Overall Impressions of India

I have heard someone say that you either love India or hate it. I didn’t love it, nor did I hate it. But I do want to return. I guess I did like India, although I found the sheer population density (33 times higher than Canada’s) rather intimidating. I am not much of one for crowds, away or at home, and in India, even when there aren’t people as far as the eye can see, I still feel what I call “India’s sense of presence” – that feeling that are a billion people squeezed into an area just slightly larger than Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba combined.
With such a short trip, I never had the chance to get bored – even on the long bus tours, I was more sleepy than bored! There is a vast body of history to explore, and dozens of cultures and languages to learn about.

There is plenty to see (both natural beauty and man-made points of interest), lots to do, and great food to eat! I hope to go somewhere I can at least listen to people speaking Hindi next time.

I am not what one might call adventurous when it comes to travel – I prefer short trips, close to home. Fortunately, with Colombo as a home-away-from-home, we can travel to Asia with relatively little effort and expense. I look forward to seeing more of India, both Tamil Nadu and points north and west.