To sum up our time in India, I decided to interview Jayesh, Milan and Nilay and try to put some of our more individual India experiences into words:

Q. What has been the most memorable thing for you during the past 3 weeks, while we were in India?

Milan: The Taj Mahal, especially the building with all the gemstones inlaid in the marble

Nilay: The dead cow in the road which had been run over by a bus which had a severely damaged windscreen

Jayesh: Learning about Mahatma Gandhi’s story again and being in some of the places he stepped.

Q. What did you like the best?

Milan: Feeding the monkeys in Jaipur at Jaigarh Fort

Jayesh: Riding through the backwaters in Kerala on a boat

Nilay: I liked so many things, but my highlights were Arkshardham Mandir in Delhi and the swimming pool at the Triveny River Hotel

Q. What did you like the least?

Jayesh: Delhi Belly on the day we visited Agra,

Milan: Being sick with a fever in Kochi

Nilay: Mosquitos and heat in Mumbai

Q. What was the most unexpected / new experience you had in India?

Nilay: The way the trucks look all colourful and the way the horns sound quite cool. Also the bad smells in the big cities.

Milan: The amount of car horns and noise in the streets

Jayesh: So many more “public toilets” (for men at least) – very unpleasant to see!

Q. In which way is India different from any other country you have visited on our trip?

Nilay: Tractors on motorways, slums, cool sunsets

Milan: The amount of motorbikes (with whole families sitting on them)

Jayesh: The prominence of multiple religions

Q. Did you miss anything while in India:

Nilay: I missed my bike

Milan: I missed playing piano

Jayesh: I missed exercising as I only got to go to the gym/run once.

Maria