Thoughts on blogging — IndefinitelyOOO

I'm not quite sure how this will turn out. My plan (for my part if it, at least) is to have a record of where we've been, what we did, how we felt - it's for us alone, a diary, really. When planning this trip I was struck by how little I remembered of my last trip to India ten years ago and I'm keen not to lose anything from this time around.

Beyond that, I'm conscious of how much I'll miss friends and family. Less that a week in and I'm already feeling it, despite Facebook, texts, Whattsapp, Snapchat (kinda) and all the other ways we keep in touch. Having a record of our adventure here is a way of staying connected to our nearest and furthest away. Like anything; something happens to you, you want to tell your mates. That's what this is.

I know what it won't be, though. It won't be shots of impossible, staged yoga poses at sunset, motivational quotes written in the sand and close ups of henna'd hands. We're not #doingitforthegram. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not very me. I mean, can you imagine?

It also won't be particularly original. We're not the first people to go on a long trip so will probably repeat things you've heard and read a thousand times before. Sorry about that. It's new to us.

The one thing I can guarantee is that it will be a bit cringy. My bits at least. I've tried writing before and tend can get a little pompous and wordy. Helen's much better. I direct you to her contributions for the good stuff. Maybe I'll get better with time. Maybe it'll be reams and reams of deathless prose, paragraphs without end and metaphors that don't really work. Either way, be forgiving if you read this - it's really just a diary.

Disclaimer: all inarticulate ramblings are author's own. Helen's perspective will be different.

helens lovely face.jpg — *"Photos and feelings"*

Perhaps slightly concerningly for someone who was about to embark on a trip of an undetermined timeframe (and in turn start a diary about it…) I have to date found it fairly hard to articulate just what my thoughts are on the matter; about leaving London and my lifelong career… about not seeing our wonderful friends and our family and about coming first to India without any real sense of what’s to come – aside from that very detailed itinerary ... So I suppose what I really mean is what lies ahead in actual experience terms.

And with that in mind – this is a diary written from both Jack’s and my perspective – mostly to pin down some of the already madly, here-today-gone-tomorrow memories and also, if you’re so inclined, give you a little look at what each new trip chapter brings.

Photos and feelings from me – densely packed prose and the dirt and all detail from him!