"We do not plan to India, he was seen. "
All travel guides we tell and retell, but ... approach and departure fear grows. A good scare though. Bulimic travel junkies and expatriation, we dive into India, the country / continent where the landmarks are scarce. This destination energizes us, we in the veins like a drug exhilarating. Meditation, relaxation, yoga, self-seeking ... India promises three months of intense healing. But I thought: time is running out and we are far from ready! Can not be
Zen before setting foot on the plane! Vaccines, visa, grapefruit seed oil capsules and yogurt (the new neo-naturalistic methods to get the spicy food), air ticket ... AIRLINE TICKETS! It's still in the list of things to do ... Do not panic! On the news, for once, we talk a bit about India: Floods cause thousands of deaths and diseases can spread throughout the country ... I switch off the TV. Better to take a double dose of seed oil ...
During qu'Ugo bites his nails until they bleed, I'm in orbit around my backpack ... what to bring? Despite our many travel experiences, this time we start at zero.
India ...
A population of one billion people, who believes in God a dozen different, speaking a hundred different dialects, who lives in Mumbai, Delhi or Calcutta, but also in rural, coastal and ocean the Himalayas. India is also one of the most powerful economic developments of the planet alongside the more blatant poverty.
In India, we feel far from his mother ...
This trip is intended as a challenge while double-contradiction: India draw the essence of our existence, but also achieve both a proposed television series for Canal Vox and writing a novel ... nothing less. The fluid versus the tangible.
Who are we?
Ugo Monticone published four travel stories and two novels. He earned a scholarship this year's Arts Council and to write letters of Quebec seventh book. His visit to the Holy Land became his source of inspiration and driving force for future book.
Julie Corbeil has made the documentary One Way in Latin America (2007). Since January, she made the show Never too Cultural Art Television Lower Laurentians. This trip will allow him to conduct a series of programs on India as the main character with Ugo.
"In India?"
Obviously, everyone has their own little board and his little warning because they have heard of India's step-brother's cousin's friend blind neighbor whose aunt had heard on TV.
"You will see in India is dirty, it stinks, it's disgusting ... There are corpses in the streets. "
Yes, yes, I imagine that it will ...
"Eat no meat, no de lait et surtout pas de légumes car ils sont lavés avec de l’eau contaminée...»
Bah, de toute façon, on finira bien par être malade d'une façon ou d'une autre.
Et il y a ceux qui sont déjà allés visiter le pays de Gandhi et qui savent nous rassurer :
« Les Indiens sont gentils, mais ils te prendront un sein au passage et te taperont les fesses pour rire un peu... juste parce que tu es blanche»
Ah bon....
Au fond, nous nous ferons notre idée bien assez vite. Et vous aussi ! Car nous vous apportons dans nos valises. Par nos chroniques hebdomadaires, vous serez avec nous jusqu'à la fin du mois de novembre... Parez au décollage !
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