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Missing India, Reverse Culture Shock and a Little Bit of Seasonal Blues

Missing India, Reverse Culture Shock and a Little Bit of Seasonal Blues

by on 21. Dec, 2011 in random rants

Lately I’ve found myself missing India increasingly often. When I returned to Europe in 2009 from a trip that lasted more than three years and included lots of travel around India, studying yoga in Mysore and long trips to nearby countries including Thailand, Singapore and Nepal, I was more than ready to leave Asia. Europe [...]

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Do You Have a Plan (and do you really need one anyway)?

Do You Have a Plan (and do you really need one anyway)?

by on 11. Jun, 2011 in random rants

Imagine this (or maybe you’ve been there): You’ve just spent months, or possibly years, travelling or living abroad. Maybe you were backpacking around Asia, travelling around the world for a year, doing some volunteer work in Africa or living as an expat in a tropical country. You’ve been living from day to day, going where [...]

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Back from India Part 2: Re-Entry Shock

by on 19. Aug, 2010 in travel tips

Reverse culture shock, or re-entry shock, is something few people expect, but something that a large number of travellers or expats experience when returning home from a long stint abroad. Since I have just arrived from a short six-week trip to India, I did not experience much of a shock when returning to my boyfriend’s [...]

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