Enjoy the Silence.

So….we are sure good at this, keeping you up to date, with daily digests about our times in India. Well unfortunately that has not been the case but with good reason. Its my sad task to inform you what has actually been occurring since I last posted. About two weeks ago , while staying in Varkala, Someone broke into our room and stole all our electronic equipment, video camera laptop everything. Its all gone. This was really a big blow, as it seemed like Douglas and I had sorted out our issues and were really on track to developing our focus, we had even been out recording that day. So not only did we lose the equipment but about two weeks worth of footage and photos. We unfortunately wont be able to show you our time at the southern point of India, that for me was the hardest part, just losing those memories. It also hit home that we were doing something special and now that opportunity has passed.

We then had to deal with the Varkala police, which if we had had the video camera would have been a great story to show you, if I was to say that they were unhelpful, it would be an understatement, i think anti-helpful says it better. Always the favorite words were ‘Come back tomorrow,’ It was all we could do to get a decent police certificate for the insurance claim. So we resigned ourselves to the reality that the equipment is not coming back.

But where do we go from here? Well I can only speak for myself when i say it definitely crossed my mind that it was time to pack it all in and go our separate ways but we have made the decision to keep going, Doug has taken a break with his girlfriend Sarah, lovely girl, and I will be meeting him shortly in the North, where we will continue our tour.

Really we could have let this ruin our trip, but lets be honest its just stuff and it hasn’t worked out this time but who to say it wont work in the future. We are in India, we live and we learn, you only get one chance in life and we are here doing it. So I guess I could say that im feeling pretty positive right now, even as im typing this and considering the possibilities Im in a good mood.

And what does this mean for the blog? Well im not sure, at this stage im going to my utmost best to keep posting on here but its going to be more personal, more like a travel blog. I have started interviewing people and I even borrowed a camera to film one of them. Illl post, hopefully soon, with some of my thoughts. I did consider the possibility of just getting a crappy handicam to keep making videos but its very hard to edit and upload without your own computer. So I guess I see this space becoming a repository of both mine and Douglas’ thoughts and experiences of the trip, trying to get on here and say something when we can.

So thats enough for me but seriously guys love to you all and hope your having a good one!

- Ben.