I’m really tired right now. It’s nice because I have a feeling I’ll sleep well. I slept for quite a while on the train, but I definitely didn’t sleep well. Like most of the other train rides, I didn’t have a problem falling asleep or sleeping through the nights, but it was a lot of tossing and turning and waking up throughout the night.

The train got in the this morning. I went to the tourist bureau at the station and canceled my tickets to Haridwar. That was definitely a good call. I then rented a room for just one night thinking I’d stay somewhere less expensive while I decide what to do. The room isn’t terrible, but it’s definitely not somewhere I’d want to stay for more than a night or two. There’s no window! It’s a decent size, thought, and even though it’s a little shabby it’ll work for a short period. I have to either leave to go somewhere else tomorrow, or else I’m staying in Delhi. I don’t feel like spending the money on a flight (or the hassle of flying somewhere) and I don’t feel up for spending two of the next four nights on trains. If I went back to Udaipur it would take two twelve hour train rides in the next four days to get there and back. A bus to Shimla would take at least ten hours at night and I’m certain it wouldn’t be much fun. I don’t feel like staying in Delhi, but I don’t have the energy for going somewhere else right now. I think what I’ll do is stay in this place one more night and then treat myself to something a little nicer for the final couple nights. I like that idea.

I met this totally crazy person at the train station today. Well, she wasn’t totally crazy. She’s just living her life in a way that most people would never consider doing. And, she’s doing it without apology or regrets which I really respect. She’s Australian and she sat next to me in the foreign tourist’s office and told me all about her plans to go to Pakistan to meet her potential future husband. It’s apparently some Pakistani guy who followed her around the airport in Malaysia when she was there a while ago. It was a very strange story and one that I didn’t totally follow because of her accent. It was interesting, though. And I wish her the best of luck on the next part of her journey. I hope things between her and the guy work out well for everyone involved.

I got dinner with Ramesh tonight and we saw a movie. It was nice to see him. I’ll maybe go to a movie tomorrow night as well. It takes forever to get there on the train. My feet are also killing me. I have so many blisters that just hurt like hell. I hate my feet right now. I think tomorrow I’m going to throw caution to the wind and wear sandals. Hmm. I have so many cuts and sores on my feet I like to keep them covered up when I go outside, but shoes hurt them a lot so it’s nice to wear sandals every so often. I left the sandals I bought in Krabi somewhere in favor of a pair of crappy leather ones I bought in Udaipur. They aren’t as comfortable as the ones I bought in Krabi, but those ones didn’t have much life in them and I didn’t feel like carrying both around. Wow, what a pointless story. I’ve certainly gotten good at not saying very much. It’s like my new specialty, apparently.

Gratitude List:
A real milkshake and yummy chocolate cake at dinner
Getting to watch a good movie
Checking off the final tourist thing I wanted to see in Delhi from the list