had an epiphany .... I HATE cleaning (okay so I already knew this) but I reckon it is one of my top 5 least favorite things to do, not too sure what the other 4 are, but cleaning is right up there!! And, when I am traveling I never have to clean, perhaps tidy, but not clean and that is why I love backpacking :) Okay, so there are a few more reasons why I love backpacking: freedom, colourful vibrant people, beautiful gongshows, chaotic noisy and sometimes unfathomably wonderful places, nature, studying, new cultures, crazy foods, amazing foods and on and on I could go!!!!!

I fly into Bangkok where I will spend 14 wonderful hours waiting in the airport before I fly to Kolkata, India and from there I have no idea where my adventure will lead me...tempting that it is so close to Nepal and oh how I love Nepal !!!!! Perhaps Darjeeling, or the southern beaches of India before I venture back to Rajasthan!

I have had an amazing last week in Korea, visiting friends, eating amazing Sushi, Korean food, visiting jimjilbangs and MY tea house as many times as possible.....taking amazing random photos with my new camera. For the first time in my 20 month trip I spent 3 weeks with a retired camera, RIP, until Dave, a teacher at Heathers Uni, sold me his camera!! yay!! So more random funniness to come!!

Hope every one is happy and healthy! xxxxxxxxMegs

Deiss

ooh....i bet you are excited you get your own post for everyone to see!!

JOIN THE BOOK OF FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have no idea how to log on to your blog, this computer thingy always confuses me ;)

I will be waiting for you in Bollywood, we can become famous dancing to banghra music!!!!

Konglish Loving

Hello from beautiful cold Korea, okay so -10, isn't quite as cold as i am told it is in Canada....but it is pretty windy here!!!

I have been practicing the art of elegant idleness here in Korea, although, I have been living a double life!! I have been splitting my time between Seoul, where I am staying with Natalie and the Kids on the 39th floor of an amazing building 5 minutes away from my favorite jimjilbang, and Suwon, where I am surfing on Heather's couch in her wee cell (sorry H)....although it isn't a cell at all, there are 4 windows and I sleep better than I have ever slept in my life on the couch!!!

Evie has gotten so big since the last time was here, baby Jacob, is adorable and so so happy, and Pete and Grace are still as amazing as ever!!!

I would post pics of the kids, however, my camera R.I.P, decided last week to go into retirement!!!!! and I have yet to find a replacement worthy enough to be MY camera....a camera that is waterproof, dust proof, AND, most importantly Drop proof!! he he!! I had been spending lots of time finding HILARIOUS signs and randomness, my creative konglish findings are posted on my picasa photo site for all to see!!


Happy V day to all, and to all a good night!!! a wee side note about valentines day....On February 14, Valentines day in korea, only girls buy pressies for their boyfriends, and on March 14, White day, only boys buy pressies for their girlfriends and the best one of ALL...January 14, Black day...a special day when all single people were black and go out and eat noodles with black sauce and wallow in their misery!! he he!! So funny!!

hugs and love, Megs

Megan is....

practicing the art of elegant idleness!!! I am happily sitting in Heathers apartment chilling out watching the snow fall outside...thats right, I brought the snow all the way from Canada with me!! Im such a nice friend!!

I caught an awesome flight from Seattle to Korea which included sharing indian food with a man from Bombay, eating Korean food, yeahhh!! and watching amazing movies...Into the Wild, Darjeeling limited (plus 3 more and an episode of House) and having absolutely no sleep. The usual!! Why sleep when you can watch free movies!!

When I arrived in Suwon Heather and Coby picked me up sporting a welcome back sign, and 2 bags of the worlds greatest sushi!!! Awe Heaven!!

The next day while Heather worked, I decorated her room with random surprises and then headed on a walking adventure...I found THE soccer ball toilets and found an amazing jimjilbang that I hadnt been to before!!

I had Shabu Shabu last night, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm so good, oh how I missed korean food!!

Well Im off, either to find another jimjilbang with 'Dr fish' fish who nibble away at your feet and bodies or just to sit and work on the art of elegant idleness.

xxxMegs

On the road again.....

Just can't wait to get back on the road again.....for everyone who has been faithfully checking my blog I apologize for not keeping you up to date, and am happy to tell you that there will be some fascinating adventures and beautiful gongshows to come. Im catching a flight back to Korea (my stop over) for the jimjilbangs ;), friends, food, amazing toilets and simply for my love affair with 'sparkling' Korea!! More to come soon!!!

Happy Christmas and a merry new year!! ;)

Hugs to everyone, Megs

Christmas tree cows

Well its been a while...Im still in India and loving it, so many colours and crazy things!!!! Goa was amazing, just chilled out at the beach...then back to Mumbai for a couple days, and up to Indore to celebrate Diwali with friends....woke up one morning to Holy cows wandering the streets dressed up like christmas trees, It was BRILLIANT.....they were painted, and decorated in garland and all sorts of other colourful things!!! I'll post some amazing pics soon!! Indore sees very few tourists...figured this out by the lack of bottled water, and near impossibility of finding toilet paper, even at the guest house...Ash had to pay a kid to go out and find some ;) Now Ash and I are back in Pushkar, its coming up to the camel festival and there are some of the most beautiful, colourful people I have ever seen, it is so lovely!! Finshed my masters and Ash and I have designed some uber cool jewelrry, rings and pendants!!! Well, I know there is so so much more as every moment is an adventure in India... I look forward to hearing from everyone, big hugs, megs