Sometimes in life, it is better to not allow yourself to have emotional attachments to certain things, places or situations. India is one of those places. It is a place suffering with urbanisation, over population, poverty, polloution and traffic congestion. It is more than a reality check. The conditions in which these people live in opens ones eyes, and silences ones voice, leaving a strong reminder of how lucky we are. My one day in Kolkata, was enough. Good people from around the world will only travel to such places to offer themselves to volunteer work, usually in orphanages. By catching a taxi from the hotel and heading to Mother Theresa's house and back to the hotel, we had seen more than enough and was ready to pack it in.
It was such a confusing feeling that night, when we sat poolside of definatly the best hotel that we stay in, knowing what was happening outside the walls of the hotel.... It is such a different world than we come from. It is sad.
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