Update 10: Living in Bangalore
I am living in Bangalore, the high tech city of South India.
Life is easy for me here. I adapted to this lifestyle while working for an IT (information technology) firm in Washington, DC. Here they have American IT firms, pubs, restaurants with all types of cuisine, clubs, internet cafes, and cultural events. I even see Americans who work for IT firms lurking in the streets, although I haven't met any of them.
I am at a turning point in my travels. I have been traveling for seven months now. I arrived in Mumbai on February 14th. I have traveled the craziness of North India and and the toughness of the Himalayas. Now I will see the relative peacefulness of tropical Asia: South India and perhaps the countries of Thailand, Laos, and Malaysia.
My strategy of choosing my route as I go has served me well. As I have traveled I have gathered information about interesting places to go. I have also adapted to go when the weather and tourist seasons have been ideal. My friend David described it as a very Zen way to travel. I chalk it up to not worrying too much about the future and not allowing myself to feel I'm under a time crunch. I have found a pace of travel that fits me and I have enjoyed seeing every place I have visited.
I have added a web page to my site called source. On this page are links to material that I find interesting. For now, the page has Amazon links to the books I have read while traveling.
I have made a number of blog entries since my last letter. All of these entries are at my blog, http://ItinerantWitness.com/b
How do I decide where I'm going?
J.Crew family promotes McDonalds in Bangalore
Sonia Gandhi worshipped
Watching sports on television in India
I added a new section to ItinerantWitness.com: source
Salsa dancing and steak at Nineteen Twelve in Bangalore
Every place I've been to has had the same thing in common: globalization
Photos of City Market and Majestic in Bangalore
I wish you well.
Mark
