I was super excited to go because it had been four years since the last time I went. I like going to India because I love seeing my grandmas. It's also so different there, I like to get away from New Jersey once in awhile. And of course shopping, everything is much cheaper in India. My parents try to get shopping out of the way within the first two days.
Every time we go to India, I beg my parents if we can go to a different part, or maybe some tourist attractions. My mom agrees but my dad is really adamant on spending as much time as he can with his mom and friends, which I understand. They left this country that they spent more than two decades in to have a better life. I think if I was in the same position I would feel the same way.
The first day of our India vacation always consists of seeing BOTH my grandma's, who live an hour and a half away from each other. The airport itself is about 4 hours from my dad's house in India. A lot of the places are really spread apart so there is a lot of time spent just travelling from one place to another. But I even like that part. I like to just look out the window of the car and observe everything that's around me.
While we are in India, there's probably one or two days where we actually stay home and do nothing. Otherwise we are always out, because there's so many things to do and people to see. We go fishing, shopping, eating, visiting family and friends, taking rides on a houseboat. A houseboat is this boat that takes you around the backwaters of Kerala. They make a few stops, catch some shrimp or fish, and prepare it for you right there.
When my parents first booked the tickets, I was ecstatic and my sister was really against going. Her birthday would have to be spent in India, and that was one of the main reasons she didn't want to go. She was going to be turning 13. Why wouldn't you want to celebrate your birthday in a different country? Not many people could say that they have. She would tell me to let my parents go to India without us and we could stay back. She said this would "save us some money". The girl even started crying when we left for the airport because she was so dreading going. And I was sitting next to her with a huge smile on my face because I couldn't wait! The funny part is on our last day of our India trip, while we were getting ready to go to the airport, she told my mom she didn't want to leave. She actually had fun, for someone who was really negative about it from the beginning.
My favorite thing about going to India is seeing my family. My whole family from my dad's side lives in America. We are all really close and I see them often. But my mom's side all live in India. So I only get to see them every few years. Even though we do Skype once in awhile, I love seeing them in person. It's always a fun time with them, we have fishing competitions, they teach me some Hindi and they try to imitate my "American" accent.
If I could go to India whenever I wanted, I would go so often. I really miss my family there!
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