2006-05-12

Two months in Sri Lanka and India

I arrived home two in the morning. Two months in India and Sri Lanka passed quickly, now I'm back to where I started. It's always been like this-- When I'm traveling, I miss the comforts at home, but when I come back, I miss all the excitements of traveling. 24 hours ago, I was still wandering through those bustling bazaars of Mumbai in the heat; now sitting at my computer at home, I don't what to do. This time I don't have a job to return or new plans to begin, I'll probably go through everything from the start-- looking for jobs, meeting new people, saving money and dreaming about the next destination.

Before the trip, I had three months enjoyable experience of teaching Chinese in Hangzhou and on the internet. The money is not bad and the working hours is quite flexible, I'll be lucky if I can find students again and continue to work like that. The life on the road is hard sometimes; when I back to China, I'm used to comfortable life in Hangzhou and lack the ambition of challenging myself to a new job or moving to another city. Will there be any change this time? When I was in south India I got a job offer of teaching Chinese in New Delhi, this sounds like a wonderful opportunity but because of visa extension problem I couldn't go up to Delhi visiting the school, instead I flew to Sri Lanka and traveled there for a month. Traveling has become easy for me and I know how to manage things, I’m not afraid of going anywhere in the world with my backpack. But how about working and living abroad? I'm sort of expecting a perfect place-- countryside or near the sea, clear air, quiet, good food... But I think I probably ask too much, usually there're more jobs in big cities and I don't really have any particular skill.

Thank you for visiting again, I'll post pictures from Sri Lanka and India soon.



8 Comments:

  • Welcome back. Hope to see some new interesting pictures :)

    By laowai, at 3:38 PM  

  • haha,i also live in hangzhou,but from your pictures,i have see another hangzhou.thank u!

    By 蓝色透心, at 5:47 PM  

  • sounds cool, wish i had a life like yours...

    By 丁丁, at 6:44 PM  

  • What a cool picture! Glad you are posting again.

    By Kapa, at 10:49 PM  

  • I'm so delighted to see you come back again, so relieved to know everything is fine. Actually, two months is not passed too fast for your reader here.

    Have a good rest! Waiting for your fantastic photos.

    By Bill, at 12:29 AM  

  • Welcome back leylop! "and i don't really have any particular skill(s)" geez! so modest!
    Have you considered travel writting??? Eh?
    actually, i can't make head nor tale of that picture...oh...no head....it's a scarecrow with no head ,duh.....laozhi? how to say "stupid" in mandarin?

    By graham, at 12:55 AM  

  • Leylop, It's very good to see you back again. So glad to hear that you have made another safe trip home.

    By andrea, at 7:26 AM  

  • just like everyone else, i'm glad to see you back again! i can't wait to hear your new stories, your thoughts, photos, & etc! all the best!

    By jessie, at 3:32 PM  

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