Not that many tourists come to Kullu, most of them go to Manali to party and smoke up. This means that we are just about the only white people in Kullu. However, there is another big group of foreigners living here just at the end of Kullu; the yoga people. This group lives in a fenced up area which is, according to rumours, rather fancy. What they do is that they pay to go on a 6 months course to meditate and do yoga. Most of them are, for some weird reason, Canadians who believe they are yogis. Yogis are people who are on the best path man can be on, a rough explanation for you right there. But the ones who reside at this centre believe that they are superior people who do not bother to interact with the locals or anyone outside of their own community. Might sound a bit like how UWC students can be at times.
Anyways, when we go to the only Italian restaurant here; we always see some of them. Apparently, it is the only restaurant they go to. They all dress in the same style; sort of Jesus-like clothing, none of them talks to us, and whilst they think they’re behaving like people who’s had a revelation; we find them to be behaving like total asses to be frank.
So whenever locals talk with us they first ask if we are going to Manali, since we are not they just assume we are going to the yoga centre. So we tell them we are in Kullu to work at schools and orphanages and ask if they know Ankit Sood. Those who know think we are sluts who give Ankit a good time. Isn’t that just great? It makes me a bit ashamed of being white, but I take comfort in that most people know that we are here because of the project.
I have talked a bit with my mother lately and she has booked tickets to
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