Goodbye To The Subcontinent

by Brenna Holeman
Agra, India

 

Number of cups of masala chai: 83

 

Number of Namastes: 821

 

Number of saris bought: 3

 

Number of tuk-tuk rides: 27

 

Number of train journeys: 8

 

Number of bus journeys: 12

 

Number of boat rides: 7

 

Number of times I almost bought a harpsicum: 4

 

Number of marriage proposals: 18

 

Number of cows that chased me: 2

 

Number of buffalo that chased me: 1

 

Number of bus accidents: 1

 

Number of tuk-tuk accidents: 1

 

Number of temples seen: 52

 

Number of forts visited: 11

 

Number of baby goats I wanted to keep: 9

 

Number of yak wool scarves bought: 10

 

Number of times I got sick: 0

 

Number of times I witnessed a human defecating on the street: 5

 

Number of pairs of shoes bought: 6

 

Number of pairs of earrings bought: 28

 

Number of boxes sent home: 4

 

Number of books read: 5

 

Number of times I was called Shakira: 12

 

Number of friendly travellers I met: 88

 

Number of hot showers I had: 14

 

Number of masala cokes: 1 (and never again)

 

Number of times I punched a man: 4 (see my post about Holi)

 

Number of power outages: 21… and counting

 

Number of photos taken: 6528

 

Number of times I cried: countless

 

Number of times I laughed: countless

 

Number of times I thought, “wow”: every day, all day

 

Number of times I thanked my lucky stars to be in such magical, interesting, challenging, life-changing, overwhelming, beautiful, incredible countries such as India and Nepal: every day, all day

 

Back to Thailand tomorrow.

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10 comments

Oneika April 6, 2011 - 5:34 pm

Awesome!! How in the world did you keep track?! LOL.

Hey, will you be in Bali at all? I leave next week and will be there for 12 days! Would be awesome to meet you if you’re there at the same time!

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Jessie April 6, 2011 - 7:34 pm

Gorgeous photo!!
I found your blog recently and love it! It makes me excited for my next adventure. I lived in India for a while, so I was happy to hear you liked it so much..despite the dirty hands and tuk-tuk accident 😉

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turrm April 7, 2011 - 1:59 am

Looks like you had an amazing time! Great picture!! 🙂

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kay*(from india.with love) April 7, 2011 - 4:32 am

awesome post! i second Oneika – how the heck did you keep track of it all?!?!?!?!?

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Hannah {Culture Connoisseur} April 7, 2011 - 2:30 pm

Wonderful post, wonderful blog. You take such beautiful pictures. Keep trekking around the world. I’ll live vicariously through you until I can save up enough to pack up my suitcase again. 🙂

xo,
your newest follower

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Christine April 7, 2011 - 2:30 pm

That’s a lot of work keeping track of everything.

Well done!

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This Battered Suitcase April 7, 2011 - 2:44 pm

Thank you so much, everyone! Some of these were very rough estimates, haha…but I gave it my best shot!

Oneika – I won’t be in Bali until July…shame we can’t see each other! We’re going to meet up in Toronto at some point, though, right?

Jessie – Wow, to live in India…what an experience! I’d love to read/see more about your time there…

Hannah – Thank you for following! I hope you can get on the road again very soon…xo

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Oneika April 8, 2011 - 8:40 am

darn it! Well, we’ll definitely cross paths somewhere… I’m in Singapore April 29 to May 2, then Kuala Lumpur June 3 to 6. At the worst, I’ll be in Toronto in August so we must meet then! 🙂

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Katie @ Domestiphobia.net January 22, 2012 - 5:46 pm

28 pairs of earrings! lol!

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This Battered Suitcase January 22, 2012 - 11:39 pm

That was a low estimate…I’m sure the real number was even higher!!

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